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Oh, one other thing I wanted to ask, is how much does a spinal tap actually hurt? I read a book about a girl with cancer as a kid, and it said how horrible it was, and so now I'm terrified of it. I don't mind shots or giving blood at all. How much more painful is it than those?

Unfortunately, my sleeping position seems to have nothing to do with it. :( :( :( The numbness also happens *while* trying to fall asleep. If I try to sleep on my left side or my back, it'll be the left leg. If trying to fall asleep on my right side or my stomach it's often my right side. This doesn...

No, I haven't had the MRI yet. That is next. What bothers me is that both doctors seem completely clueless about this and don't see the gravity of the sleeping issues. Sleeping is a problem because my arm and/or leg falls asleep! Or, I wake up with a numb arm and or leg. It's true - I'm almost alway...

I know you all probably get tired of people posting, "Is this MS?" and I'm sorry to subject you to yet another one of these. But this whole thing is going so slowly and I'm getting frustrated and I feel so *utterly alone*. I'll try to be brief, but it's a bit impossible. If you have time, ...