So it has been a while since my last post. That's really because the MS part of my life has been travelling smoothly...well, until sometime last week. I will get back to this point in a few minutes.
In unrelated news, my thyroid saga seems to be dominating lately. I have been taking thyroxine for just over 4 weeks now. No noticeable changes in 'likely' thyroid related issues (hair falling out, twitching eye, tiredness, feeling blue, insomnia, muscle twitches, weight control). The most mysterious issue being the heat sensitivity (as it was suggested, or rather decided, by the neuro that my heat tolerance is NOT MS heat intolerance). And with the heat thing, it sets off other things that make stuff difficult. Sweat. Self-esteem. Melting make-up. Tiredness. Inability to sit outside in a warm environment comfortably. Inability to sit INSIDE even - unless the air con pumps away. Sweaty head = itchy head. Itching madness is not ideal.
The weather here in D-Town is beginning to feel a lot like (no, not Christmas) the 'dry'. So that has been a good thing - though Mother Nature seems to be messing with our heads on this one over the last week or so. I went to the 'Taste' food and wine festival last Saturday night and sweated like...like...not like a pig, more like a mad boxer training like a mofo before a match.
BUT it does take a good 6 weeks for the meds to kick in. So the plan is, is my mind, that I will have a blood test in 2 weeks time. See the GP (who I saw last week, who was 'shocked' that Dr B put me on thyroxine, who annoyed me with her doubting of my symptoms being thyroid related, who wanted to 'blame' it on my other meds, who basically irritated me, who I thought in my unofficial medical opinion should be referring me to an endocrinologist...anyway...am I still talking in brackets? Shit, yes. Sorry) for the results...and will hopefully send me to an endocrinologist for a more informed opinion about my heat intolerance and a better plan than just "let's do blood tests use the results in a textbook like manner disregarding how I am actually feeling as an individual case."
Moving on now kids...the MS. The damned MS. Oh BTW it's like MS Awareness Month during May. And there's a day too...MS Awareness Day - let me check the date. Uno momento...Ahh yes...here we go. For goodness sake...the website tells me the countdown in weeks, days and hours. DUDE! It's Friday. Not maths thanks! Okay Tuesday May 29th. A Tuesday? Why? Click here for more. Donate if you want. Or get a badge or whatever. I ordered one today. Personally, it's more about awareness. And if you are reading my blog, then that is enough for me. Thanks.
Yup, so that part is out of the way. Now back to ME! Mad Sascha is about...
I've got a numb thigh. The left one. Not the entire thigh. Just the top front part. No tingles. Just numb. No disability. Just annoyingness. Just a little reminder. I do wish it would just piss off. And it will. Well, it's likely it will. How long? Who knows? Your guess is as good as mine.
It has been just over a week since it started. I can’t actually pinpoint the exact day and time. MS symptoms are like that I suppose. They just kinda creep up on you without a loud and obnoxious entrance. I guess a loud and obnoxious entrance would suck even more.
I have also just noticed today that I have a slight numbness on my right arm. The forearm. The inner forearm. Not all of it. It's like from the bottom of my thumb, up past my wrist and stops somewhere near the inside of my elbow. I guess it could've crept on in today? Or even yesterday? I don’t know. Why does Mad Sascha have to fuck with me like this?
Anyway, there's the update (or updown).
