Multiple Sclerosis and Colds/Flu

I learned a very interesting tidbit about having multiple sclerosis and getting sick with a bad cold. For the first time in a long time, I consistently had a fever across several days. I didn't even need to check my temperature to know I had a fever -- I just had to survey my multiple sclerosis symptoms.

The higher my fever and the longer I had it, the worse my symptoms were. When my fever was bad continuously, I could barely put my foot in front of the other. I have never experienced this. On my occasions throughout last week, I had to rely on my husband's assistance or a wheeled desk chair to help me to and from the bathroom. It was very scary and very dramatic for me. My MS symptoms went from bad to worse in a blink of an eye.

Of course, now that I don't have a cold or a fever, I am fine. However, now I fully understand why I don't want to be around sick people and why I need to be very apprehensive about being sick because I do have multiple sclerosis.