Lately, I've been having a lot of weird MS-related symptoms. I know it isn't a flare, but it's still annoying and troublesome just the same. The biggest thing going on is sensory stuff, mainly in my right leg. The sensation is hard to explain, and it changes a lot, too. It ranges from numbness to pins and needles to cramping to burning to pressure to pain and any combination of the above. I'm actually starting to run out of words to describe it to the neurologist.
Speaking of the neurologist, I did mention this about a month ago at my last Tysabri infusion. He prescribed Cymbalta, an SSRI that is also used for fibromyalgia and other nerve pains. It seems to be helping, but of course my insurance isn't wanting to pay for it because it is technically an SSRI and there are other, cheaper anti-depressants out there. I have a letter now from the doc saying this isn't what it's only use is, but we'll see if it works or not.
Last night BOTH of my feet felt like they were ON FIRE! I ended up getting an ice pack, which seemed to help a little, at least long enough that I could fall asleep. The hot tub sounds like a great idea lately, it's been cold and snowy, but every time I get in it the heat just makes it all worse.
Ok, that's enough bitching for now. Until next time....
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November 14, 2011
September 26, 2011
One for the....oh, hell no!
Just saw the trailer for "One for the Money" and I am so incredibly disappointed with the casting. I mean, as if Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum wasn't annoying enough they totally missed the mark on Morelli (hello, as the name would imply, is Italian...not Irish). Ranger needs to be WAY hotter. And Debbie Reynolds as Grandma Mazur?! Jesus, what has the world come to. Was Janet Evanovich even consulted when they cast this movie?
This is definitely one of those times where making a movie from a book totally screws it up for me...and I haven't even seen the movie yet!
This is definitely one of those times where making a movie from a book totally screws it up for me...and I haven't even seen the movie yet!
June 21, 2011
Pet Peeves
One of my biggest pet peeves are people who are constantly late. I know I have had the occasional late time or two, but usually I'm the person who is there 10-15 minutes before you told me to meet you.
Now that I am the clinical educator at work, I've become more and more aware of people, especially students, who are 5-10 minutes late. Most jobs, you'd be fired. Just saying.
Now that I am the clinical educator at work, I've become more and more aware of people, especially students, who are 5-10 minutes late. Most jobs, you'd be fired. Just saying.
April 21, 2011
Sleepy
It is now 11:13pm and I am still awake. I'm not exactly sure how this happened, and I'm definitely not happy about it. For some crazy reason this happens to me sometimes, this random insomnia. I am so tired and would love nothing more than to be asleep right now....but, alas, sleep escapes me. The worst part is that the longer I'm awake, the more frustrated I am that I'm not sleeping, which just makes me even less likely to get any sleep.
Normally when this has happened in the past I just take a little Benadryl or something to help me sleep. Tonight that isn't really an option for me because Todd is at work (probably getting more sleep than I am). I suppose if there is a silver lining here it's that I don't have to work tomorrow. And, in fact, all I really have planned tomorrow is taking Mason to daycare. So now I guess my plans will me take Mason to daycare and take a nap.
Hope you all are having sweet dreams.
Normally when this has happened in the past I just take a little Benadryl or something to help me sleep. Tonight that isn't really an option for me because Todd is at work (probably getting more sleep than I am). I suppose if there is a silver lining here it's that I don't have to work tomorrow. And, in fact, all I really have planned tomorrow is taking Mason to daycare. So now I guess my plans will me take Mason to daycare and take a nap.
Hope you all are having sweet dreams.
April 8, 2011
Whine Baby
I feel like I've been a total whine baby lately. So I would like to take this moment to apologize, especially to my co-workers. I try extremely hard to not whine about my symptoms, but sometimes they definitely get the better of me. This week has been one of those weeks for sure. Typically, unless you are my husband, you won't see me cry or hear me moan and complain about having MS. I do sometimes (like today) use this blog as a way to vent, but even this is pretty rare.
To be honest, my husband would probably say that I don't really cry or bitch to him either, but he knows me well enough to know when I'm feeling scared or sad or just frustrated about life with MS. The problem is that I just say "My leg hurts" or "I'm exhausted today". What I don't say is that after I have worked, taken care of Mason, cooked dinner, cleaned up after dinner, done the dishes, packed Mason's lunch for tomorrow, etc. I barely have the energy in my legs to fell like I can walk downstairs to play with Mason until bath and bed time. Sometimes it really feels like my legs won't carry me anymore. These are the things I don't say, mainly because a) what good does it do and b) no one really understands anyway.
