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Munna Bhai MBBS (2003)

Here’s another favorite! I remember waiting for this to come out on DVD. I’d read how well it was doing in Indian theaters, I loved the story concept, and it paired Sanjay Dutt with his father Sunil Dutt, who hadn’t acted in sixteen years. I got it as soon as it was available, and I was not disappointed. In fact, I was bowled over.

This is the first Hindi film I ever saw where I actually laughed out loud and was laughing with it (I’d seen Disco Dancer and laughed too, but at it). Keep in mind that it was 2003 and I’d been watching Hindi films for less than a year; the ubiquitous Comic Side Plot still mystified me and I often felt that culturally I must be missing something that prevented me from understanding the humor. I was beginning to despair.

But this—this was a laugh-out-loud cross cultural fiesta with a squishy dil™!

I don’t know how many people saw this initially outside of India, but after the success of the follow-up film Lage Raho Munna Bhai those who hadn’t should have rushed to see it right away. I actually like MBBS better, although I loved LRMB too. But as the first Hindi film to make me feel like I was “in” on the joke, it has a special place in my heart.

Murli Prasad Sharma (Sanjay Dutt) is a don in Bombay with a gang of loyal—and even lovable—goondas. His right hand man is Circuit (Arshad Warsi), a gold chain-festooned thug who is fiercely protective of Munna (as Murli is called).

Munna and his gang refer to themselves as “social workers” who “recover” money for people to whom it is owed. Munna has his own code of honor, much of it imbibed from his strictly honorable father (Sunil Dutt). He holds his father in awe, and to avoid disappointing him has told him that he, Munna, is a doctor. When his parents visit on their yearly vacation, Munna and his men transform their location into a hospital and themselves into doctors, orderlies and patients.

This year, though, Munna’s dad runs into an old family friend named Dr. Asthana (Boman Irani), whose daughter Chinki (Gracy Singh) was a childhood playmate of Munna’s. She has become a doctor herself and when Munna’s parents try to fix his marriage with her, the truth comes out via Asthana’s housemaid.

Crushed, his parents go back to their village. Munna vows to make his father proud, and to avenge himself on Asthana, by becoming a doctor and getting married to Chinki. He manages to cheat his way into the best medical college in India (where Asthana is dean, and where Chinki works as a doctor too).

Within days, Munna’s cheerful good nature and “take no prisoners” methods have turned the medical establishment upside down. When he points out the inhumanity of making a dying boy’s mother fill out a form before he is treated, Asthana throws him out of class. When one professor jokingly tells him to get his own body for dissection, Munna calls up Circuit and gets one: a Japanese tourist who is not quite dead.

He cheers up a love-lorn suicidal boy by singing a wonderful song (“Apun Jaise Tapori”) about the fickle and fleeting nature of love—“You’ll get over it!” being the message. I love all the songs, and their exuberant picturizations fit perfectly into the film.

Asthana’s daughter—whom Munna hasn’t seen since she was a “fatso with oiled pigtails”—is known in the hospital by her real name Suman; Munna confides in her without realizing that she is Chinki.

There’s a catatonic patient at the hospital named Anand Banerjee (I thought this might be a tribute to Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s classic film whose main characters were named Anand and Dr. Banerjee, but it turns out that I was overthinking it, and it’s just a coincidence).

Munna doesn’t buy the theory that Anand (Yatin Karyekar) is insensate, and begins taking him outdoors to enjoy the sun, gets his hair cut and beard shaved, and jokes with him. When Anand begins to respond faintly to Munna, nobody believes it. But Munna continues to spread sunshine and his mother’s “Magic Hugs” throughout the hospital.

Alas though, his antics—which have by now endeared him to almost everyone else including Chinki—have only further enraged Asthana, who is determined to rid himself of Munna once and for all.

In this battle of wits, who will win? Can Munna make his father proud, and win Chinki’s love too? Will he get his revenge on Asthana?

If you are one of the two people who hasn’t seen this film, you really should. It points out how medicine has become a business these days instead of the healing art it should be, but it’s not preachy. Like Lage Raho, it gets the message across with great big dollops of humor. Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi complement each other perfectly as Munna and Circuit, and the rest of the cast is fantastic. It’s wonderful to see Dutt Sahab in his last role as well; I’m awfully glad he made this film. It’s a fitting end to his long and illustrious career, especially since he shared the screen with his son in one of his best roles ever.

About a week after I first saw this, I had a business meeting with the owner of a company in India that we were outsourcing my job to (true story!). When he discovered that I liked Hindi movies, he told me that a friend of his had just made his first film, and that it was a hit in India. He didn’t think I’d know about it, but of course I did: it was this film, and his friend was Rajkumar Hirani, the director, writer and editor. He put me in touch with Raju, who turned out to be a lovely, down-to-earth and very funny man. Raju was (is) amazed (and by amazed, I mean he makes fun of me) by my obsession for Hindi films, and it is he who convinced me to write this blog. So you can thank him (or not) for it!

It’s also his birthday today, so: Janam din mubarek ho, Raju!

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40 Comments to “Munna Bhai MBBS (2003)”

  1. Well I only saw this film because I heard you said it was your favorite in that TV show (reading your blog I have come to trust your sense of humour). And I can’t thank you enough for it. Seriously.

    I purchased LRMB right after and am very happy with it too (but I like MBBS a bit better)

    Happy birthday Mr.Hirani!

  2. Eliza, we might be the only two people on earth who like MBBS better (although, as we’ve both said, LRMB is also divine). I’m glad you liked it :-)

  3. I’m afraid I’m in the LRMB camp, but I still love MBBS. Circuit and Munna have one of Hindi film’s great bromances… And you’ve inspired me to dig out my copy of MBBS this weekend!

    On another note, I know what you mean about being “in” on jokes. I think the first for me was “Hera Pheri” – the 2000 one – where Bollywood humor and my sense of humor finally clicked.

    And on a final note, when I met Abhishek Kapoor – director of “Rock On” – last week, he couldn’t get over how much I knew about Hindi films and kept asking me how I knew the trivia that I knew! LOL!

  4. Hey Greta that’s a great birthday gift. You always said you liked MUNNABHAI MBBS but never wrote about it. I was not so sure. Thank god for birthdays :-) Thank you. Lots of love.

  5. Filmi Girl: I’m glad we don’t have to choose between them :-) I don’t think I’ve seen Hera Pheri, will have to check it out!

    Raju: I’m glad you like it :-) Thank you for making such great films, can’t wait for the new one! and happy happy birthday once more!

