Ms hugs and Bladder infection

[teetee8]

Hello everyone,I was just Dx. With ms three months ago and spent xmas and new years in the hospital.l have never in my life felt pain like this.its was like every part of my body was hurting i just new that this was it.lis seen like everything went wrong.I could not swallow,my eyes were blur,my speech was off a d had the worst back pain ever i could not walk and when i tryed to walk i was walking into wall.And to top it off i had another bladder infection that the doctor could not fine the right meds to fight the infection.Has anyone had this problem? I stayed in the hospital for 14 days l had physical therapy,Speech therapy,and Accpu therapy.I started on capaxone 20mg injection once a day.I am starting to feel better nows here comes Ms hugs it there anything that i can do? I cant wear a bra it seems like it make it worst.please don't laugh right now i put a ice pack under my breast to get relief can someone please give me some info about the ms hugs.I am still takeing therapy at and can't wait until i get back to the old me I'm so happy that i have found this web site any help would be greatly appreciated iam new to this thing call Ms i want my life back.Thanks in advance.

[SarahL2491]

that all sounds like kidney or kidney stone symptoms.
have you had a CT for kidney area?  that's how they found my kS

[Hmalexa1]

I have waiting on my Neuro/MS specialist appointment so I have am still in limbo on my diagnosis, but I am battling a UTI that's now gone to my kidney.

I don't understand what MS hug is but all I know is that where my kidney is on the left side, around to my pelvis and under my rib cage is killing me. I'm on a second antibiotic. 17 days

[Lulu54]

hi and an unfortunate welcome to the club.  People find various things that might help give relief with the hug - heat and/or ice are commony tried but I'm not sure with what success rate. The same with pain relievers, because this is a very different type of pain.  It seems to be a lot of experimenting to find what works for each individual.

One thing my accunpuncturist suggested - and yes, acupuncture did give some release and relief to the tightened muscles for me  - was to think about expanding my ribs when breathing to the east and west (left/right)_ and not up and down as we normally breathe.  That little bit of movement seemed to help me stretch and relax the muscles and ligaments that cause the hug problem.

It can take upwards of 6 months for copaxone to retrain your immune system and take effect, so please be patient.  Everything in neurology time seems to move so much slower than other medical problems.

Welcome again and I hope we see you around,
Laura

[SarahL2491]

bladder infections can give you strange symptoms in addition to the usual ones.  when you have ms, sometimes you get increased ms symptoms.  I don't get the usual ones, the only one I get is increased trips to the loo, but I do get increased ms symptoms and my neuro told me that's how I can tell.  So when I get a "rush" of symptoms, I head for the urologist with a sample and most of the time I am right.

They can give you pain medication for your hug, I use a heating pad and Aleve for mine.

Often after you start drug therapy, you can see a rash of new MS symptoms.  Its not uncommon.

Welcome to our little corner of the world and the club no one wants to belong to.

If I could ask one favor, when you post, please break up your post into paragraphs (they don't have to meet english grammer requirements) as often we have difficulty with long paragraphs due to attention span and cognitive fog.  It really does help!