Thursday June 23, 2011 - Well we are all exhausted. Last night was the last night of VBS and we are beat. I am hoping for an early bed tonight. We had a good time but I am sure glad it is over. Now we have a couple of days to try to recoup before camp next week. I am sure the kids will be even more tired after next week. Bring on the crabby kids.
I am not feeling 100% today. My left leg is a little numb. I am hoping after some stretching and rest tonight it will be better tomorrow. The closer I get to my MRI the more nervous I get. I will not have it done until the end of next month but just having to think about it makes me crazy.
Well I think we are off to get snow cones to try to beat the heat. Have I mentioned I am ready for November?
Amanda
Stuff
Saturday June 11, 2011 - Wow it has been a very long time since my last post. I keep telling myself that I will be better about posting and then I am not. :( Well we have started our summer and I am ready for it to be over. The kids keep arguing and just can't seem to get along. I am keeping them busy but it does not seem to be helping. Maybe by the end of the summer I will have it all figured out.
Dylan is now officially a third grader and Emily is a kindergartner. I am not ready for either of them to be so BIG. Dylan is a little worried about third grade because he will now get letter grades. It will definitely be an adjustment for all of us. Emily I am afraid may be bored in Kinder. We have been working on worksheets and she did all the kinder worksheets last summer so I guess we will be moving onto 1st grade worksheets.
I had a great end to the school year and hated to see it end. I am, however, very excited about having my very own class from the beginning of the school year. I will have to post pictures when I start getting it put together.
Onto MS stuff.... I have still not been good about taking my medication so I had a nurse come out yesterday and do a retraining with us. I will basically start from scratch and hope I can stick with it. I am hoping that we learned a few tricks to keep it from hurting so bad. I really want to get better at taking it so I don't have to start taking the oral medication. I know you are thinking why would you rather stick yourself with a needle that take a pill. There are so many side effects with the new oral pills and I would have to spend tons of time under close watch. Some even in the hospital. Ugh! I don't have time for that.
My symptoms have not been any worse. Thankfully! I still have weakness in my left arm and leg, fatigue and muscle spasms in my legs and hands. I tend to ignore all my symptoms and just push through them. I don't have time to slow down!
I did see my ophthalmologist for a recheck recently and he said he was happy with my left eye. He thinks that what he is seeing is just the anatomy of my eye and not a cause for concern.
This summer I will have my annual MRI done and I also have to go in for another mammogram. Crossing my fingers that both come back normal with no changes. I will keep you posted.
I just registered for Walk MS Austin. It is on Saturday October 29, 2011. You can visit my page to make a donation or join me for the walk.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/TXHWalkEvents?px=6864140&pg=personal&fr_id=17354
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and staying cool.
Amanda
Dylan is now officially a third grader and Emily is a kindergartner. I am not ready for either of them to be so BIG. Dylan is a little worried about third grade because he will now get letter grades. It will definitely be an adjustment for all of us. Emily I am afraid may be bored in Kinder. We have been working on worksheets and she did all the kinder worksheets last summer so I guess we will be moving onto 1st grade worksheets.
I had a great end to the school year and hated to see it end. I am, however, very excited about having my very own class from the beginning of the school year. I will have to post pictures when I start getting it put together.
Onto MS stuff.... I have still not been good about taking my medication so I had a nurse come out yesterday and do a retraining with us. I will basically start from scratch and hope I can stick with it. I am hoping that we learned a few tricks to keep it from hurting so bad. I really want to get better at taking it so I don't have to start taking the oral medication. I know you are thinking why would you rather stick yourself with a needle that take a pill. There are so many side effects with the new oral pills and I would have to spend tons of time under close watch. Some even in the hospital. Ugh! I don't have time for that.
My symptoms have not been any worse. Thankfully! I still have weakness in my left arm and leg, fatigue and muscle spasms in my legs and hands. I tend to ignore all my symptoms and just push through them. I don't have time to slow down!
I did see my ophthalmologist for a recheck recently and he said he was happy with my left eye. He thinks that what he is seeing is just the anatomy of my eye and not a cause for concern.
This summer I will have my annual MRI done and I also have to go in for another mammogram. Crossing my fingers that both come back normal with no changes. I will keep you posted.
I just registered for Walk MS Austin. It is on Saturday October 29, 2011. You can visit my page to make a donation or join me for the walk.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/TXHWalkEvents?px=6864140&pg=personal&fr_id=17354
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and staying cool.
Amanda
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