  6. Yup, one of the best hindi comedies ever… (On that note, get your hands on “Andaz Apna Apna” if you haven’t till now) The whole sequence of converting the washermen into doctors and patients (and the subsequent fun) is just too much. So is Circuit.

    BTW, I think the third movie has Munna and Circuit in US of A. Waiting for it.

  7. Oh yeah – great movie! Raju Hirani really did his research well, and all the medical college scenes rang so true (brother is a doc in India). I t hink it was remade in almost all the possible languages – the Tamil version stars Kamal Hassan and Sneha – was pretty blah, IMO, compared to the original.

    My only quibble with the movie is the “item number” song – felt it was out of place, but eh, I’m old fashioned that way – don’t really see a need item numbers as being in place anywhere!

  8. Amey: I saw Andaz Apna Apna early on, and don’t remember finding it funny. I might now though, need to revisit it.

    M: A lot of people seem to have that quibble, although it didn’t bother me. Jimmy Shergill is so cute and looks so bewildered throughout it!

  9. I’m also part of the LRMB gang, but I love MBBS too! And the latest gossip in the local rag seems to be that Sanjay Dutt’s planning a sequel to LRMB, with Vidya Balan etc (an actual sequel). Let’s see…

  10. I love this movie! It’s easily one of the best comedies of the decade. I wouldn’t pick one from MBBS and LRMB — as others have noted, they’re both fantastic! Dutt and Warsi are excellent, and so are Gracy Singh and Vidya Balan. The trailer to the third, which was released early last year, promises more fun.

    Mr. Hirani: A very happy birthday to you, sir! And thank you for your contributions to Hindi cinema. I’m really, really looking forward to 3 Idiots! :)

  11. dustedoff: Hmmm…somehow I don’t buy the Sanju sequel thing. Most of that gossip is just made up on the spot :-)

    theBollywoodFan: Yes, it’s nice we don’t have to choose. But I do have such a soft spot for this one, was so relieved to finally be sharing the jokes! Me too re: 3 Idiots!

  12. Am in the LRMB camp too! I loved the irony of Gandhigiri being espoused by a gangster!! This one was fun too, and I enjoyed the first half. The second half got be a bit too mushy for my taste and it was really hard to stomach Gracy Singh as Sanjay Dutt’s childhood playmate – they looked more like Sanjay had dangled her on his knee!!! But I loved Arshad Warsi in both these movies (and most others he’s done) and certainly look forward to the sequel (shouldnt a third movie be a threequel or triquel?) for that and the fun factor associated with the series.

  13. It’s more of a trilogy, since they aren’t sequential in plot or anything. Yes the Gandhi meets Munna scenario was fabulous :-) My dad loved LRMB (he’s a bit of a disillusioned pacifist and was so delighted with Gandhigiri). I think Arshad was better in the second one—he seemed to really hit his stride as Circuit (although he did not suck in MBBS either!).

  14. Ooh, I’m one of the two people! I started it and haven’t finished yet. I *love* Sanjay so I can’t understand why I haven’t put the film back in the player!

  15. Happy Birthday Mr Hirani! Many many happy returns of the day.

    Hope you continue to make good movies like Munna Bhai series.

    Memsaab, thanks once again for a good post on Munnabhai and also sharing the news of Mr Hirani’s birthday.

    As you rightly say, one shouldn’t have to choose between the two movies. Both are unique and enjoyable on their own. Arshad Wasi had a better role in the 2nd one. He was also very good in “Kabul Express” Have u seen this movie?

  16. While personally in the LRMB camp, I do know quite a few people who prefer MBBS. I still think MBBS is a good movie, but there are some moments which had me cringe somewhat, especially in the second half, and I didn’t get that in LRMB. Well, the world would be very boring if we all felt the same about everything.

  17. Both movies, has their own story. Only the Leads are same. One side there’s Gandhigiri. On the other, in this flick, its ‘Jaadu ki jhappi’ that moved everyone.

    The two scenes i remember, where Sanju hugs the hospital cleaner uncle, and the other he hugs his mother, both brings tears to my eyes [though i m a man, i easily go into tears while watching hindi movies].

    Yes, one thing, change your header picture. Its great, but takes similarly great time to load. Its heavy in size. Compress it or change it. Please don’t mind. But still there are places where Lightning speed is a dream, and your fans are lying there too.

  18. ajnabi: I can’t understand it either :-) even the kids will love it!

    Anonymous: I haven’t seen Kabul Express, although I want to.

    Gebruss: That’s what I always say (re: boring if we all liked the same things)…

    Darshit: Good for you for crying easily, I think it’s healthy :-) And I will try to compress the new header—thanks for letting me know you are struggling with it. I’m glad you’re hanging in there with me.
    Edited to add: I have recompressed it, let me know if it’s not better!

  19. LRMB was good but the story where he likes to redeem himself in the eyes of his father and give him his honour back really appealed to me much more. In addition I liked how Munna easily stands against misused authority.

    I also liked the gentle mocking tone of the film. I like it when certain themes and types of people are good naturedly mocked but not demeaned not matter how bad (in every sense of the word) they are. I like compassionate comedy and Munna gave it to me in spades :)

    I guess I’m in the minority as far as the second half is concerned since I loved it. Melodrama is a delicate thing and can easily turn wrong, but here it was handled beautifully.

    How poor JS was begging Munna not to let him die and we all know that it is not possible, just broke my heart. I even shed tears when the old man started to drink his juice…

  20. Ha! We are kindred spirits, Eliza. I love melodrama, it’s one of my favorite things about Hindi movies (unless it involves endless amounts of self-sacrificing and self-pity, then I just want to scream). I love how emotional Hindi films are! And in MBBS (and LRMB) the emotion is tempered nicely with humor, and as you said it’s always very compassionate.

  21. Will have to give this one a try it seems; i seem to be belong to the 2 people on the planet who Didn’t like LRMB very much. Saw it after it came so highly recommended by so many people, but I just did not find it 1) funny 2) sold gandhigiri so short; am unable to express myself better but I had A LOT of quibs watching it.
    The only person I liked in that was Boman Irani.

