Steroids Restored Feeling; Left Leg Still Drags in Daily Pain

Day 4 · 7:31:34 · Jasmine Comeau · Myriam Bohémier

• 💊 After hospital admission, steroids restored sensation and her right leg improved, but the left leg remains weak, drags, and causes extreme daily pain.
• 🌧️ Pain is mostly in the foot, spreads to the whole leg with exercise, and worsens with weather and travel.
• 🚗 A three-hour trip to see her grandmother costs a full day of recovery and painkillers that leave her sleepy and bed-bound.

Jasmine describes lasting left-leg weakness, weather- and travel-triggered pain, and costly recovery after hospital steroids.

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Transcript

Jasmine Comeau · 7:31:34

Um, after I got admitted to hospital, um, The doctors gave me steroids, steroids, which I gained the feelings back. And my right leg came back good. But my left leg has been very weak. It drags. And I'm in extreme pain every day. Like today, I'm in A lot of pain.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:32:07

Is it the whole leg that's painful? Pardon? Is it the entire leg that's painful?

Jasmine Comeau · 7:32:14

It depends on the days. Mostly it's the foot. But if I do a lot of exercise, it will be the whole leg. If it's pouring outside, I find the weather affects affects a lot. Traveling affects a lot. I can't even go see my grandma. She lives 3 hours away from me. And it takes me a whole day to recover when I go see her.

Myriam Bohémier · 7:32:58

So just getting in the car, having to sit in the car, visit, get back in the car, sit in the car, go back in the house. Yeah. Taking a full day to recover from that.

Jasmine Comeau · 7:33:10

A whole day. Yeah. And I have to take some painkillers, which makes me very sleepy. And I, I don't like doing that. I don't like being in bed.