Feeling helpless & scared

[Mitchellbean]

I woke up in the middle of the night & couldn't get back to sleep. This numb lip has me so scared. This morning I couldn't fight the urge to Google any longer & there it was: MS
So now I am just a mess.

 

[matisworried]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's why no one (but especially people like us) should google symptoms.

even the most benign concerns will get you catastrophic results when you mistake cell phone service for a medical degree and google for a prestigious medical school.

it is a massive (MASSIVE) leap to go from having a numb lip to having MS.

 

[Mitchellbean]

Is it really a massive leap? It wouldn't have even been in my mind, but my chiropractor brought it up to me on Friday. I had told him that I'd experienced my arm falling asleep while in bed at night. He asked if I had any numbness in my feet too. So that upset me. 4 days later my lip started feeling numb & tingly.
Just to be clear, my chiropractor brought up MS. Some tingling in my arm was all I had asked him about.

 

[matisworried]

yes, it definitely is a massive leap!

regardless of what they want people to believe, chiropractors are not doctors and have no business asking you questions like that in reference to MS. I'd find a be chiropractor, if i were you.