One of the many things that I lost at the time of the TM onset is the ability for me to feel anything from my waist down. As an example, if you tried to tickle my feet I would not feel it. Or if you ran your hand across any part of my leg or lower back and stomach, I would not feel you touching me. I did, however, feel touch if you applied a great deal of pressure but it was not the same as if I applied pressure to your leg and you felt that I were squeezing you. I, on the other hand, felt the sensation of pins an needles at the point of where pressure was being applied.
NR: For the past several weeks, I have noticed that normal sensations are returning. I haven’t mentioned this previously because the moments when I noticed certain sensations passed so quickly that I was actually unsure of what I was feeling. It wasn’t until the other day that I dropped the charger for my scooter chair on the pinkie toe of my right foot and yelled out a curse word that I was 100% sure that I felt something – HA!
I have finally read through your story photos and blog. I have an ache in my heart because I so wish I could have been there for you through the last two years. I am so grateful to all those people that were able to be there for you from family, friends, nurses, drs, pts, coworkers. They are all a gift from God. You however are the bravest and most determined person I have ever met. Your strength comes straight from God, but your unending faith in Him comes from that huge heart of yours. Thank you so much for this blog. I know it’s not only for me, but it makes me feel so much closer to you, even though I’m so far away. I love you girl.
Thank you Candice. No matter what the distance has been over the years, you are and always will be one of my heaven-sent angels!
hey Cuz I see you getting your blog thing on. Keep on keeping on. the best is yet to come. The sun is not the only thing shinning in Cali.
Thanks czin, I’m just keeping it moving!