So, yea, I'm tired. I've been working on this, experimenting with different things to try and improve my fatigue. Provigil (an expensive prescription medication) doesn't really help much. I've been taking a B-6 complex for the past month and a half, which seems to help a little. I take a lot of naps, but sometimes this actually seems to make things worse because I get overheated during my nap and wake up worse than I was before. I've been sleeping that extra 20 minutes or so I usually have to spend straightening my hair in the mornings and letting it be curly. I sit in front of a fan at work a lot, and always have ice water or an ice pack near by. And in the past couple of weeks I have actually broken down and let myself use my handicapped parking placard. These all seem like little things, but I'm learning that the little things are what seem to make the biggest differences. This is what I need to realize, and accept as my new normal.
My neurologist just prescribed Ampyra, which is a new medication that is supposed to improve walking in MS patients. I don't have the typical problems that he would normally prescribe it for, according to the neurologist, but he feels like because I'm stubborn and "not that bad" (my words being fed back to me) I push it and end up doing too much. It's an ordeal to get the meds, so I haven't started yet (they're mail order pharmacy only) but we'll see. It doesn't help everyone, but I'm going to give it about a 6-8 week trial. The Catch-22 with it is that I'm almost afraid it will work TOO well and when I go back to Chicago my EDSS will have gone back down. I know this seems weird, who wouldn't want their EDSS to go down, right? The thing is, I know it's only a temporary fix, and it certainly isn't taking care of the actual problem. If my EDSS is the same as it was in December, I have the chance to receive a stem cell transplant which is the only thing right now showing any promise of curing and reversing MS. (I absolutely do not buy into the CCSVI thing, and no neurologist, radiologist or neurosurgeon I know and trust does either)
I am very much a quit your bitching and fix it kind of person, and not just with myself, but with everyone around me as well. I guess this is one of the biggest reasons MS is so hard for me to get my head wrapped around. I can't fix it, but I can ALWAYS find plenty of things to bitch about when it comes to MS! But I feel guilty bitching, I know so many people have it so much worse than I do, with things worse than MS. I see people on a daily basis who are dying of cancer, or who are taking care of their dying child, parent or spouse. I also see people on a daily basis who are so incredibly bitter about their fight, and I NEVER want to be that person. I strive everyday to make freaking lemonade out of the batch of lemons life has dealt me. The worst thing anyone has every said to me about having MS was right after I was first diagnosed, and it has stuck with me. It was horrifying, and I was so angry. A nurse at work was going on and on about neurological stuff, and MS came up. She told me she'd rather have cancer than MS because at least with cancer there's the promise of death. I still hold to my original feeling when I heard this, that I would rather not die...but I do kind of understand the sentiment a little better now. What I think she meant is at least with cancer there's an answer, a prognosis, a treatment...basically, a plan. With MS there is none of that. Just questions, doubts, and the unknown.
So, back to my original point of this post. I'm sorry for being a whine baby lately.
To be honest, my husband would probably say that I don't really cry or bitch to him either, but he knows me well enough to know when I'm feeling scared or sad or just frustrated about life with MS. The problem is that I just say "My leg hurts" or "I'm exhausted today". What I don't say is that after I have worked, taken care of Mason, cooked dinner, cleaned up after dinner, done the dishes, packed Mason's lunch for tomorrow, etc. I barely have the energy in my legs to fell like I can walk downstairs to play with Mason until bath and bed time. Sometimes it really feels like my legs won't carry me anymore. These are the things I don't say, mainly because a) what good does it do and b) no one really understands anyway.
So, yea, I'm tired. I've been working on this, experimenting with different things to try and improve my fatigue. Provigil (an expensive prescription medication) doesn't really help much. I've been taking a B-6 complex for the past month and a half, which seems to help a little. I take a lot of naps, but sometimes this actually seems to make things worse because I get overheated during my nap and wake up worse than I was before. I've been sleeping that extra 20 minutes or so I usually have to spend straightening my hair in the mornings and letting it be curly. I sit in front of a fan at work a lot, and always have ice water or an ice pack near by. And in the past couple of weeks I have actually broken down and let myself use my handicapped parking placard. These all seem like little things, but I'm learning that the little things are what seem to make the biggest differences. This is what I need to realize, and accept as my new normal.
