Secondary symptoms – What a pain in the leg

It was around the beginning of March that I started to develop another symptom. My calves began to ache dully after walking any distance. They felt like you would expect them too after a colossal calf work out in the gym, but after no exertion at all. I put that down to lack of physical activity. Having moved house, I had gone from walking a few miles every day to driving everywhere in the last 6 months, so I hoped a bit of light exercise would rectify the issue.

What was more frustrating was the inconsistency of the numbness in my hands. On one particular occasion at the end of February I had a few friends over, and after a few (probably too many) drinks my symptoms vanished. I was overjoyed and immediately began doing things I hadn’t been able to for some time (specifically curling my weights and playing the playstation - All the essentials). This reprieve was unfortunately short lived and I woke up, with returned tingling and a slight hangover. I wondered if perhaps stress and tension had been exacerbating my symptoms, and perhaps relaxing with friends had provided a little respite. But this seemed to be the start of, what I can only describe as, trying to pin down a moving target. Both my partner and I just kept trying to make connections between my activities and my good or bad days. Was I worse when tired? Stressed? After exercise? There just didn’t seem to be any correlations, making it even tougher to tackle. I just didn’t know what to do with myself for the better.