    However, as everyone else seems to like it, I guess the fault is with the viewer, and to uphold the rule that you can’t please everyone :)

    (Now ducks under her computer to avoid all the bricks coming her way…)

  22. Or maybe you were in a bad mood? :-) No bricks to be thrown though, I hate plenty of films that everyone else loved!

  23. Memsaab: I’m definitely in the MBBS camp, just love the chemistry between Munna and Circuit. There’s about 30 minutes in the middle of this movie, between the M bole to and tapori songs, that I pop in the player any time I am having a bad day, and it always cheers me up. When I first started renting Hindi films at my local grocery store, the owner did not want to rent me this film because, she told me, as I wasn’t Indian, I wouldn’t understand it. I’ve always been puzzled by this, because the humor seems quite universal to me–plus it’s one of my favorites! Thanks for this post.

  24. Yes, I have this one and LRMB on my starter list of films. I don’t know anyone (besides bawa, ha ha) who hasn’t enjoyed watching them, even my friend Sarita—who tends to squirm if I force her to watch a Hindi movie, muttering “these are my people” over and over again.

    I really really love the songs too. They are so upbeat, I just want to be in there dancing too :-)

  25. Oh man, I cannot believe you’ve been in touch with Mr Hirani himself! Spectacular. :D

    I confess I was always a bit more fond of Lage Raho but any kind of Munnabhai is wonderful, really.

  26. The more Munnabhai the better, in my opinion. I think he’s working on the third one in whatever spare time he has from working on 3 Idiots…

  27. Great review, Memsaab. I’m actually in the MBBS camp too, even though I love Vidya Balan.

    This reminded me of a comment on a blog left by a Randroid, err, budding Objectivist, who was critical of this movie and “jaduu ki jhappi” as being unrealistic and not backed by facts. Some people just don’t get it. *rolling my eyes*

  28. Oh shame! I feel sorry for anyone who’s never gotten a jadoo ki jhappi!

  29. Oh yeah. Andaz Apna Apna is a classic. Now that you have known hindi movies for some time, check it out once more.

    As for Sanjay Dutt, I think he can now do comic and serious “Bhai” roles in his sleep.

  30. Hi,
    As everyone here, I also loved munnabhai series a lot and waiting for more to come.
    But did any one know that it was actually Shahrukh who was going to play the role of Munnabhai and he also has contributed to the script.

    Rajkumar Hirani also gives him the due credit by mentioning this in the film’s end rolls.

    Its true.

    Bobby Sing

  31. That is true! Thanks for the reminder :-)

    ps I’m still awfully glad that SRK didn’t end up playing Munna. Sanju is just so perfect for it…

  32. Hindi ki top 50 film ko count kiya jaye to yah film usame add ki jayegi, meri ab tak ki dekhi sabase behatarin filmo me se ek, lajawaab.
    yah film Munna Bhai ( Sanjay) ki bajay Circuit ( Arshad) ki jyada lagi. agar Circuit ko is pilm se nikal diya jaye to kuchh nahi bachega.
    is series ki dusari film Lage raho.. ekdam samany lagi. MBBS jitana maja nahi aaya.
    @ राजकुमार हीराणी सर
    अगर आप ये लाईनें पढ़ रहे हैं तो देरी से ही सही पर मेरी भी बधाई स्वीकार करें। जन्मदिन के लिए और बढ़िया साफ सुथरी फिल्मों के लिए भी।…… लगे रहो का कॉन्सेप्ट अच्छा होते हुए भी उतना प्रभावित नहीं कर पाई। अब तीसरी फिल्म का बेसब्री से इन्तजार है।
    मेरे हिसाब से आप हिन्दी के बीस सबसे बढ़िया निर्देशकों में शुमार होते हैं… गुरु गुड़ रहे गये और चेले शक्कर हो गये। :)
    sagarnahar et

  33. I have not watched it, but I have watched “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” that that is a wonderful movie with an original story idea.

  34. sagar: I have no idea what you said there, but I’m really glad you keep visiting here :-) And anyway, Mr. H will read it and understand!

    Atul: You must watch it. If you like LRMB, you will like MBBS equally.

  35. well. is the rajkumar hirani is the real one?from..the…FTII….

  36. Tapan, yes the very same Rajkumar Hirani :-) Studied editing at FTII, which he says helps him a lot as a director.

  37. this was a nice refreshing comedy and a nice movie

    Sanju excelled in emotions but it was the comedy that for once was a highlight
    usually he tended to play second fiddle in comic films or try too hard
    here he was pure natural, thanks to raju hirani

    even arshad got a new lease of life with this film
    he had reached downhill but suddenly shot up

  38. Sanju is a really natural and good actor when he wants to be :) And I cannot imagine anybody else in this role, he lives it and breathes it…

  39. one of my most favourite movies…this film is an absolute delight to watch and i just love sanjay dutt in this…the dialogues which are really great in this movie have been written by abbas tyrewalla…

    do u know that originally shahrukh khan was supposed to do munnabhai’s role ? i shudder to even think about that !!! makarand deshpande was a prospective for circuit’s role…he would have done a fine job too…but this movie was a blessing for arshad warsi who was going nowhere before this…

  40. i liked LRMB better, but i still love MBBS. i wish munnabhai part-3 releases.

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Preparing for a long run

Tomorrow I have my last long run of marathon training – 23 miles.  We have already done a 20 mile and 21 mile run but I feel hitting the 23 mile point is important for my confidence and mental strength.  Today is all about preparing for the long run tomorrow.

Here are my tips to prepare for a long run:

1. Get enough sleep – I pretty much plan my entire weekend around the long run.  I make sure to get 8 hours of sleep Friday night and Saturday night before the run.

2.  Hydrate – I drink lots of water on the day before the run.  I start with hot water with lemon in the morning, and then continue with regular water throughout the day – I try to drink 96 ounces the day before.  I also don’t drink wine or any alcohol the day before a long run.

3.  Move your legs – I run 3-4 miles at an easy pace the day before the long run.  I feel like that helps loosen my legs up.  I also take Friday off from running – this week I did a light yoga practice.

4.  Plan your run – I always know the route I intend to run prior to heading out.  I usually plan it out a day or two in advance and have time to review it and mentally prepare. I also break the runs into sections – so I don’t get overwhelmed looking at the route as a whole and just focus on each individual section.  Mapmyrun is the best tool I’ve found.

5. Carbo Load – I plan my entire day eats around the next days run.  I usually start with oatmeal with a banana for breakfast, a salad with avocado or nuts for lunch (for some fat), and then pasta for dinner.  I also never eat anything new the day before a run – very important to control digestion.

6.  Plan your outfit and get everything ready – I always lay out my outfit the night before (that means you need to know what the weather is going to be like) and prepare my fuel belt and pack whatever kind of snacks I intend to take out with me.  We use chewy power bars for fuel during the run and cut them up into little squares to consume easily.