My neurologist just prescribed Ampyra, which is a new medication that is supposed to improve walking in MS patients. I don't have the typical problems that he would normally prescribe it for, according to the neurologist, but he feels like because I'm stubborn and "not that bad" (my words being fed back to me) I push it and end up doing too much. It's an ordeal to get the meds, so I haven't started yet (they're mail order pharmacy only) but we'll see. It doesn't help everyone, but I'm going to give it about a 6-8 week trial. The Catch-22 with it is that I'm almost afraid it will work TOO well and when I go back to Chicago my EDSS will have gone back down. I know this seems weird, who wouldn't want their EDSS to go down, right? The thing is, I know it's only a temporary fix, and it certainly isn't taking care of the actual problem. If my EDSS is the same as it was in December, I have the chance to receive a stem cell transplant which is the only thing right now showing any promise of curing and reversing MS. (I absolutely do not buy into the CCSVI thing, and no neurologist, radiologist or neurosurgeon I know and trust does either)
I am very much a quit your bitching and fix it kind of person, and not just with myself, but with everyone around me as well. I guess this is one of the biggest reasons MS is so hard for me to get my head wrapped around. I can't fix it, but I can ALWAYS find plenty of things to bitch about when it comes to MS! But I feel guilty bitching, I know so many people have it so much worse than I do, with things worse than MS. I see people on a daily basis who are dying of cancer, or who are taking care of their dying child, parent or spouse. I also see people on a daily basis who are so incredibly bitter about their fight, and I NEVER want to be that person. I strive everyday to make freaking lemonade out of the batch of lemons life has dealt me. The worst thing anyone has every said to me about having MS was right after I was first diagnosed, and it has stuck with me. It was horrifying, and I was so angry. A nurse at work was going on and on about neurological stuff, and MS came up. She told me she'd rather have cancer than MS because at least with cancer there's the promise of death. I still hold to my original feeling when I heard this, that I would rather not die...but I do kind of understand the sentiment a little better now. What I think she meant is at least with cancer there's an answer, a prognosis, a treatment...basically, a plan. With MS there is none of that. Just questions, doubts, and the unknown.
So, back to my original point of this post. I'm sorry for being a whine baby lately.
August 9, 2010
Mommy Dearest
Dear Mother Nature,
With all due respect, this summer SUCKS! Seriously, what do you have against giving Anchorage a little bit of SUNSHINE? I am so sick of the rain I could just SCREAM. That is all.
-Amanda
With all due respect, this summer SUCKS! Seriously, what do you have against giving Anchorage a little bit of SUNSHINE? I am so sick of the rain I could just SCREAM. That is all.
-Amanda
May 26, 2010
Now for the crap
Consider yourself warned, I told you this was coming.
Long story short if that my MRI showed 5 new lesions in my brain since January. One of them is an enhancing (or active) lesion. Also, one of the lesions in my spinal cord in my neck has grown. Basically, this sucks.
The only positive in this news that I have been able to come up with (thanks to Todd, actually) is that a) it confirms that not only do I hate the MS medication I'm currently on, but it actually isn't working and b) it may explain why the last couple months I've been feeling so shitty all the time.
I know, MRI and MS symptoms aren't always connected, but it makes me feel better to think that at least this time they may be.
I also have this sinking feeling that I'm going to end up in the control group. Which will suck. I didn't come all this way and have all these freaking tests to just be sent home, but I have always known this is the way it is. It's a 50/50 shot. Flip of a coin. The control group basically goes about their business, taking any of the FDA approved MS medications and then comes back to be checked at certain intervals. All fine, except the transplant doctor really wants me to be on Tysabri as my FDA approved medication.
Google it. Tysabri. Tysabri deaths. Tysabri PML. Go ahead, I have. It scares me. Todd doesn't want me on it. It's the best med out there right now for MS, I get it. I get why the doc wants me on it. Because if I'm on something else people will argue with his study findings that I wasn't on the "best". Ugh. I'm totally stressed about it now. I really don't know what to do. Deaths aren't really occurring in people on it less than a year, and 2 years is kind of the cut off where your risk goes up and up. So, what, take it for 2 years...then what? Pray I don't get PML? Switch to some other, less effective med?
These are all (obviously) rhetorical questions. I guess that's what a blog is for anyway. Well, it's midnight here, and I haven't been sleeping well at all, but I'm going to give it a try.
