Category: Random Thoughts

More Canes

I got 2 birthday presents in the mail 2 days ago.  I have my “starter” canes – they convinced me that the canes are helpful and would be a good investment.  They are pretty banged up now, because i didn’t have a cane holder (thanks Dee!) – who the hell knew that that existed…certainly not me!  So of course every where i took the cane and tried to prop them up, they would fall and i would have to announce, “it’s just the cane!” because ultimately, everyone would wonder if it was me!

Anyhoo, so i decided that it was time to upgrade so to speak, so I bought myself a “fancy” wooden cane; that was my gift to myself and that came in the mail.

Along with that one, G2 decided to also give me a cane.  That one is an absolute hit and already my friends are rallying around me and have decided that they too need to get the cane (in a show of support nah) LOL!!!

It’s called a “Smuggler’s Cane”!  Here is the description from the website www.fashionablecanes.com:

A Brandy smuggler cane that has more than one purpose. There is a hidden compartment with an internal flask so one can have a tip of a beverage at hand from time to time… Also, stored inside are 2 tiny thimbles so one can take a thimbleful with a friend.


It’s an ABSOLUTE BEAUT….can’t wait to use this puppy 🙂

Thank Goodness

I am tired of napping!  i mentioned before that I’m on 2 sets of muscle relaxants for Spasticity.  they both cause drowsiness so about an hour after taking them the drowsiness knocks me for 6 and sometimes it’s completely embarrassing.  last week, I went to the dentist and actually was falling asleep in the dentist’s chair! – i just couldn’t help myself!!  WTF???

Now i didn’t start taking them at the same time, so I know that my body is used to the 1st one (that caused me to be sleepy at first and then soon after there was no effect) – it was when i started the 2nd one that i just started getting so sleepy that i couldn’t help but go to sleep even if for a short time (once it was during the week at work, i put my alarm to go off in 7 mins and i swear that it was the best 7 mins of my life, i woke up COMPLETELY refreshed) – but alas i can’t afford to that everyday.

This looks just like me when i took that 7 min. nap

I called my doctor’s office yesterday and told them that something had to give because the drowsiness is not going away.   I was so happy when the nurse called back and told me that i can cut out the dose that i take during the day, but i should keep taking it at nite.  I have no problem with that because nite time is time to sleep anyway – unless i have to be out, then i’ll have to deal somehow.

I cut out the dose this morning and no glazed over eyes, no sleeping, no napping – NOTHING!!  Hopefully, the dosage of that medication was so small (2mg 3x daily) that it won’t make too much of a difference my NOT taking it as often.

Right Back to Normal

The expectation here is that Christmas is done and u must just jump back into things as if the past 2 weeks didn’t happen.  everything just DONE – i hate that about being here…I know that there is no Carnival to gear up for, but still…

anyhoo, i think i mentioned before that I’m not big into New Year’s resolutions – in fact last year on this blog, i made a resolution for the first time – to work out consistently.  Well i started hot and heavy of course and then…but sometime in the middle of the year i actually started working out with a personal trainer and have been doing that consistently ever since.  So i guess u can say that i actually kept my resolution (is that what u say?).  I don’t know if it helps me in any way as far as the MS is concerned – i guess it does, but hey!

This year I’m back to not making any resolutions – i have no clue what to come up with.  My fingers (toes, eyes, legs) are crossed that the MS is quiet, stable and doesn’t shoot me with anything I can’t handle. I’m also hopeful that i won’t have to spend as much money on my health as i did in 2010 (hopefully tho, i spent enuf last year to claim the money spent on my taxes this year). 

Here’s to a prosperous new year to u and urs!

Falling

I haven’t talked about falling in a while and trust me it’s NOT because it hasn’t happened…the thing about falling is that when i trip (or whatever to cause the fall), i always try to “catch” myself to avoid – this is normal, i s’pose.  But the times that i actually fall is when i realize “shit – this is not going to work” and i just resign myself to hit the ground and hope that i don’t hurt myself or land on my face.

That happened one morning last week…i’m really not sure what the hell happened but i knew that the fall had potential to be a great disaster.  I think that I’ve mentioned before that I’ve noticed that it’s almost as if my legs need to warm up before they work “properly”, so who knows just how shaky I was that morning.  All i know is that I was somewhere between the porcelain goddess and the sink which had more stuff than usual around it and so there was no telling how the tumble could end.  I tried, I tried, I tried to hold on to something/anything to balance and then eventually, i said, “fuck it, i’m going down!”  It wasn’t as disastrous as I’d anticipated, but there was a helluva lot of noise.  My mother said (yes she’s back) that it was the fastest that she’d ever climbed stairs (she was downstairs in the kitchen and heard the noise).

By the time she got to me, I was already down – of course – and had decided that i was going to finish brushing my teeth before even bothering to try to get up.  And the end of it all, I only had a bruised thigh to show for it – could have been MUCH worse!

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