I've been ridiculously sick, since Thanksgiving. It's going on 11 days now, although to be fair, I was only horrible for like 6 days. Still, 6 days is a long time and day 11 is about over, and I'm still not feeling 100% well yet.
I went to the doctor last Monday. She said it was a viral flu and I'd just have to let it run its course. I had a flipping flu shot, so that makes me extra cranky about it.
While all this is going on, I can feel the MS buzzing around, ready to pounce. I'm hoping and praying that I don't end up with a big flare. For now, its just some numbness in my hands. There's some potential pooping problems going on, but I hope that is because of an increase in vitamin C and not MS. So far, all related to peeing is going fine.
For now, I shall go to bed, before 7pm in order to get up for 7am. Geez, I hate MS and illness.
Showing posts with label please let it be something other than MS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label please let it be something other than MS. Show all posts
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Thanksgiving sickness
I've been sick all day. I've felt feverish, dizzy, sore throat, upset stomach, and generally bad. I've had nothing to eat today except crackers and ginger ale. Blech. It was quite a yucky Thanksgiving.
Monday, November 5, 2012
election, chicken pox and life
I'm far more excited for the election tomorrow then I thought I'd be.
President is always fun, even if its the election you vote in where your vote matters the least. It will be interesting to see if Romney wins, here in Massachusetts. Normally, a candidate wins where ever they are from. That makes sense. But, democrats always win Mass. I had a religion professor in college who said, "God himself could come down and run for office in Mass, and if he ran as a republican, he'd loose."
I predict Obama will win Mass. That's who I will be voting for.
The other big race is between Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown for senate. Brown is the incumbent and republication. This race is big and close in our state, but also could decide which party gets control of the senate. It's a big deal. I'm a Warren fan all the way. Scott Brown is a douche anyway, but caused a lot of camps a lot of trouble last year.
He wrote a book that talked about the fact that he was sexually abused at a summer camp. I believe it happened, but it caused a big commotion for camps. Granted, it was a good reality check for camps, and myself, but it was a pain in the ass.
The story just got worse from there. The camp in question was called Camp Good News. The story broke that there was a pedophile working there, in somewhat of a high position. Lots of kids came forward saying he abused them (current kids, as well as adults who were abused as children). Well, this man ended up killing himself pretty early on in the story.
Come to find out, other staff expressed concern over things they saw or heard. Children being alone with him, seeing kiddie porn on his computer, etc. This was a religious camp and the director decided the administrative team should pray about the situation, rather than doing actually actual. Firing him would have been a great idea, alerting DCF or the authorities would have been good. But no, she just prayed about it. And kids continued to get abused.
That isn't Scott Brown's fault, but it still all started with him. I dislike him.
Next up, there are three ballot questions in MA. Two of which, I am excited about and hope to see them pass.
First, has to do with automotive information and who is allowed to have it. I don't really care.
Second, is the use of medical marijuana. I personally, do not smoke it, nor do I enjoy it, but I hope it passes for the sake of sick people who benefit from it.
Finally, the assisted suicide question. I really hope this passes. I know, my own condition does not fit within the scope of the proposed legislation, but still, I think people will benefit from it being possible. This law says that a person who has 6 months or less to live can be given a prescription by two doctors (must be two) for a lethal dose of medication.
I know there are a lot of people opposed to this, but I'm in support of it, and I really hope it passes in the state.
Last up, I've had this rash for a while. Word on the street is that it's chicken pox. I had chicken pox as a child, so I thought this was impossible, but apparently, it's a new strain of it, that you can get even if you've had it before and even if you've had the vaccine. That SUCKS.
President is always fun, even if its the election you vote in where your vote matters the least. It will be interesting to see if Romney wins, here in Massachusetts. Normally, a candidate wins where ever they are from. That makes sense. But, democrats always win Mass. I had a religion professor in college who said, "God himself could come down and run for office in Mass, and if he ran as a republican, he'd loose."
I predict Obama will win Mass. That's who I will be voting for.