Long story short if that my MRI showed 5 new lesions in my brain since January. One of them is an enhancing (or active) lesion. Also, one of the lesions in my spinal cord in my neck has grown. Basically, this sucks.
The only positive in this news that I have been able to come up with (thanks to Todd, actually) is that a) it confirms that not only do I hate the MS medication I'm currently on, but it actually isn't working and b) it may explain why the last couple months I've been feeling so shitty all the time.
I know, MRI and MS symptoms aren't always connected, but it makes me feel better to think that at least this time they may be.
I also have this sinking feeling that I'm going to end up in the control group. Which will suck. I didn't come all this way and have all these freaking tests to just be sent home, but I have always known this is the way it is. It's a 50/50 shot. Flip of a coin. The control group basically goes about their business, taking any of the FDA approved MS medications and then comes back to be checked at certain intervals. All fine, except the transplant doctor really wants me to be on Tysabri as my FDA approved medication.
Google it. Tysabri. Tysabri deaths. Tysabri PML. Go ahead, I have. It scares me. Todd doesn't want me on it. It's the best med out there right now for MS, I get it. I get why the doc wants me on it. Because if I'm on something else people will argue with his study findings that I wasn't on the "best". Ugh. I'm totally stressed about it now. I really don't know what to do. Deaths aren't really occurring in people on it less than a year, and 2 years is kind of the cut off where your risk goes up and up. So, what, take it for 2 years...then what? Pray I don't get PML? Switch to some other, less effective med?
These are all (obviously) rhetorical questions. I guess that's what a blog is for anyway. Well, it's midnight here, and I haven't been sleeping well at all, but I'm going to give it a try.
March 29, 2010
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
I didn't think of that quote all on my own...it's from Winnie the Pooh...but it kind of fits how I've been feeling about this whole Chicago situation.
I feel like I am seconds away from becoming "that" patient. The one that keeps calling until she gets an answer she is happy with. The one who believe to the depths of her soul that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The one who her nurse cringes when she sees on the caller ID.
I am NOT good at waiting, but that's what I've been doing for what seems like FOREVER! I still don't know when I'm going back down to Chicago. A couple of "a couple weeks" later and here we are almost in April. Am I going in May? Dunno. July? Dunno. I don't want to keep bothering them, but seriously, it's a trek for me to get there. Not to mention expensive. And top that with the fact I have to figure out childcare because Todd will be working his usual shifts.
Just needed to vent a little. Hoping for the call soon!
I feel like I am seconds away from becoming "that" patient. The one that keeps calling until she gets an answer she is happy with. The one who believe to the depths of her soul that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The one who her nurse cringes when she sees on the caller ID.
I am NOT good at waiting, but that's what I've been doing for what seems like FOREVER! I still don't know when I'm going back down to Chicago. A couple of "a couple weeks" later and here we are almost in April. Am I going in May? Dunno. July? Dunno. I don't want to keep bothering them, but seriously, it's a trek for me to get there. Not to mention expensive. And top that with the fact I have to figure out childcare because Todd will be working his usual shifts.
Just needed to vent a little. Hoping for the call soon!
June 1, 2009
No sleep for the Loys
Mason has decided that sleeping through the night is no longer something he wants to do. Since his 6 month shots last week, he has been a total crank, actually. At first I assumed it was from the shots, but shouldn't that only last for like a day? I do think he is teething, but how long can that last with no teeth? He is seriously the only kid around with no teeth! Just red gums and lots of fuss!
So many people have told me that I just need sleep. Well, excuse my language, but NO SHIT! Do you think I don't know that? The problem is that I can't sleep. Even when Mason was sleeping through the night, I always have one ear tuned in to hear him. I wake up all through the night, tossing and turning. The only time I actually get any sleep is when I take something...and even then I can't sleep through the night. And taking something isn't exactly an option most nights. So please, do me a favor, and stop telling me to get some sleep. If I could, I would.
So many people have told me that I just need sleep. Well, excuse my language, but NO SHIT! Do you think I don't know that? The problem is that I can't sleep. Even when Mason was sleeping through the night, I always have one ear tuned in to hear him. I wake up all through the night, tossing and turning. The only time I actually get any sleep is when I take something...and even then I can't sleep through the night. And taking something isn't exactly an option most nights. So please, do me a favor, and stop telling me to get some sleep. If I could, I would.
