Gardening, music, life with MS
I have figured out how to bypass inserting pictures on my laptop by posting on my iPad where the pictures already are. I hope this works. Here are the before and after pictures I needed to post. My eyes are a lot more open, chin, neck and cheeks much smoother. I’m very happy with the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]