The other big race is between Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown for senate. Brown is the incumbent and republication. This race is big and close in our state, but also could decide which party gets control of the senate. It's a big deal. I'm a Warren fan all the way. Scott Brown is a douche anyway, but caused a lot of camps a lot of trouble last year.
He wrote a book that talked about the fact that he was sexually abused at a summer camp. I believe it happened, but it caused a big commotion for camps. Granted, it was a good reality check for camps, and myself, but it was a pain in the ass.
The story just got worse from there. The camp in question was called Camp Good News. The story broke that there was a pedophile working there, in somewhat of a high position. Lots of kids came forward saying he abused them (current kids, as well as adults who were abused as children). Well, this man ended up killing himself pretty early on in the story.
Come to find out, other staff expressed concern over things they saw or heard. Children being alone with him, seeing kiddie porn on his computer, etc. This was a religious camp and the director decided the administrative team should pray about the situation, rather than doing actually actual. Firing him would have been a great idea, alerting DCF or the authorities would have been good. But no, she just prayed about it. And kids continued to get abused.
That isn't Scott Brown's fault, but it still all started with him. I dislike him.
Next up, there are three ballot questions in MA. Two of which, I am excited about and hope to see them pass.
First, has to do with automotive information and who is allowed to have it. I don't really care.
Second, is the use of medical marijuana. I personally, do not smoke it, nor do I enjoy it, but I hope it passes for the sake of sick people who benefit from it.
Finally, the assisted suicide question. I really hope this passes. I know, my own condition does not fit within the scope of the proposed legislation, but still, I think people will benefit from it being possible. This law says that a person who has 6 months or less to live can be given a prescription by two doctors (must be two) for a lethal dose of medication.
I know there are a lot of people opposed to this, but I'm in support of it, and I really hope it passes in the state.
Last up, I've had this rash for a while. Word on the street is that it's chicken pox. I had chicken pox as a child, so I thought this was impossible, but apparently, it's a new strain of it, that you can get even if you've had it before and even if you've had the vaccine. That SUCKS.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
doctor update
I still have this stupid back pain. I wish I knew what it was. The CT Scan shows no kidney stones. It does show gall stones, but the kind of pain I have does not match gall stone pain. Where does that get me?
No one seems to know. My PCP didn't know and questioned if it was neurological. The urologist said it wasn't urological and probably neurological. My next step was to call my neuro.
I called Friday. She wasn't in. I explained to the receptionist (the one who is BRILLANT at getting radiology appointments scheduled) what was going on, that the other doctors thought it was neuro and that the primary doc was scheduling an MRI over the weekend. We left the conversation saying that I would call back Monday when I knew the results of that MRI.
Well, the primary's office is not nearly as brillant as the neuro's office at scheduling those radiology things. It didn't get done and so I had no MRI over the weekend. I didn't call the neuro Monday, since I had no results to share with her and I kinda felt like either it wasn't neuro, or if it was, there was nothing she could do about it anyway.
Monday afternoon Becky calls me. She said Dr. Dayaw wanted to see me tomorrow. I explained that I hadn't had the MRI done and had no results to share. She put me on hold while she went to ask the doctor. She came back and said, "nope, she wants to see you first thing in the morning."
"Am I dying?" was my question. Why on earth does she want to see me first thing in the morning. I read lots of posts online from people who have so much trouble seeing their neurologist. So why on earth is mine calling me and wanting to see me so quickly.
She said no, thankfully. But nonetheless, the Dr. Dayaw wanted to see me the next morning. "I have an 8:00 available," she says.
"No, I can't do 8:00. At 8:00 I have 700 children arriving."
"Ok, I have 3:00 available."
"No, at 3:00 I have 700 children leaving."
"How about 11:00?"
"11 works just fine. I'll be there."
So, I get there at 10:45. The receptionist puts me in the room, but says that the doctor is running behind, so I may have to wait a little while. I'm patient and that's perfecly fine with me. About 30 seconds pass and I the doctor comes in. I am surprised, as it's still not even 11:00.
