Category: My Life with MS

  • Trigeminal Neuralgia II – Treatment

    On Friday, my prescription was finally ready. My neurologist had called in Oxcarbazepine 150 mg. The dose was 2 tablets twice a day as needed for pain. I picked it up around 12:30 in the afternoon and took the first dose. I was still using the Ora Gel. It made me very sleepy, but the…

  • Trigeminal neuralgia

    Sources for the information below are from the Mayo Clinic and other certified medical websites when I googled , “severe facial pain” ” Trigeminal neuralgia is sudden, severe facial pain (affecting the face). It’s often described as a sharp shooting pain or like having an electric shock in the jaw, teeth or gums. ” Causes…

  • I’m a Loser

    That is how I’m feeling. Everything seems overwhelming to me. I can’t make any important decisions concerning what I want. I used to be so good at wanting something and going after it. Now everything seems like too much trouble. I feel like I’m lazy. Pete is gone for 2 days and all I’ve done…

  • What Do I Want in 2024

    Watching The Today Show last week, like I always do, they had a lady on, (famous, can’t think of her name and I don’t want to look it up……which is the whole problem here). Anyway, she had 5 questions that you should ask yourself. I didn’t get past the first one. “What do you want?”…

  • I Got a Threadlift!

    I finally did it! Yesterday I went to Richmond Aesthetic Center and spent $3600 on a threadllift. They are priced at $300. a thread. You are fully awake and aware of what they are doing and can ask questions as the procedure is administered. By they, I mean the technician and her assistant. They do…

  • Monthly Weigh In – January 2024

    January 7, 2024, 144.6 lbs. There you go. This was my exact weight in November and December was my surprise 141.6. Oh well, 3 lbs. lost, 3 lbs. gained, what else is new? It’s to be expected the way I ate ove the holidays!

  • Falling Down, Oops I Did it Again

    Still at the same Marriott Courtyard. Since I last posted, the long distance from parking to our room, we decided that I would sit on my walker and Pete would push me, I had quickly decided against using the wheelchair because it wouldn’t fit into the room. Anyway we’ve done this a lot when I’m…

  • I hate having MS or:

    Tonight we are in Wilmington, NC, tomorrow we’re finally getting our house. I’m excited for that. Everything in the house is accessible, yahoo!! BUT we arrived at the hotel, Marriott Bonvoy, Courtyard. Asked for room that wasn’t far for me to walk. She said room 101, next to the elevator. I said no because it’s…

  • Christmas Summary

    We’re back from NY. After taking a new route, West of Interstate 95, (our usual), nine hours later we got here around 6:30 last night. Since Bryan’s new home is a bit further West of where we usually are in Westchester County, we decided to take Interstate 84 to 81 and South on 15 to…

  • Dentist, 3rd Followup

    The other day I had my third followup after my tooth was pulled. He had done some gum grafting and was checking how well I healed so that I could get a tooth implant, which is what we had discussed. I brought up the point that everytime I had toothwork done, I proceeded to have…