April 7, 2009
Toot Toot
That would be the grammar police. Not that I am an expert, but there are some things that just bug the heck out of me. Examples are misuse of there/their/they're or your/you're. I find it especially irksome (and also hilarious) when these violations are printed, and better yet, publicly distributed. OK, here's the deal, I was driving to work today and was behind someone with one of those annoying honor roll stickers on their car...."My child is a honor student at...." Luckily, for ASD and for myself, this was not a local school so I don't have to worry about sending my child to a school that should probably have their honor students doing grammar checks for them!
That's all.
P.S. For all you MOA residents.............get out and VOTE TODAY!!!! (I would prefer you vote for Eric Croft, but it is a free country after all)
That's all.
P.S. For all you MOA residents.............get out and VOTE TODAY!!!! (I would prefer you vote for Eric Croft, but it is a free country after all)
February 6, 2009
It's just not fair
I know I've complained about this before, but the program I'm in has the hardest grading scale I've ever seen! It has been really hard for me to give up my 4.0 GPA, but I work my butt off and actually am usually happy with an A-. I did have a 4.0 last semester, but this semester I'll be happy just to pass I think...having a baby does not leave much time for studying.
Here's what the grading scale is:
A 98-100
A- 94-97
B+ 92-93
B 89-91
B- 86-88
C+ 83-85
C 80-82 (this is the "pass" cut off, below an 80 and you fail)
C- 77-79
D 70-76
F 0-69
Here's what the grading scale is:
A 98-100
A- 94-97
B+ 92-93
B 89-91
B- 86-88
C+ 83-85
C 80-82 (this is the "pass" cut off, below an 80 and you fail)
C- 77-79
D 70-76
F 0-69
December 8, 2008
Play it again, Mom
Mason seems to be on an every-other-night fussiness pattern (I refuse to use the word "schedule" as that obviously does not apply to a baby by any stretch of the imagination). Last night was a great night....which makes me somewhat fearful of what tonight has in store. It seems like he's been gassy lately, but I don't really know what it is. We have some Mylicon (sp) drops, but I'm not convinced they really work. Someone told us to try Gripe Water.......any other suggestions out there?
Oh, and please don't ask me what I ate. I did have some ice cream the other night, which I later found out can upset a breastfed baby, but really, I swear, I haven't had any broccoli, spicy foods, chocolate.....nothing weird. It is on my list of questions for the pediatrician tomorrow.
Anyway, back to the up all night business. Mason loves being sung/hummed to. So far his favorites have been "Over the Rainbow" and "Moon River". I know, I need to stop singing the poor kid show tunes but he seems to like them. At least I'm not singing him songs from Grease or Cats!
Oh, and please don't ask me what I ate. I did have some ice cream the other night, which I later found out can upset a breastfed baby, but really, I swear, I haven't had any broccoli, spicy foods, chocolate.....nothing weird. It is on my list of questions for the pediatrician tomorrow.
Anyway, back to the up all night business. Mason loves being sung/hummed to. So far his favorites have been "Over the Rainbow" and "Moon River". I know, I need to stop singing the poor kid show tunes but he seems to like them. At least I'm not singing him songs from Grease or Cats!
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November 11, 2008
2 weeks
I have officially reached "full term". I'm 37 weeks now, so technically the little man could make his appearance any day and it would be fine. If he sticks with the plan, he'll be here in exactly 2 weeks (the 25th).
I have also officially reached the uncomfortable stage. I thought I had run out of room months ago, but now I know I have! Sleeping is next to impossible, which I guess I should just get used to, right? I go to the doctor tomorrow for my weekly check and I have seriously considered bribing her to move my date up a week.
What else...I had another OB triage visit. I'm really starting to hate that place. I passed another kidney stone, although this one was really not fun. Two stones in a week is a little excessive, I think. I had another shower, this one given by the lab. I cannot believe how much stuff we have been given. This baby has SO many clothes I don't think I'll have to do laundry for a month after he's born! Of course, that also means he'll probably out-grow everything after he wears it once.
Everything is pretty much ready. I don't have my hospital bag packed yet, but the cord blood kit and camera are by the door just in case. All we need now is the baby!
I have also officially reached the uncomfortable stage. I thought I had run out of room months ago, but now I know I have! Sleeping is next to impossible, which I guess I should just get used to, right? I go to the doctor tomorrow for my weekly check and I have seriously considered bribing her to move my date up a week.