She wants to know what's going on, and I explain. She checked out where the pain is, which incidently is located at where I believe is my kidney (which explains the urologist). She tells me that it's not neuro pain. Neuro pain is more generalized and not so specific.
Clearly, she is cranky. I'm not positive if she was cranky with me, or with the other doctors for saying they thought it was neuro. I think it was a little of both. Either way, the appointment ended with her telling me that it wasn't neuro and that puts me right back where I started.
She did refer me to another doctor - a neuro urologist. I have NO FREAKEN clue what that specialty means. I figure it must mean she is prett smart. She must also be good, if this doctor recommends her. I called to schedule an appointment and the next available appointment isn't until November. November. Good gravy train. I didn't make the appointment.
First, if I am in this pain from now until November, I reckon its possible I will go crazy. Second, I did see a urologist - even if it wasn't a neuro urologist. He cleared me, and in the process did some crazy tests. I'm not really a big fan of being subject to those crazy tests again just so some other doctor can come up with the same conclusion. It's not urological.
Except it feels like it is, and maybe I will just schedule that appointment after all.
No one seems to know. My PCP didn't know and questioned if it was neurological. The urologist said it wasn't urological and probably neurological. My next step was to call my neuro.
I called Friday. She wasn't in. I explained to the receptionist (the one who is BRILLANT at getting radiology appointments scheduled) what was going on, that the other doctors thought it was neuro and that the primary doc was scheduling an MRI over the weekend. We left the conversation saying that I would call back Monday when I knew the results of that MRI.
Well, the primary's office is not nearly as brillant as the neuro's office at scheduling those radiology things. It didn't get done and so I had no MRI over the weekend. I didn't call the neuro Monday, since I had no results to share with her and I kinda felt like either it wasn't neuro, or if it was, there was nothing she could do about it anyway.
Monday afternoon Becky calls me. She said Dr. Dayaw wanted to see me tomorrow. I explained that I hadn't had the MRI done and had no results to share. She put me on hold while she went to ask the doctor. She came back and said, "nope, she wants to see you first thing in the morning."
"Am I dying?" was my question. Why on earth does she want to see me first thing in the morning. I read lots of posts online from people who have so much trouble seeing their neurologist. So why on earth is mine calling me and wanting to see me so quickly.
She said no, thankfully. But nonetheless, the Dr. Dayaw wanted to see me the next morning. "I have an 8:00 available," she says.
"No, I can't do 8:00. At 8:00 I have 700 children arriving."
"Ok, I have 3:00 available."
"No, at 3:00 I have 700 children leaving."
"How about 11:00?"
"11 works just fine. I'll be there."
So, I get there at 10:45. The receptionist puts me in the room, but says that the doctor is running behind, so I may have to wait a little while. I'm patient and that's perfecly fine with me. About 30 seconds pass and I the doctor comes in. I am surprised, as it's still not even 11:00.
She wants to know what's going on, and I explain. She checked out where the pain is, which incidently is located at where I believe is my kidney (which explains the urologist). She tells me that it's not neuro pain. Neuro pain is more generalized and not so specific.
Clearly, she is cranky. I'm not positive if she was cranky with me, or with the other doctors for saying they thought it was neuro. I think it was a little of both. Either way, the appointment ended with her telling me that it wasn't neuro and that puts me right back where I started.
She did refer me to another doctor - a neuro urologist. I have NO FREAKEN clue what that specialty means. I figure it must mean she is prett smart. She must also be good, if this doctor recommends her. I called to schedule an appointment and the next available appointment isn't until November. November. Good gravy train. I didn't make the appointment.
First, if I am in this pain from now until November, I reckon its possible I will go crazy. Second, I did see a urologist - even if it wasn't a neuro urologist. He cleared me, and in the process did some crazy tests. I'm not really a big fan of being subject to those crazy tests again just so some other doctor can come up with the same conclusion. It's not urological.
Except it feels like it is, and maybe I will just schedule that appointment after all.
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