Happy Saturday folks! Today is, afterall, Saturday… July 18th and it’s a bit hotter than it needs to be in North Carolina today. Fortunately, it appears a storm may pass through and cool things down a bit IF it doesn’t miss us again. Seems to be a bit of trend going on in that area… Send us some rain please!
I don’t typically post on a Saturday, but this week has been a rough one. I have been exceptionally tired and dizzy along with a nagging headache.. all week. It’s been a bit of a bummer and makes me think the Crap Gap could be a tough one this time. 🙁 Oh well. Also, did I mention I ended up in the emergency room the Thursday before last because I was having heart palpitations? That was fun! Never experienced THAT one before, so my primary care doctor now wants me to do a “Stress test”. My wife completely freaked out. I am curious if a “Stress test” requires anything other than being told you have to do one? 🙂 My wife, evidently, knows someone who either knows someone, or has heard of someone, who died doing one of those. Good Grief AND Good Times! All of that wonderful stuff on the heel of already feeling pretty crappy. It is what it is….
The way i’ve felt over the past week or so made we start questioning WHY MS causes dizziness. Is it possible it’s not MS related and attributable to not drinking enough water (My primary care doctor suggested I was dehydrated, which caused my heart palpitations)? Also, there are SO MANY different symptoms and issues you can attribute to MS that sometimes articles simply SUGGEST an issue may be related to MS. So, you can probably tell why I was curious and wanted to know! Right?
Well… the easy answer is… after perusing many online resources… dizziness truly IS caused by MS. Surprise! Not really… 🙂 To summarize my readings… dizziness is due to the fact that lesions in the brain/spinal chord make it very difficult for the Central Nervous System to properly send messages to the rest of the body. The severity of dizziness, or even Vertigo (ie The room is spinning on me!), depends on where those lesions are. More or bigger lesions in the wrong place could really make for a hard time. Fortunately, my dizziness kind of comes and goes so I am not dealing with it 100% of the time! I’m not sure how well I’d be handling life if the dizzies were with me constantly! I feel for those who are not as lucky as I am. For sure…
Anyway… definitely feeling on the upside of things today. My next infusion of Ocrevus is scheduled for August 17th, but I’ll probably have to change that date as two of my boys are moving into their college residences that week. I am hopeful I’ll continue to feel a bit better and that the dizzies, fatigue and the annoying headache doesn’t come back and stick around for another four weeks. That’d be pretty awful!
I hope everyone is having a nice summer! It’s hard to believe that it’s already half over! I’ll try to post Wednesday or Thursday as long as life cooperates!
Oh… I’ve included another image. Even with how I’ve been feeling and the drama of the ER visit, I had promised my youngest son and some friends that I’d go fly-fishing last week! Yep.. tired and in a bad mood… but I went and I’m glad I did. So much fun. My son and I went on a guided Float Trip down the Watauga River near Bristol, TN and it was amazing! I’ve attached a photo of the river below! Enjoy!
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