Tomorrow’s weather is looking good – 34 degrees!  It’s like a heat wave.

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Dancer::Config - how to configure Dancer to suit your needs

Dancer::Config handles reading and changing the configuration of your Dancer apps. The documentation for this module aims to describe how to change settings, and which settings are available.

You can change a setting with the keyword set, like the following:

    use Dancer;

    # changing default settings
    set port         => 8080;
    set content_type => 'text/plain';
    set startup_info => 0;

A better way of defining settings exists: using YAML file. For this to be possible, you have to install the YAML module. If a file named config.yml exists in the application directory, it will be loaded, as a setting group.

The same is done for the environment file located in the environments directory.

Run mode and listening interface/port

server (string)

The IP address that the Dancer app should bind to. Default is, i.e. bind to all available interfaces.

port (int)

The port Dancer will listen to.

Default value is 3000. This setting can be changed on the command-line with the --port switch.

daemon (boolean)

If set to true, runs the standalone webserver in the background. This setting can be changed on the command-line with the --daemon flag.

behind_proxy (boolean)

If set to true, Dancer will look to X-Forwarded-Protocol and X-Forwarded-host when constructing URLs (for example, when using redirect. This is useful if your application is behind a proxy.

Content type / character set

content_type (string)

The default content type of outgoing content. Default value is 'text/html'.

charset (string)

This setting has multiple effects:

  • It sets the default charset of outgoing content. charset= item will be added to Content-Type response header.

  • It makes Unicode bodies in HTTP responses of text/* types to be encoded to this charset.

  • It also indicates to Dancer in which charset the static files and templates are encoded.

  • If you're using Dancer::Plugin::Database, UTF-8 support will automatically be enabled for your database - see "AUTOMATIC UTF-8 SUPPORT" in Dancer::Plugin::Database

Default value is empty which means don't do anything. HTTP responses without charset will be interpreted as ISO-8859-1 by most clients.

You can cancel any charset processing by specifying your own charset in Content-Type header or by ensuring that response body leaves your handler without Unicode flag set (by encoding it into some 8bit charset, for example).

Also, since automatically serialized JSON responses have application/json Content-Type, you should always encode them by hand.

default_mime_type (string)

Dancer's Dancer::MIME module uses application/data as a default mime type. This setting lets the user change it. For example, if you have a lot of files being served in the public folder that do not have an extension, and are text files, set the default_mime_type to text/plain.

File / directory locations

appdir (directory)

This is the path where your application will live. It's where Dancer will look by default for your config files, templates and static content.

It is typically set by use Dancer to use the same directory as your script.

public (directory)

This is the directory, where static files are stored. Any existing file in that directory will be served as a static file, before matching any route.

By default, it points to $appdir/public.

views (directory)

This is the directory where your templates and layouts live. It's the "view" part of MVC (model, view, controller).

This defaults to $appdir/views.

Templating & layouts

Allows you to configure which template engine should be used. For instance, to use Template Toolkit, add the following to config.yml:

    template: template_toolkit

layout (string)

The name of the layout to use when rendering view. Dancer will look for a matching template in the directory $views/layout.

Logging, debugging and error handling

startup_info (boolean)

If set to true, prints a banner at the server start with information such as versions and the environment (or "dancerfloor").

Conforms to the environment variable DANCER_STARTUP_INFO.

warnings (boolean)

If set to true, tells Dancer to consider all warnings as blocking errors.

traces (boolean)

If set to true, Dancer will display full stack traces when a warning or a die occurs. (Internally sets Carp::Verbose). Default to false.

logger (enum)

Select which logger to use. For example, to write to log files in logdir:

    logger: file

Or to direct log messages to the console from which you started your Dancer app in standalone mode,

    logger: console

Various other logger backends are available on CPAN, including Dancer::Logger::Syslog, Dancer::Logger::Log4perl, Dancer::Logger::PSGI (which can, with the aid of Plack middlewares, send log messages to a browser's console window) and others.

log (enum)

Tells which log messages should be actually logged. Possible values are core, debug, warning or error.

core : all messages are logged, including some from Dancer itself
debug : all messages are logged
warning : only warning and error messages are logged
error : only error messages are logged

During development, you'll probably want to use debug to see your own debug messages, and core if you need to see what Dancer is doing. In production, you'll likely want error or warning only, for less-chatty logs.

show_errors (boolean)

If set to true, Dancer will render a detailed debug screen whenever an error is caught. If set to false, Dancer will render the default error page, using $public/$error_code.html if it exists or the template specified by the error_template setting.

The error screen attempts to sanitise sensitive looking information (passwords / card numbers in the request, etc) but you still should not have show_errors enabled whilst in production, as there is still a risk of divulging details.

error_template (template path)

This setting lets you specify a template to be used in case of runtime error. At the present moment the template can use three variables:

The error title.

The error message.

The code throwing that error.

auto_reload (boolean)

Requires Module::Refresh and Clone.

If set to true, Dancer will reload the route handlers whenever the file where they are defined is changed. This is very useful in development environment but should not be enabled in production. Enabling this flag in production yields a major negative effect on performance because of Module::Refresh.

When this flag is set, you don't have to restart your webserver whenever you make a change in a route handler.

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It is the role of the counselor or coach to help you decide whether to try to restore your marriage to health, move toward divorce, or take a time out and decide later.

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Instead of Racing to Tops or Not Leaving Children Behind, Why Don’t We Just Clone What Massachusetts Has Done?

The 2011 TIMMS international scholastic test results are out (I’ve written about TIMMS results before). I’ll have more to say about the results later–the AlabamaMassachusetts comparisons, my favorite*, are devastating. But, as a first pass, it’s worth noting that, once again, Massachusetts kicks ass:

And science:

Instead of constantly enacting new, unproven educational initiatives–No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Put Your Right Foot In, Put Your Right Foot Out, Do the Hokey Pokey and Shake It All About–why don’t we just copy what Massachusetts has done? Because it works. As a citizen of the Commonwealth, I invite you to steal from us. Instead, we are trying a bunch of untested ideas, some which are the opposite of what Massachusetts has done (e.g., lots of charter schools, weakening teachers unions).

My approach, at least in temperament, is conservative. It works. Could it work better? Sure. But instead of reinventing the wheel–when it will most likely be square–let’s adopt what Massachusetts has done. After all, if the entire U.S. performed like Massachusetts, that would be a really good thing–we would have, across the board, one of the best educational systems in the world.

