Thinking good thoughts for you, Kay.

I hope you are doing alright.
You said you were having an episode.
please check in.
thank you
bizi

Thank you, ladies

Happy belated Kitty Mommy Day to you Bizi and Bobby!

I'm still manic, but I'm in a GOOD mood? LOL. I don't know exactly what happened to cause this change so quickly, but I'll take it!!! This is a MUCH more pleasant and comfortable place to be!!!
And I don't see myself needing all the Lamictal I used to take, which means that my pdoc will have something to play with if I need meds adjusted because of future episodes. That's good since I'm maxed out on everything else.

The Mirlax kicked in very quickly yesterday, so it worked like a laxative because of my short gut (Dr. Chen warned me it may). Now I'm not sure I should be taking it everyday. I still have to go to the BR, so I took it again this morning. Not sure yet what I'm going to do after that tho. I did go, and didn't experience any problems, so I'm very happy about that

I've been out of the hospital for a week now, and I've gained 2lbs, which is good, but I don't want to gain back too much because I had wanted to lose weight before I went in. So, I should probably stop eating a pint of ice cream every night... but I say that all the time lol. Ice cream was one of the few things I would eat when I first came home, so that didn't help me break the habit at all.
As of now, I have been able to eat anything I want to without problems, but I'm steering clear of take-out and fast food, especially Chinese food, which I love but had already been giving me problems.

The vertigo was much better yesterday, but it's back and giving me problems again this morning. I was discharged on Augmentin, so if I have/had a sinus infection from the NG tube, that should be taking care of it, but it seems to be going on too long. If it continues, I have to think about the possibility that it may be from MS, which has a habit of flaring up and kicking you when you're down.

Right now I'm waiting for someone from the gas company to come and change the gas meter. They gave me a 8am-noon window. I took my shower early (7am) so that I'll be ready to go out after they leave...

I have to go grocery shopping. I'm still working on my list. My appetite still isn't great, so I'm struggling. I've only come up with 4 meals to cook for the week. Really not much is appealing right now. I'll guess I'll come up with something.

I have several appointments this week, and it's a little overwhelming. Wednesday is the only day I have free. There were things that I just couldn't put off. I had to reschedule 3 appointments while I was in the hospital, and had to get new orders from my neurologist for my Tysabri infusion because I was inpatient. It was a mess.

I am so glad you feel better!

This is a glowing report!
Happy for you!
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

Thank you!

I can finally say I am definitely feeling better overall

I've overdone it as usual tho. Between totally cleaning out the cat boxes (they REALLY needed it) and cleaning the office on Sunday, and grocery shopping yesterday, I'm totally wiped out. But I don't have anymore big plans like that on the horizon. I just have to get my a- to a couple of appointments later in the week, and maybe do some light cleaning along the way.

I really needed a nap yesterday, but I still can't settle down enough to take them. I think I would probably be doing even better than I am now if my mind would let me rest more.

I'm getting a mani/pedi today around noon. I don't get pedicures in the winter, so it's been a long time since I've had one. I'll be trading my sneakers in for sandals very soon, so I figured it was time to get my toes done. It takes a long time to get both done tho, and I don't really like that, but at least the company will be good (Judy)

The Mirilax is working for me. I'm still not sure that it should be a daily thing tho because I'm having D, so I'm going to try skipping it today. I know that I need more fiber because of the D, so I'm going to add a second FiberCon tab to tonight's pill case. It's better to use Fiber than Mirilax if possible. I guess I will wait to see what happens and go from there.

So glad that you are doing better!
Tell Judy that you are kind of in a hurry.So maybe it won't take as long. Glad that you guys are friendly.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

I woke up this morning with a lot of anxiety, so I took a whole Klonopin for the first time (at once) since coming home from the hospital. It helped. I was afraid it would knock me on my a-, but it didn't.

Yesterday was my only appointment-free day, so I figured I would take it easy, and I did. I did a few things around the house, and went out to CVS and to play the lottery. And that's pretty much it...
My OCD has not been bothering me much since the first few days I was home. My apartment isn't spotless, but it's clean and things are in order. I seem to be satisfied with that right now.
But I will be home for most of the day, and am thinking of doing a little cleaning. I have to find some way to entertain myself anyway.

I have an appointment to get my Tysabri (MS med) infusion at 2pm today. I f'ing HATE the timing, but I had to take what I could get since having to cancel my last appointment because I was in the hospital. I will be ready for a nap by the time I get there, and will hit heavy traffic on my way home. I'm hoping I can catch some Z's while I'm there, but sometimes it's very loud.

We are going to have to change our cellphone carrier (AT&T). We still owe a lot on our phones, but Corey just wants to pay them off. We barely get service here, and we keep getting kicked off the network here and while out and about. We have to shut our phones off and turn them back on to get service again. Then we see our voicemails and missed texts. We both have iPone X's, but his has more memory than mine, so they are different, so the phones can't be the problem. I have called AT&T twice, and whatever they've done hasn't helped. I don't like the idea of spending the money, but I don't like paying for cellphone service I can't use either. So, I guess we'll be going to a Verizon store this weekend. Corey gets good service here on his work phone, which is through them. I will keep my phone. If he just has to have a new phone, then whatever... he does what he wants.
Since we're already going out, I'll make him take me out to lunch, too

I have a very early appointment tomorrow morning, so I probably won't be online. I may be very tired afterwards and have to go back to sleep, but I will try to check in quickly later in the day if I can.

I hope your day goes smoothly and that you can get a nap in.
thinking of you ....
((((HUGS))))
love bizi

I can't do another late Tysabri appointment like that again. I was so tired I really shouldn't have driven home. I didn't get home until almost 5. That's WAY too late in the day for me...

I lost cellphone service AGAIN while I was using my phone at the hospital yesterday. I was so f'ing fed up and PO'ed that I pretty much went online and paid off our phones as soon as I got home. Then it happened to me again this morning. I can't wait to go to the Verizon store tomorrow to switch carriers. I like to be able to use services I'm paying (A LOT of $$$) for

I made it to my (7:30am) appointment this morning by the skin of my teeth. Traffic was f'ing crazy. I'm glad I brought a coffee from home. I never would have made it had I stopped at Dunkin Donuts. It took me almost 15 minutes longer than usual to get there in the morning.

It's cold and raining buckets out, but I ran several errands on my way home so I wouldn't have to go out later. I'm really, really tired, and think that I will take an early nap.