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A Daily Reminder …

Early this spring, I developed lymphadenopathy to go along with my MS. One of the rare side-effects of one of my drugs, is disease of the lymphnodes, and once all the other culprits were ruled out (I was convinced I had cancer), my neurologist decided I needed a break from my medications.

YIPPEE!

everyday i am reminded

The best part about being off of the medication was the fact that I started to forget that I had MS. With no drug side effects, I felt perfectly healthy. With no daily (and 2x on Sunday) injections, days could go by without me even thinking about MS. It was good.

The break is over now and I’m back taking the drugs. I feel OK, but, I am dragging my feet, but just a wee bit. I don’t quite feel right. Maybe it’s my imagination, maybe it’s not.

As far as MS goes, most of the fear is gone (for now). Occasionally, I worry about what my future may hold. Mr. MK, gets to make me feel better.

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Spinal Tap (check)

The spinal tap went remarkably well, it was virtually painless. I was impressed. I’ve had epidurals, so I was pretty sure I knew what to expect. The epidurals were all administered in the throws of labour, so I wasn’t sure if they were painless OR if the pain was just Read more…

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A Month of Hope

I’ve joined the shutter sisters one word project. I’ve chosen the word ‘hope‘. I will take a photo each day with this word in mind and upload it to the shutter sisters feed on flickr. I figure it should be easy enough, as I’m doing the project365 already. It gives Read more…

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My Period (man friendly post)

The period key isn’t working on my laptop In order to keep this post organized and refrain from having the world’s longest run on sentence, each sentence will live on it’s own line Imagine there is a period at the end of each line What a pain in the ASS Read more…

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My Very Own …

I have my very own fashion VICTIM! Yikes! Me: Georgia, why don’t you wear your pink boots? They’ll match. Georgia: These match. Me: No, they don’t. Georgia: Yes, they do, they both have flowers! Who can argue with logic like that? Not me –> Go for it kid! Also take Read more…

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Not Dead Yet!

So far … I am being told I have transverse myelitis. Go ahead and look it up on Wikipedia and please take note that I DO … DO have control of my bladder and my bowel — I repeat I DO have control of my bowel and my bladder. I Read more…

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