*Not because I like bashing Alabama, but because state-to-state variation, even when you control for demography, is a significant factor that is never discussed by ‘reformers’ (and, ironically, was one of the major impetii in the development of the NAEP).

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  1. helikonios says:

    “Lower from” in the first image made me giggle (a la “is our children learning”, I suppose).

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  3. joemac53 says:

    I started following TIMSS years ago and tried to quell all the wailing and gnashing of teeth in my school district. No one listened. The last thing I said when I was leaving was “Why would we Race to the Top for no money just so we can get something worse than what we have?”
    Thirty -five years in the trenches and no one wants to know about it.
    Can we have a discussion about demographics someday, Mr. President?

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  5. quixote says:

    If the priority was facilitating education, even a bunch of legislators and educrats could probably figure this out. But the real priority is to cut money nownownow. Excellence For Nothing!

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Links 10/14/16

Links for you. Science:

Stop submitting papers.
Flesh-Eating Worms Have Returned to Florida
The Superhero In Your Vagina
Royal Society Puts Matt Ridley And His Friends On Notice
Flu vaccine myths – the zombie tropes are back

The Skills Delusion
The Problem with Privilege
How Hillary Clinton should go in for the kill
How the Washington Post killed Bernie Sanders’ candidacy
Boom and bust, all at once: America’s education divide fuels political polarization
Actually, Ken Bone Is Bad
An interview with David Card and Alan Krueger
Tough Distracted Driving Penalties Up For D.C. Council Vote Tuesday
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  1. David Taylor, MD says:

    Timothée Poisot’s blog entry — Stop Submitting Papers — doesn’t seem to allow any more comments, so I hope you will forgive me for commenting here that he does not, in fact, stop submitting papers; he simply allows more time for comments before submitting them. Those of us whose careers started in the pre-interwebz days are very familiar with this strategy: we’d circulate copies of our papers widely to friends and colleagues whose views we valued, and work on several additional drafts before finally submitting — the only difference between this venerable tactic and Poisot’s recommendation is the technology involved. And, as I noted, he still submits….

  2. jrkrideau says:

    Screw-worms from Cuba.

    Boy, that US interdiction of Cuba for ~ 55 years really is working.

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salad_spinnerIt’s one of the oldest, albeit least-used, things in my kitchen cabinets.  It’s big, it’s yellow, and it’s been taking up a significant amount of space in my sometimes very crowded cupboards for the last 28 years.  It’s a salad spinner, designed to quickly dry my freshly washed lettuce leaves.

I tried to sell it at a yard sale once, but the only person who showed any interest in it was a little kid.  He was intrigued by how the thing worked.  His mom quickly put the kibosh on any thoughts of actually purchasing it.  I guess she didn’t want to have it on her shelf for the next 28 years.

Somewhere I read you could secure a paper plate in it, squirt in some paint, and start spinning.  Supposedly you’d end up with an artistic masterpiece.  I never got around to trying it with my kids.  But  someday there may be grandchildren…

Now it’s been with me so long I can’t imagine getting rid of it.

This delightful kitchen convenience was a wedding present, one of many presented to me by assorted friends, neighbors, church ladies, etc.  They came in a steady stream to our house in the days leading up to the big day.  It was probably the part of getting married that I liked the least, in part due to a fear I had of unwrapping a gift in front of a generous church member and not having a clue what it was.  (There was a strange bowl/candle holder thing that really had me at a loss for words.)

But mostly my dread stemmed from the fact that these generous people were doing all this to honor me (oh, and George too, I suppose.)  I felt totally undeserving.  I wanted to scream “Wait until we survive each other for a few years and weather a few storms.  Everything is fun and games now, but later, when the chips are down, where will you be then?”

In some ways, talking about MS feels like that.  Immediate sympathy.  But wait.  Giving the injections can be a real downer, and the ailments that come and go may be daunting, but this is just the first paltry assault.  When I really need your compassion is later when the major salvos are launched.  Save your sympathy for then.  Hence my initial inclination to keep my diagnosis on the lowdown.  Until the chips are down.

In retrospect, I’ve found that I have more control over people’s reactions than I initially imagined.  If I come across as broken, weak, and defeated, the sympathy is there.  But if I present myself as in control, self-confident, and strong, I get no pitiful looks or lowered expectations.  People react to me, not my diagnosis.

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I fell in love with Manda Baker eight years ago, and I loved her to the core of her soul. We were supposed to have that elusive happily ever after and spend a lifetime together. But that was all before she was stolen from me. Her best friend, Sarah Erickson, killed her. It wasn't intentional. It was far worse. Everyone claims it was just an accident, but I can see through the lies. Even if it's with my dying breath, I will make her pay for what she did. Fate hates me. It robbed me of my first love and left me to navigate through this world emotionless and numb. Then, one day, spiteful fate gave me a woman to fill my shattered soul and make me feel again. It gave me Emma Jane Erickson. Now I spend my days searching for the answers that will ruin Sarah and my nights falling in love with her sister - the one person who is bound and determined to save her. But what happens when everything you know to be true explodes around you?

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Helene Follet hasn’t had close contact with Lord Burl Winterson since she chose to spend her life caring for his brother. Now she’s forced to live under Burl’s protection, because he has become guardian to her young son. What Helene craves is to finally find a loving home in his safe, strong arms. Neither can admit that they are still tantalised by the memory of one magical, fateful night...

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Bear shifter Clover is steaming mad and ready to be fitted with a new pair of bearskin boots. How dare the sexy head of security for the McCoy clan forbid her younger sister from marrying his brother? His brother knocked the girl up, and he's going to do right by her, or her name isn't Clover Lulabelle Movie Star Windwalker Jones - which, unfortunately, it is. (Her parents were hippies.)
His. Clover is hotheaded, impulsive, demanding - and she's his. Sam McCoy knows it the second he lays eyes on her. Sure, he's arrested most of the members of her family at one time or another, and now she's blaming him for ruining her younger sister's life - details, right? Sam has a secret weapon - he gets her a marketing job at his family's jelly and jam factory, which will help her retain custody of her brother and sisters.
Late nights at the office and some sexy honey samplings lead to even sexier times and the possibility of a future - until Clover's past comes back to haunt her and threatens to tear apart the family she's fought to save.

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Anime 2014: The Surprises

So after naming my favourite animes I needed an excuse to mention a few more that I really liked I thought it would be a fun idea to mention the animes that surprised me. In a good way.

