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Reply #1 -
06/12/08
8:52am
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right before my first attack i was found positive for 'Pre cancerous cells" in my cervix 
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Reply #2 -
06/12/08
9:02am
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My first attack was when my grandmother died.
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Reply #3 -
06/12/08
9:04am
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Extreme prolonged stress seems to have brought on the first attacks for me. Company went public in the late 90's, lots of stress & overtime. Started menopause, acquired allergies never experienced before, and became sensitive to sodium (feet/hands swelled up w/water retention). Also had first symptoms of MS. 2nd attack was stress too - last year in college, struggling with a couple of tough courses & trying to work almost full time.
Outside of these instances, I have always been ridiculously healthy, usually never even got the usual seasonal colds/flu every year.
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Reply #4 -
06/12/08
6:44pm
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My triggers seem to be heat, lack of sleep, stress, and hormones. My worst sustained flares seemed to have occurred when I was a HS teacher (although I didn't really know it then it was before my dx). I do recall that my sx's do worsen when I am sick. Last winter I got the flu pretty bad and I had trouble with leg paralysis. Hope that helps! XOXOXO
I, Julz, am a good little girl, and promise to be nice...mostly...LOL....sorry, I see there is now a DS pledge attached to comments!!
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Reply #5 -
06/12/08
10:56pm
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I seem to be on the same page as julz......
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Reply #6 -
06/12/08
11:14pm
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Looking back I had flairups during my last two weddings (oh brother). But the "big one" occured while having the biggest sales volume month I've ever had. I was having a ball, happy happy.
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Reply #7 -
06/13/08
10:17am
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I did fall and tear the ligaments in my ankle 6 days before my "big hit" and it was also 5 days before Christmas and I still had shopping to do and I have Christmas at my house for the whole family and I was also swamped with video work. So I was major stressed and the day after Christmas I woke up with a numb left side and double vision.
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Reply #8 -
06/13/08
10:55am
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I first started having mild symptoms after having a fall that hurt my back/neck. Ever since my fall, I started having significant digestive problems and got sick easily. I then got Mono and was very weak for about a year (my first year of college). I finished up my studies from the hospital. My first big relapse was at the end of graduate school which was a very stressful time.
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Reply #9 -
06/13/08
11:44am
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STRESS!!!!!
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Reply #10 -
06/13/08
12:06pm
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Stress. I have found in my journals that I've kept since 1986 that I suffered from disabeling headaches. The stress in my house was horrible (birth of twin sisters, mother a severe alcoholic). I noticed each time I get subjected to severe stresses I get symptoms and another flare-up
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