It's that time of year, when I take begin to take stock of what has happened to me in the past three years. I count my chickens and my gray hairs.
Besides preparing to celebrate our seventh wedding anniversary this week-end, this is what has been on my mind (with some clarification from Jason)...
how many relapses have I had?
Original attack: June 2006
- treated with 5 days of IV prednisone followed by an oral taper
Diagnosis (due to new lesions, but no new symptoms): January 2007
First relapse: April 2007
- I began taking Copaxone March 2007 until October 2007
Second relapse: January 2008
- I began taking Rebif February 2008
My relapses have been defined by severe "subjective vertigo" and one wicked "pain in my head" (I stress that it was a pain in my forehead, as opposed to a "headache").
I don't have any NEW numbness or tingly feelings. The original numb spots are still present, and at times I get a numb feeling where I haven't had a numb feeling for two years! Like today, my chin/throat area feels numb, but I had this in same feeling in August 2006, and it is likely caused by a lesion in my thoracic spine.
And...let me do the math...I have gone over fifteen months without a relapse!
woot woot!
Emily
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a small update
Posted in relapse on Monday, January 21, 2008 by Emms
Well...I am doing better than I was. For the better part of most days, the crushing headache is a thing of the past. The overall wobbliness is not constant - but is very sensitive to triggers: reading, concentrating, internet scrolling, "active" shot television scenes, walking around short distances and tossing and turning in my sleep.
Andrea (my sister, often lovingly called "Annie") came to help Jason and I last week. For a change, last week we called her "Rosie"... as in the Jetsons' robotic maid, Rosie. She cooked, and cleaned, and shopped, and painted my toes, and hung out with us. Apparently, she also did her "real job" via the internet. She also successfully executed her "mom role" via the telephone. Jason and I are very grateful...and we hope that Rebeccah will soon forget.
So the question still plagues me...what is going on with my head?
Relapse?
Life sans lorazapam?
I am going to go with relapse. I say this because it is getting better. I actually said to Jason this afternoon...
"I feel good!"
Now....I don't feel so good right now...but I can't let that get me down.
Emily
Andrea (my sister, often lovingly called "Annie") came to help Jason and I last week. For a change, last week we called her "Rosie"... as in the Jetsons' robotic maid, Rosie. She cooked, and cleaned, and shopped, and painted my toes, and hung out with us. Apparently, she also did her "real job" via the internet. She also successfully executed her "mom role" via the telephone. Jason and I are very grateful...and we hope that Rebeccah will soon forget.
So the question still plagues me...what is going on with my head?
Relapse?
Life sans lorazapam?
I am going to go with relapse. I say this because it is getting better. I actually said to Jason this afternoon...
"I feel good!"
Now....I don't feel so good right now...but I can't let that get me down.
Emily
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