The Surprises:

D-Frag! is a show about games? You know what, this show doesn’t really have a plot but what makes it excellent is the characters and how over the top they are. It always made me laugh, in ways that were expected and in ways that weren’t.

After finishing the series, I was disappointed that it took me awhile to actually watch this. I’ve seen the manga a few times, but it looked like a typical club room romcom, so I thought that it would start out okay but then get annoying as the harem starts to come together. Now that I know how awesome it is, I feel like I should have looked this up right from the beginning.

At least I know now.

Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii

Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii

It’s a tender rain!

I think Soredemo is a shoujo done right. The characters fall for each other, but it’s done at a natural pace. There are a few ehh? moments, but it’s a cute love story. It’s my first time watching a shota anime and sometimes I wasn’t sure if Liv was meant to be eight or 15, but it was cute. Like sports animes, shoujos are actually hard for me to finish. I’ll watch a bit while it’s airing, but then stop watching it for one reason or another. If I remember it, then I’ll come back and finish it off but it’s a struggle. Not here though. Somehow I was able to remain on pace with this and finish it along with everyone.

I think that’s a testament to the story though. Even though this is a love story, it doesn’t feel forced or annoying. Just cute, which is what a shoujo is suppose to make you feel.

This isn’t actually much of a surprise since I like the manga….but I’m going to include it here, because I was actually worried about this adaptation. I thought that it would be a short anime, like four minutes or something, but it was 24. That surprised me…..

…I loved the anime. I just couldn’t decide what to take out for the hits to include this so I put it here. Plus two animes where Ono Daisuke is the lead voice seems unfair, so that’s why it’s here. Surprise!

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Um…this one isn’t a surprise either since I like the manga as well, but I did think it was also going to be a short anime…can I use that excuse again?

Tokyo Ghoul

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I think this series benefited from me not reading the manga before hand. I did read a few chapters, but not enough to remember the story. Since I didn’t know much, I really enjoyed this and was surprised because I didn’t think I would. I didn’t watch it when it first came out, so I never had a problem with censorship or anything like that. Plus, I didn’t get to hear how bad it was until Terra Formars came out.

It’s not the greatest thing ever and I can definitely understand the frustrations viewers had of it. The plot is a bit weak and some of the characters get forgotten about, but I still had a great time watching it. Plus, it gave me motivation to read the manga. I’ve since finished it, which makes me worried for the second season because I know how the studio messed up the first one. I still liked it though.

Nobunaga Concerto

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Unlike Karen Senki, the CGI here isn’t something to write home about. The character’s have no facial expression, so a lot of the times you’re going by the seiyuu’s voice to properly convey the theme. The backgrounds were lovely though, but I do wish more effort went into the characters more. That being said, I had such a blast while watching it. It took some time for it grow on me, but I was surprised by how quickly I got hooked on the story.

Mikakunin de Shinkoukei

Mikakunin de Shinkoukei

This anime was so cute and another love story that was done properly. I did get annoyed Mashiro at first, but grew to love her and all of the characters by the end of it, especially Hakuya. A man of few words, but lovely nonetheless. Like Soredemo, the love story here doesn’t feel forced and happens gradually. I suppose the situations are the same since both couples are engaged, but still. It was just so darn cute.

Wake Up, Girls!

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I don’t watch idol animes, mainly because I don’t think I’d like it all that much. I don’t know what convinced me to watch Wake Up Girls, but I took the plunge and was surprised by how realistic it was. The way the girls got picked, the fact that some can’t sing, their struggles, and their hardships seemed real. The top girl band thing seems overly restrictive and I’m not sure if that’s how it is in real life, but in terms of the WUG crew, I feel like it gave a fairly realistic portrayal of a budding idol group.

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Samurai Flamenco

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For the most part, when it comes to animes reading the synopsis or watching a few episodes is enough to tell you what the story is about. Not here though. One moment this seems like Kick-Ass, the next it’s like Power Rangers, then there’s aliens, and it ends with a villain that no one can see but the hero.

It’s strange, but I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy it. Other than the the scenes of the idols (I hated them, especially Mari worse character ever!) I couldn’t get enough of this anime. I just wanted to know what happens next. Plus, I love the bromance between Gotou and Masayoshi and the ending involving the cellphone.

…I’m going to have to think up a different method to doing this for next year.


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Two of the most odious contributors to the financial crisis were the government’s too-big-to-fail policy and the brazenness of many financial institutions, including the credit rating agencies, in helping to disguise and then market so many garbage securities.  So two of this week’s developments look like good news, however small:

(1) The federal government refused a second bailout for The CIT Group. (You can read about their first bailout, last December for $2.3 billion, here.)  CIT is expected to file for bankruptcy, which isn’t great news, as CIT is the largest lender to small businesses and some of that lending may stop, and as the government/taxpayers’ $2.3 billion stake gets wiped out. But it may be the lesser of two evils.  As the WSJ points out, CIT is only one-tenth the size of Lehman Brothers,and the systemic risk in refusing this request seems much less than the moral hazard risk of granting it.  (I must admit, the WSJ does seem to have the best conservative editorial page in the business. Not that that’s my highest compliment.)

(2) Calpers, the largest pension fund in California, is suing the three leading credit rating agencies for providing “wildly inaccurate” AAA ratings of structured investment vehicles (SIVs) of various dodgy assets including subprime mortage-backed securities. The amount of the suit wasn’t disclosed, but Calpers bought $1.3 billion of bad SIVs in 2006, so that’s a good lower-bound estimate. While market discipline would be preferable to billion-dollar lawsuits, that horse escaped from the barn a long time ago. This is the first I’ve heard of anyone holding these agencies accountable.

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We had a fantastic day at Mountain Ranch with our Year 1 and 2 children - the children thought it was the best trip ever! Thank You.
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With over one hundred acres of woodlands, meadows and trails to explore, the only limit on your pupil's learning will be running out of time and energy!

Our 2017 School Trip Package is just £6.50 per child, accompanying staff and helpers are free of charge and any parents pay a reduced admission price of £2 each.  The package is ideal for all infant year groups as well as nursery/reception classes and includes the following:

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The Gruffalo Story - one of our experienced storytellers dressed as either Little Red Riding Hood or The Big Bad Wolf will guide you and your class along WALES' ONLY OFFICIAL Gruffalo Trail, bringing this hugely popular story to life.  Taking in hills, meadows and woods along the paths with willow characters, this trail and story is a favourite topic for many schools as it combines literacy with outdoor learning!

