Burnt hands is the only way that I can describe this feeling I have in both my hands. Imagine what putting your hands in boiling water would feel like: the skin is tight, fingers are stiff, and the touch sensation is basically gone.
The lack of sensation limits my ability to engage in many daily activities: it is impossible to button small buttons, handle heavy items, pick up individual sheets of paper, separate book pages, and other tasks that require sensitive or careful touch. Some days just bending my fingers to use the keyboard requires conscious effort. My hands are always cold.
Determined to maintain my active lifestyle, I use Word dictation for typing longer pieces, use tape to pick up individual items from the floor, and I tend to enjoy slip-on shoes as ties take multiple tries. Turning book pages is nearly impossible, so I have returned to my lightweight Kindle or pre-bend pages that I must read.
Now, a year in, I no longer fuss if I drop a dish or have to ask for help. Living without sensory and tactile sensations is one symptom that takes getting used to. Months of physical therapy did not solve this issue for me. This is another aspect of the neurologic damage of MS.
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