Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, everybody.
It's been busy, too busy.
Yesterday I attended a presentation for a local kids writing competition, one I helped judge. It was a really enjoyable morning, but I had to dash off and take mother in law to the doctor. I also had an appointment, to talk about how things are going after last Monday's 'turn'.
The GP wasn't happy that I hadn't heard from the neurologist so she rang him. next thing, I had an appointment for 24 hours later.
Saw him this afternoon. It's very weird seeing a neurologist who is developing a migraine of his own - if he wasn't so competent, I'd have been really worried about his sanity.
His verdict - not sure, I did the right thing to insist on seeing him, my reflexes are OK which is good news but he can see SOMETHING has happened. He doesn't think this was an MS turn because my reflexes are OK but he won't rule it out; for now he wants to check my vascular system for possible ischaemic attack, and organised another appointment for me - a Doppler study tomorrow.
So three days in a row I've had to drive to the mainland to see doctors. Among other things. Each trip is exhausting, far more than it should be. Meanwhile I've got tasks building up at home which I'm not doing, because I get home and fall in a heap.
On the plus side - difficult child 3 is working well at the moment, even though he's not feeling well. He's making good progress in so many ways. He failed his yearly maths exam (the teacher rang me while I was at the doctor's yesterday) but his teacher said he knows this was not a reflection on his ability, difficult child 3 is a top maths student. He just didn't finish half the paper. I explained I'd given him the paper at the end of the school day which in hindsight was a mistake.
And difficult child 3 has finally got his 30th achievement award from school, which qualifies him for a Gold Award - with about two weeks to spare for the school year! I posted it all off tis afternoon.
Tomorrow morning I rest. Then I go and get my carotid arteries tested. I'm hoping they find nothing wrong there, although the alternative makes MS much more likely. Still, that's been looking more likely anyway. Finding problems with my arteries will not rule out MS.
Somewhere in there, I've got a lot of cooking to do - tomatoes to spice up and bottle. I love doing this when I have time at home to just potter and play Earth Mother, but dashing to and from doctors simply isn't the right 'feel'.
Enjoy your Tuesday, everyone. I'll keep you posted.
Marg
It's been busy, too busy.
Yesterday I attended a presentation for a local kids writing competition, one I helped judge. It was a really enjoyable morning, but I had to dash off and take mother in law to the doctor. I also had an appointment, to talk about how things are going after last Monday's 'turn'.
The GP wasn't happy that I hadn't heard from the neurologist so she rang him. next thing, I had an appointment for 24 hours later.
Saw him this afternoon. It's very weird seeing a neurologist who is developing a migraine of his own - if he wasn't so competent, I'd have been really worried about his sanity.
His verdict - not sure, I did the right thing to insist on seeing him, my reflexes are OK which is good news but he can see SOMETHING has happened. He doesn't think this was an MS turn because my reflexes are OK but he won't rule it out; for now he wants to check my vascular system for possible ischaemic attack, and organised another appointment for me - a Doppler study tomorrow.
So three days in a row I've had to drive to the mainland to see doctors. Among other things. Each trip is exhausting, far more than it should be. Meanwhile I've got tasks building up at home which I'm not doing, because I get home and fall in a heap.
On the plus side - difficult child 3 is working well at the moment, even though he's not feeling well. He's making good progress in so many ways. He failed his yearly maths exam (the teacher rang me while I was at the doctor's yesterday) but his teacher said he knows this was not a reflection on his ability, difficult child 3 is a top maths student. He just didn't finish half the paper. I explained I'd given him the paper at the end of the school day which in hindsight was a mistake.
And difficult child 3 has finally got his 30th achievement award from school, which qualifies him for a Gold Award - with about two weeks to spare for the school year! I posted it all off tis afternoon.
Tomorrow morning I rest. Then I go and get my carotid arteries tested. I'm hoping they find nothing wrong there, although the alternative makes MS much more likely. Still, that's been looking more likely anyway. Finding problems with my arteries will not rule out MS.
Somewhere in there, I've got a lot of cooking to do - tomatoes to spice up and bottle. I love doing this when I have time at home to just potter and play Earth Mother, but dashing to and from doctors simply isn't the right 'feel'.
Enjoy your Tuesday, everyone. I'll keep you posted.
Marg