Marshmallow Toasting at Bushcraft Creek - led by an experienced Ranch instructor this is a fun activity that all children love!  It's not just about fun though, for many children this is a new experience and an opportunity to learn about the science around fire and it's importance in human history & development!  Our trained instructor will cover fire safety and of course risk assessments are available for this and all activities on request!

Explore & Discover - You will have around an hour to take your class off to explore the Ranch fully equipped with our maps!!  You're unlikely to cover the whole site but this is a great opportunity to visit one or two areas such as the Indian Village, Fairy Forest or the Den Building Area and run some of your own prepared activities that tie in with your current class topic such as fairy tales, creepy crawlies or dandelions and dens.  Alternatively, you will find a worksheet on the back of the maps provided with activities to complete!  We are very happy to help you plan this part of your day beforehand and offer suggestions based on ages/year groups!

Adventure Play Area - around 30 minutes of play time in our Huge Adventure Play Area!

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Horror movies have gotten vividly scarier. With much more realistic graphics and more true to life scenarios, we find today's horror movies to be more believable, moving uncomfortably close into our own lives. The first horror movie was an 18 second film made by Thomas Edison in 1895 entitled, The Execution of Mary Stewart:

which basically shows a woman getting her head chopped off. Horror movies have been produced to frighten audiences for over a hundred years. But paradoxically, although the production value has increased greatly, the horror factor seems to be paying the price. Movies nowadays don't seem to pack as much of a punch as The Ring or Candyman, or taking from farther back, Poltergeist or The Shining. It seems the genre has reached its peak and is now on its slow way down with repeating storylines and scare methods that have been repeated so many times they're one repeat short of being called a cliché.

The problem of course being there are no new methods on how to make a horror movie. After all, how many ways can you scare a person? We have monsters, we have ghosts, we have zombies, flesh eating psychopaths, and the dark abyss known as the unknown.

Although horror movies have evolved into visual spectacles, the horrific images have been so overused that they cease to surprise us anymore. We've been desensitized from horrors by repeated images, scare tactics, and storylines. We've overused those concepts to the point that they're no longer seen as horrific things; Dracula has gone from being a murderous, blood-sucking monster to a shiny, overly romantic, eternal teenage boy who cannot seem to stop watching his lover while she sleeps.

While the stalkeresque methods are creepy, they serve to keep me awake not because I'm afraid a ghost may come and take me in the dark but because I'm frightened that I may do something embarrassing in my sleep as my lover watches me from the foot of the bed.

Not all hope is lost however, as Guillermo Del Toro attempts to turn what everyone conventionally sees as the safest person in the world, a loving mother, into what may be as frightening as the monsters underneath a child's bed. Del Toro's Mama may well turn into a horrorshow playing on the worst parts of our imagination as the image of a loving and protective mother is distorted to fit that of an angry ghost out for blood. And simply because I have faith in Guillermo Del Toro's hyperactive imagination (as Pan's Labyrinth was quite a spectacle), I have hope that Mama may turn out to be a new spin on horror movies.

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The FDA gave the go-ahead to a new drug on Thursday that can be used to inhibit blood clots.

The new medication, which reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes, is produced by American pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co. and will be sold under the name Zontivity.

“In patients who have had a heart attack or who have peripheral arterial disease, this drug will lower the risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death,” said Ellis Unger, director of the FDA’s Office of Drug Evaluation I.

However, like other blood-clot inhibitors, Zontivity increases the risk of bleeding by hindering platelets in the blood from clustering together. For these reasons, the FDA advises patients who have suffered from a stroke or traumatic head injuries to avoid the medication.

The approval of the drug was reportedly delayed over safety concerns due to fatal bleeding in patients who were given the medication…

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Fatigue Is Not My Friend

Sometimes I feel that people really don’t quite grasp the concept of fatigue. People assume that you can’t be that tired all the time. You’re sleeping all day? There’s no way you can be that tired. You’re limbs feel weak? I doubt you feel that bad. I can assure you; no one in their right mind would fake having fatigue.

Multiple Sclerosis in itself is a disadvantage. Doctors always say that I am “normal” and that “I will be able to live a normal life”. I call bullsh*t. MS fatigue is a crippling kick in the nuts. It can affect you in so many different ways. It makes life 10 times, if not more, harder for me. For example, I was in sitting in a lecture, naturally one must hold a pen when trying to write notes. Something that is so simple to everyone else was near impossible for me. I kept dropping the stupid thing on the floor. It’s like my muscles just did not want to cooperate. I was telling myself to hold the pen, get a grip on it and start writing. But, for some reason there was no way my hand would keep its grip. During the stages that I managed to pick the pen up and keep it in my hand, my mind was elsewhere.

Every time I started to write notes my mind would go blank. What did the lecturer just say? What are we talking about again? I took a look down at my note book to see if I could read the sentence and finish it off myself. It was disheartening and confusing to see that not only did my writing become fairly illegible, but, some of the sentences didn’t make sense. I had skipped words, wrote down the wrong word, misspelt a lot of words. It was so mind boggling that even though I thought I was writing down everything perfect and that it all made sense nothing was right in the slightest. All of a sudden I’m looking at something that I have no recollection in taking down. It’s really frightening, being convinced that you’re doing one thing but it turns out that you’re doing something completely different. I was sitting in a lecture hall full of “normal” people and I just felt sick to my stomach. All because I was tired I couldn’t concentrate, couldn’t hold a pen, couldn’t complete a full sentence. Everyone else that was tired just sipped on tea or coffee. This is not “normal”.

When I’m this tired my mind doesn’t wander. It just switches off. I’m looking at things, but, I’m not seeing them. I’m listening to things, but, I can’t hear them. I try my hardest to pay attention and to take things in, but, I might as well be a dog trying to meow. When fatigue hits me like this I feel so pathetic. I get so pissed off because no matter how hard I try I can’t do anything with 100% of my being. To be able to give 10% is an achievement for me.

People don’t understand just how much fatigue affects a person. When they ask how I am and I say that I feel tired, or that I’m a bit weak, I feel like people think that I’m just saying it for the sake of saying it. I know what’s going through their mind; “she can’t always be tired”, “there’s no way she’s still tired”, “tired again, no surprise”. If you ask me how I am, expect the truth. I’m not one to sugarcoat things. Most of the time it feels like people don’t believe me anymore when I say that I feel some way fatigued. It’s almost as though I am the boy who cried wolf. Whereas I’ve never once lied about how I’m feeling. Explaining how I feel takes a lot out of me. I can understand why others with a chronic illness just reply with “fine”. It makes life so much easier and it wouldn’t make me feel as though I’m being shrugged off.

