I spent last Friday and Monday at the hospital, in the MS clinic being poked and prodded and tested. To make things worse I also woke up Monday with tooth ache. A tooth ache that felt like tonsillitis and an ear ache too. The doctors drugged me so that they could continue to poke and prod me. They also wanted an MRI of my brain, but I am claustrophobic so on top of the narcotics they placated me with valium.

Zippity do da, zippity ay, my oh my what wonderful day …

It was some time during this drug induced euphoria that Mr. MK informed me that the bathroom faucet needed replacing. Only because I was impaired I told him to, “do whatever you think is best”.

Our house is falling down around us, but I hate renovations. They stress me out. So …

I am pretty sure I didn’t mean this.

Or this.

Even the kids are involved.

This one brings me ice water and narcotics. I’m secretly referring to her as Nurse Ratched. Shhh … don’t tell.

Mounds of antibiotics and painkillers seem to be taking care of the tooth issue. Rotten teeth freak me out, so I was happy to hear that tooth seems perfectly intact but the nerve seems inflamed. I am going to some sort of specialist on Monday. I am determined to ‘keep’ the tooth. It’s a wisdom tooth so they’re always trying to pull it out … no one seems to care that I use it!

Our ugly 70’s tiles have been replaced with Italian travertine. Apparently you can’t mix Italian travertine and tacky linoleum, so I’ve been told I picked out a really nice marble flooring yesterday. Mr. MK says, “when you’re not so stoned we’ll go out an pick out a sink”. I don’t believe him, it’s probably stashed in the van. There’s a lovely blue paint on the walls, picked out by my sister in New Orleans.

According to the Neurologist I have a brain stem injury. Nothing that I won’t get over, but when the brain is injured you’re fatigued. VERY, VERY fatigued. To those relatives that asked me if I’m lazy (think that I’m lazy or implied I am lazy) … NO I AM NOT! I am brain damaged. The very fact that I’d rather be brain damaged than lazy concerns me.

MK xo
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Today was a HUGE day for me. I started a ‘clinical drug trial’ to treat my MS. For the next 3 years I will give myself 8 injections a week (7 subcutaneous and 1 intramuscular). I spent the day at the hospital learning how to give myself the injections, parting with about 1/2 cup of blood for another ‘clinical trial’ involving genetics and doing all kinds of tests to measure the level of my disease (pretty low I think).

Just look at what I brought home. This is a three months supply. Value $12500.00 –> good thing it was free. I have to keep it all in the fridge, the pharmaceutical company is supposed to bring a ‘fridge lock box’ tomorrow, mostly so Dennis the Menace Georgia won’t get into my stash. They would be deadly for little people.

I’ve never given myself any sort of needle, except for the time in ‘year one’ (about 7th grade) when I pierced my ears with a sewing needle during a math lesson at Dubai College (really attentive teacher). However, giving myself the first two shots turned out to be easy … really, really easy. I’m good … really, really good.

I am relieved giving the injections was so easy. Now I am hoping the side effects are minimum. I am taking 2 drugs, both currently used to treat MS, just not together. One or the other maybe a placebo, but I am guaranteed one drug that works. Both have a BIG looooong list of side effects –> some pretty nasty. So far, so good.

I’ll keep you posted.

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