Prior to being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis I would have bouts of odd "skin pain". For months I had pain in my right hip/groin area that was excruciating. It was painful for ANYTHING to touch me including the softest, lightest bed sheets. The only thing that offered me any relief was to wear tight blue jeans. I know, it sounds ridiculous but it helped. I think because rather than any garment touching me in a specific spot in the painful area, it spread the "touch" over a wider area and made it more bearable. No one could explain to me what it was or give me anything that could make it stop. It made me begin to think I was crazy(er). :) I did try Lidoderm with limited success, but as with all of the other junk that comes with MS......it finally just went away. (THANK GOD!)
So fast forward to yesterday.......The left side of my face and my scalp began to hurt. The kind of hurt like you have had your hair up too long in a pony tail and finally let it down hurt. Not comfortable but not the end of the world either.......only it doesn't go away after a few minutes. It stays and seems to intensify. It wakes you up when you turn over on your pillow at night. It makes you wince when you brush your hair. It brings you to tears to clean your face or put on makeup. In general it just wears you down!
I am hoping that this does not last months like the other did. I am whiny when I am in pain and I hate to be whiny. It makes everything else worse! So if you see me with half a face of makeup you know why......or this week I can just play it off as my Halloween look!
Thanks for letting me vent! I try to keep a positive outlook but sometimes I just need to let it out!