What else...I had another OB triage visit. I'm really starting to hate that place. I passed another kidney stone, although this one was really not fun. Two stones in a week is a little excessive, I think. I had another shower, this one given by the lab. I cannot believe how much stuff we have been given. This baby has SO many clothes I don't think I'll have to do laundry for a month after he's born! Of course, that also means he'll probably out-grow everything after he wears it once.
Everything is pretty much ready. I don't have my hospital bag packed yet, but the cord blood kit and camera are by the door just in case. All we need now is the baby!
October 25, 2008
A few simple facts
I haven't had to rant in a while about MS, so maybe it's just that I'm overdue, but it seems that lately ignorance is rearing its ugly head again. I admit, before my diagnosis, I was fairly ignorant about MS as well. I honestly don't mind talking about it, answering questions, none of this bothers me. What does bother me is people who think they are the expert. Anyway, here are a few facts. And if you don't want to take my word for it, the National MS Society has a great website with tons of information.
* Multiple Sclerosis is NOT the same as Muscular Dystrophy
* It is estimated that 400,000 people in the U.S. have MS, although these numbers are thought to be much higher since it's not a reportable disease to the CDC
* I did NOT get MS because I drink Diet Coke! Or because of any other reason other than I have bad luck. It's an autoimmune disease, my body attacks its own myelin.
* It is OK to be pregnant if you have MS! Actually, because of the immune response and extra hormones produced in pregnancy, MS usually goes into a remission period.
* With the above being true, yes, the post partum period can be difficult. That being said, for me, I'm prepared for it and have already decided on my course of action. (For those of you who are curious, I'll be doing monthly IVIg infusions for a while so I can still breastfeed)
* MS does not mean I'm dying. Nor does it mean that I'm going to be in a wheelchair.
* No, I'm not passing it on to the baby. Seriously, if this were true do you honestly think I would have gotten pregnant? The decision to have a baby was not an easy one, and I still worry about all the what-ifs associated with MS and what they would mean for my child.
* My MS has been fine since I've been pregnant. Since my diagnosis I've been lucky to have only had mild symptoms, and since I became pregnant, the symptoms have all been gone.
I know there's more. I get asked some pretty heinous things sometimes, but this is all I can think of now. Maybe I should start a weekly post for MS Rumors/Updates.
One last thing, I received a "Save the Date" reminder for the 2009 Walk MS. This year the Anchorage walk will be April 18th. I will be putting together a team again, so be expecting an email with more info soon.
* Multiple Sclerosis is NOT the same as Muscular Dystrophy
* It is estimated that 400,000 people in the U.S. have MS, although these numbers are thought to be much higher since it's not a reportable disease to the CDC
* I did NOT get MS because I drink Diet Coke! Or because of any other reason other than I have bad luck. It's an autoimmune disease, my body attacks its own myelin.
* It is OK to be pregnant if you have MS! Actually, because of the immune response and extra hormones produced in pregnancy, MS usually goes into a remission period.
* With the above being true, yes, the post partum period can be difficult. That being said, for me, I'm prepared for it and have already decided on my course of action. (For those of you who are curious, I'll be doing monthly IVIg infusions for a while so I can still breastfeed)
* MS does not mean I'm dying. Nor does it mean that I'm going to be in a wheelchair.
* No, I'm not passing it on to the baby. Seriously, if this were true do you honestly think I would have gotten pregnant? The decision to have a baby was not an easy one, and I still worry about all the what-ifs associated with MS and what they would mean for my child.
* My MS has been fine since I've been pregnant. Since my diagnosis I've been lucky to have only had mild symptoms, and since I became pregnant, the symptoms have all been gone.
I know there's more. I get asked some pretty heinous things sometimes, but this is all I can think of now. Maybe I should start a weekly post for MS Rumors/Updates.
One last thing, I received a "Save the Date" reminder for the 2009 Walk MS. This year the Anchorage walk will be April 18th. I will be putting together a team again, so be expecting an email with more info soon.
October 14, 2008
Corner lot
I am that lady that lives on the corner. And someday, I'm going to be that old lady that lives on the corner. I freaking hate it when people walk across our front yard! Todd and I talked about putting a fence up, but of course money and time are always issues...and they were spent elsewhere this summer. So we've started another winter of people cutting across our lawn.
Now, I guess I'm not quite to that lady standards yet. I haven't actually yelled at anyone doing it...if only they could hear what I say in the safety of my house when I see them.
Now, I guess I'm not quite to that lady standards yet. I haven't actually yelled at anyone doing it...if only they could hear what I say in the safety of my house when I see them.
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