[doydie]

I have usually seen his PA but I am having enough aches and pains to warrant me seeing him. Same 'hip' pain I have had for years. MRI done of it last year showed nothing wrong with the hip but did dx my uterine cancer! I have pain in my buttocks and upper thigh when I try to walk in the mall and my feet are absolutely killing me. Plus I need him to explain the optometrist report when he said I had 4 different kinds of cataracts in one eye and two in the other but I can see fine.

Then the next day I get my hair cut. My psoriasis on my scalp is getting out of control again and I need to go back to daily applications of goop. But it's to much for me to wash, blow dry and curl my hair at it's present length.

P;us the guys that built my deck is coming by tomorrow to haul stuff away and do some tree trimming from around the deck. We knew it needed to be trimmed but we couldn't reach it/ Now that the deck goes out that far we can.

Once I have the sides of the deck the way I want them it's time to SHOP!!!!!!

[Erin524]

I used to have really long hair. (middle of my back) After I got diagnosed with MS, I ended up getting a little of it cut off (just below shoulder length) because my arms would get so tired trying to comb and dry it in the mornings, plus trying to braid it.

Earlier this summer, it was so hot outside and I ended up getting my hair cut because of the heat, and it was just before my latest exacerbation (double vision)

I went to the guy who's been cutting my hair since I was 10, and told him to go ahead and do whatever it was that he'd been trying to talk me into for the last 8 or 9 years.

It was probably one of the best things I've done for myself in saving time and more importantly, energy! Now all I do is wash it, comb it and dry it. I can still use my arms afterwards. (not all exhausted afterwards) I didnt think I'd like it, because I always really enjoyed having long hair, but now I really like having shorter hair.

I used to have problems with psoriasis (or was it seborrhea?) It seems like now that my hair is shorter (just above the shoulders) that almost all my scalp/skin problems have cleared up. (except for some acne, but I think that's the solumedrol at work)

When you go see your doctor, take a list of questions that you want to ask your doctor if you have questions. What I do is take a list, and I have a little mp3 player that has recording capabilities. I ask the doctor if I can record his explanations, and then if I need further help in answering my questions, I play back what he says to my dad (a nurse anesthetist) or my aunt (a nurse practitioner)

If you do what I do and record the conversation, always ask permission to record it before doing so.

[Dejibo]

I have been allowing my hair to grow. I had it short for a while, and to style it I have to blow it dry, and use goop, and make it behave. I have decided to let it do whatever it wants. My hair grows really quickly, so I am happy to just pull it back in a pony, and be on my way.

I am glad you are finally getting a chance to see your PCP. I tend to overwhelm mine when I finally get to see him, so I take a list to be sure I dont forget stuff.

A new deck! woo! I love my deck in the nice weather. We sit and watch the lake, and the wild life. There has been a hawk hunting out here, and wow, he is beautiful.

[jprinz99]

Just got y long hair cut too! I keot getting stuck when I would loose my balance and end up with my hands on my hair which prevented me from getting upright. My arms also wore out when drying/combingmy hair; this was really getting to my psyche. Went to new place and she was great!

Cut off @ 6" and it is now to bottom of my shoulder blades. Got it also to look a bit more grown up than just my old way of bangs. I am happy and it is proving easier to comb/dry/etc. Just having to learn how to make it look as good as when she did it

Did you ever get that weird look from neuro when you tried to explain you got tired trying to do your hair? Must be guy vs girls with long hair thing!

[azoyizes]

Doydie, I'm so glad you are going to see your PCP.

Not only fixing hair, but washing it, putting in earrings, putting on makeup, anything where I have to raise my arms quickly wears them out.

I used to have hair halfway down my back and mostly wore it in a ponytail. Now, I have my hair as short as a guy's. I have it shaved, about 1/2 inch on top and very close on the sides.

I love it. I think I'll keep it like this, at least for awhile.

I hope your doc is able to clear up your skin problems.

[doydie]

Well I saw him today. I knew I was in trouble when my appt time was 4:15. I got out qt 6! I have these pains that go down from the back of my buttocks, is there a front, and go down the back of my thigh. The pain is worse according to what chair I am sitting in . It also prohibits me from walking very far. I know all you nurses out the are thinking peripheral arterial disease, I did to. Also sciatica. But it isn't a severe pain and I have wonderful pulses in my feet and they don't change colors. He pushed around on my Sciatic notch and no pain. So I get to have an MRI of my low back!!!!! Who-pee!

My feet. All this leg pain is in my right pain. I have pain in my outer upper thigh. I thought it was hip pain but Doc Crawford says not in the right place for hip. Anyway, back to the foot. It's this foot that has been numb for so many years. Not numb like I can't feel it but paras-thesis numb, like in MS. So I always shrugged it off as another MS symptom. So maybe it might be related to the back. The other foot we agreed is probably plantar fasciitis (SP). So I will see a foot specialist for that and hopefully get fitted for an orthotic.

OK, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!!!