A lot of the time I feel as though I have to apologise for being so tired so often. That being said, apologising doesn’t feel like it suffices. If I could change how fatigue affects me I would in a heartbeat. If I could go to lectures and take notes like a normal person, I would. If I could do a normal work day, 9-5, and not come home 100% bolloxed, I would. If I could wake up after a full nights sleep and feel 100% rested, I would.

Life’s a bitch. Believe me when I say that fatigue is a real thing. It’s by far the worst symptom of MS that I have experienced and still do experience on a day to day basis. I can’t imagine feeling refreshed and not feeling tired. The thought of my muscles not feeling weak, the thought of my eyes not burning from sleepiness, the thought of limbs not feeling like cement, the thought of my concentration levels being “normal” are all like a far off dream. Maybe someday the fatigue will lessen, who knows, maybe they’ll find a cure. You have to play with the cards you’ve been dealt. Mine are worn, ripped and stained, but, I’m still playing. I’ve no plan on folding anytime soon.

Numbness in Multiple Sclerosis

An important thing to note about the lovely disease that is MS is that no two people are the same. Meaning, no two people have the same exact symptoms. Some patient’s symptoms get better, leave and then come back to say hello again. Others go and some more linger. It all depends on the luck of the draw! This post will focus on how numbness, paraesthesia and tingling felt and feel for me. Numbness is a very common symptom in MS. Whoop whoop..!

What is numbness? Well, you’d be surprised how similar this feeling is to me as it is to you. The basics; have you ever felt numb? Have you ever woken up from lying on your hand all night and it feels all weird? Have you ever experienced pins and needles? Surely you’ve had at least 1 of these sensations! Well, now we’ve the guidelines down, let’s go into the details.

Numbness happens when the nerves that usually transmit the various sensations either gets interrupted, disturbed or just doesn’t get sent at all. Because of this, sensations in that particular area are either lacking, not as prevalent or non-existent. Now, this feeling, or lack thereof, can affect a small enough area like the palm of your hand, a finger, a thumb, or it can go big and affect entire limbs all at the same time. For the most part, it’s just an annoying, frustrating feeling! Imagine feeling this for around about 6 week’s non-stop. NON-STOP. Fun, fun, fun.

Numbness comes in different sensations. Some people describe it as not being able to feel anything at all. So, I’ll explain that sensation first. Have you ever gotten a numbing injection from your dentist? You can’t feel that certain part of your mouth, at all! Imagine sitting on your hand for about 45 minutes. One, it would be kind of sore, two; it would feel fat or swollen, wouldn’t it? That is how it feels. Your hand feels puffy, uncomfortable almost as though you can’t close or operate it properly. But, you have to imagine that although you can “feel” this sensation, you’re not feeling 100% as you should do if you were not numb.

What my consultant would do is give me a little prick in my fingers. If I hadn’t been watching where he was poking, I wouldn’t have been able to be 100% certain as to where he was piercing me.  With this numb feeling, it proves hard to get a proper grasp on things such as forks, your toothbrush, simple things like tying your shoes and writing notes etc. You could see that you are holding such tools, but, you just can’t feel it! Be careful, are you holding it too lightly, too rough? It’s impossible to tell!

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I went numb in June of 2012 for the very first time. At first it started in my right thumb, but, within days it had spread all over the right side. It was numbness, and tingling. I had slight difficultly eating. I wasn’t diagnosed at this time, so it was pretty confusing when all of the right side went numb; including up my neck and the right side of my face. I’d bite my tongue, bite my lip, but, I wouldn’t feel it until I tasted the blood. Nice, huh? Luckily I only did this a handful of times. Being extra careful while eating and that kind of thing took a while to get used to, but, I did it. It was pretty weird eating different foods at varying temperatures too. I could only feel half of what I was eating, if that makes sense! I could feel the heat or cold on the left side of my mouth, but, nothing like that on my right side! Sounds pretty dangerous..!

During this period of numbness I was haunted by the feeling of tingling and pins and needles! Remember I said to imagine sitting on your hand for 45 minutes, then it feels sore and swollen. Now imagine the blood about to rush back into your hand, but, it would never “climax”. It was just that repetitive feeling of blood gushing back to where it should be; continuously giving you false hope of the pins and needles ending. It would drive anyone insane! Constantly wondering when this tingling would go away, wondering how you could feel numb and yet feel pins and needles at the same time? Stop contradicting yourself, Multiple Sclerosis!

Another feeling of numbness that I can describe would be having less sensation in that certain area. For example, I’m numb on my right side. My left feels 100% of anything it touches. My right would only feel about 20-30% of that which touches it. Sometimes, feeling temperatures would be difficult. I wouldn’t be able to feel the different between hot and cold water while washing my hands. So, I wouldn’t be able to tell if I was burning my hands, or freezing them off!

Up until this January 2014, I have never experienced numbness without tingling, or pins and needles. This time, heat came to visit me. It started on the right side of my back. You know when you take your t-shirt or pants off of the radiator and put them on? It’s nice a warm. That’s how it started, but, it didn’t cool down. I was confused because I took my shirt out of the cupboard, which is not hot! I thought no more of it, woke up the next morning (Tuesday) and the whole of my right side, bar my face, was numb and hot. No tingling, no pins and needles, just a constant warm feeling. The sensation on this side was much less prevalent than my left side (which was arguably perfect). I did not feel swollen like I did with the tingling that accompanied the numbness as explained above.  It just felt hot! Sometimes it would feel hotter, other times it was just warm. It just depended on my illness’ mood! Another thing that was weird about this numbness was if I brushed off of something metal it would feel like magnets were under my skin and being sucked toward that metal object! Ah, how MS confuses me so. It’s safe to say, that this relapse with numbness was the least pleasant I’ve experienced.  It’s the first time I actually felt pain shooting down my right leg. Walking would hurt and muscles would just ache. My clothes rubbing off of my skin would feel like nails were being dragged along it. Touching a certain part of my right side, like lightly poking it, would feel like I had a massive, fresh bruise on that area. It was sore, it even felt touch was extra sensitive. Contradicting yourself again, Multiple Sclerosis!

Over all, I would explain the numbness as extremely uncomfortable, annoying and just plain frustrating! I just had to ride it out, which sucked because self-amputation was a serious thought at one stage or another!