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Limbo check in 4/16
Hi everybody!
Coffee and mstuff, if ya want it, okay? Looks like it's going to be a nice, sunny day out there. :) I'm going to see my PCP again tomorrow, other than that, nothing much to speak of. Yesterday was a bummer. Let the dogs out and when I went to get them back in, I noticed Rudy had gotten into something. He'd found a nest of wild bunnies and killed them all! I know, that's what dogs do, but if you knew Rudy, you would have been as surprised as I was that HE did that. But it wasn't about Rudy you know? It was about seeing all those lifeless babies. Ugh... heartbreaking. I always look forward to finding those bunnies, watching them grow. How sad. Oh well, hopefully momma bunny will have some more and we'll see them hopping around soon. So today dh is planning to chainsaw down the overgrown globe arborvitaes. I should grab the camera, lol. Have a good one, everybody! :grouphug: |
Oh happy SPRING day ~! Finally !!! Although we're going to have a 70, sunny day we're back to the 50's the next few days. AND... its baseball season!!!
Been ok but now I am convinced my midback pain and spasms in my back/rib cage may be part of spasticity. I got the Methocarbam if I need it during the day. Actually I dont see as much relief with it. Had a scare at work with a co-worker that told me the "inside" track is that 3 of us are in jeapardy of losing our jobs and I am one of them. I was devasted!! Its a political mess. I am praying spiritually ask for guidance. This is a challenge believe me. I also asked "REX KING" at MS world for help reading my latest MRI in 06 where it shows a new lesion and no one mentioned it. I think they base more on their exam and NEW symptoms. So, I skipped my last appt with MS doc as I am seeing the sleep disorder doc now and he is about to do the EMG. All these docs and their tests ADD up financially too. I cannot afford them all. I'll mention this lesion to him or see the MS doc one of these daze. Manageable symptoms and just in a funky mood of late. SO>. I am going to ENJOY this SPRING day ! Hope you are all doing ok...know that I care Warmly, Jan |
I saw my new PCP Monday. Well she though it was just fibro & anxiety. She's NOT ruling out that it's anything else yet and said she would like me to get a 2nd option from a neuro. She is doing some blood work to double check a few thing and checking my hormone levels. I got 4 RX's, Midrid for my headaches/migraines, Levsin for my IBS, Phenergan for the nausea & Buspar for the anxiety. All the info I read about Buspar said it's only to be taking 4 weeks at most so when I go back in 2 weeks I'll have to ask about that.
The way this Dr explained anxiety to DH and I made a lot of since, she said anxiety is a little like high cholesterol, you can treat it and it can get better but you always have it. You can treat the anxiety and it can get better but the person always has it. She said the big clue that she thinks I have anxiety is my memory loss. Not that I'm having all the crazy symptoms but the fact I don't have much of a childhood memory and that I have blokes of time when things looked good that I can't remember. Like the 1st 3 years of my DD's life, I finally had a girl and I was happy and life was good with me and DH and there was no "term oil" going on, no reason for me to block out those memories. It's not unheard of for the physical symptoms to get worst if your feeling good. She did say that she though most of my symptoms were just the fibro tho. I really liked this Dr, she really listened and toke her time, I'll bet she was in the room with us for 1/2 hour. I go back in 2 weeks to tell her how the Buspar is going and talk about pain meds at that point if I still need them. |
Hi gang,nothing to much new to report. Working on my SSI stuff
and feeling like crap:( but hey it is a beautiful day:) Until next week Cheers:cool::D |
Aloha!!! Glad to find you all again. I missed the weekly Limbo Check-in.
So, I've been having a seriously nasty flare for the past six weeks or so. I've had a lot of weakness in both my arms and my legs, along with extreme fatigue, increased muscle spasms and tremors, double vision, etc. I've been having to walk around with a cane for a couple of weeks now. I found a new PCP who ran a whole battery of tests (have I mentioned how sick I am of medical tests?) Almost everything was normal, except that I have a slightly enlarged left heart ventrical, and something going on with my alpha proteins (but I forgot if they were high or low. Darn memory! :rolleyes: ) Anyway, I finally got fed up and called my neurologist this morning and requested a new MRI. She's working me in for an appointment to see her tomorrow, so maybe I'll get one. My last MRIs were in August. Oh, and by the way, I lost my job because of my health problems. I teach at a community college and my department voted to deny me tenure (they voted me off the island, is what they really did, just like a Survivor contestant! :eek: ) I do have another year to find something, and who knows what will happen in that length of time. Hey, how about ya'll vote me off this blasted Limbo Island too? Much as I love ya'll, I'm ready to get some answers and head for shore. Hugs to all, Lisa |
Hi everyone!! Finally, after 7 mos, it hit 70 in Chicago!! A bit on the
breezy side, but the sunshine makes everything great!! Nothing new in the last few days that I haven't complained about on posts. Brain--I hated it when my old Golden Brutus would eat the baby bunnies. I'd hear squeaking, and think he'd found one of his toys, but he'd look up and there'd be bunny fur hanging out of his mouth. Gross!! Jan--hope you get some relief for that darn back!! The job scare sure won't help, will it? Hope that your info is wrong!! I always love how you concentrate on something positive, like the good weather. Prayers are with you!! Lisa--sorry you didn't get tenure. That stinks!! Glad you found the island. We need some nice Hawaiian music and a Tropical Sunsplash, please. See you all next week!!:D:D |
Hey Debbie, what you said to me about my job brought tears to my eyes. Truly your kind thoughts touched me very much.v:hug:
Sadly the 3 of us most at risk for losing our job are the most compassionate and caring...going that extra mile for our patients. To help me deal with the insecurity with the unknowing future of my job, I asked my mom in heaven to show me a sign. The very next day, a very chronically sick woman (chronic alcoholic with an eating disorder, depression) came to me in a panic and I helped her. Its just what I do. But the very next day she thought she had an "epiphany" and for the first time feels like LIVING. She contributes this hopeful change to my showing her that she is worth it. Just wished my clinical supervisor who has it out for me wouldve seen her face. She was glowing with hopeful beauty ~! I see you live in Naperiville, is that in Northern Illinois? Not too far from Milwaukee, is it? Hope an act of kindness finds you real soon~! Gratefully, Jan |
Jan - that really stinks about your job! I sure hope it's just a fasle alarm, but know you're in my prayers, okay?
Momx7 - I took buspar for about a year, many years ago. It was a very helpful med for me, and I hope you get some help from it too. Makes sense, how you doc summed things up. I never thought of it that way. But she has some very good points. Buspar helped me stop over analysing things, stopped my mind from spinning all night, keeping me awake worrying. I could think a lot more clearly with it. As I remember, I did have less emotion - good and bad - but don't remember any other effects from it. I got off it when life calmed down. Shashi - Sorry about the job! I hope something (better) comes along, and soon. (((((Hugs)))) Debbie - we just got your 70 degrees! Thank you! |
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