Still on the Juice

I'm receiving my fourth dose of Solu-Medrol today. I don't know if it's helping yet. I think maybe it is but its own side effects are preventing me from really feeling its benefits? Maybe I'm just being optimistic.

I went to work today, came back tired. But I made it through without sleeping. I did need to turn off the lights and rest my eyes, since they were hurting... well, the left one was. And I think I was getting a headache from my vision. I still have one.

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 1

-Tingles: 4

-Paresthesias: 0

-Numbness: 1

-Vision: 4--definitely worse than yesterday. Used my old night driving glasses (which I never used much anyway) most of the day.

Motor:

-Gait: 1

-Sore muscles: 4, lower when taking ibuprofen (which I have done all day because of my period)

-Fine motor: 4

-Weak muscles: 3

Cognitive:

-Language processing: 2

-Memory: 2

-Attention: 1

-Confusion: 2

General:

-Fatigue: 6

-Balance: 2 daytime, 4 night--vision probably makes it worse. I walked into my bedroom door early this morning--thought it was open.

-Sleep: 2--I got in 9 hours!

-Bladder: 5--I'm hardly peeing much at all. I'm drinking the same amount as usual.

-Anxiety: 1

Dr. Stupidhead Gabby called me today to ask if I've begun the Solu-Medrol (duh, three days now) and how it's going. I told her about my eyes. Forgot to tell her about my bladder. She said that I can call my eye doctor to discuss my vision. I told her I'll wait until I finish the Solu-Medrol course, see if that helps. She agreed that's a good idea (duh). And she made a big show of telling me how she wrote up my referral to Dr. Cal at the MS Center I requested. I told her that I already have an appointment with Dr. Paolo, because there's a long wait to see Dr. Cal (he's the director of the center). She said to tell Dr. Paolo hi, because they are personal friends. Rolling my eyes.

I HATE THIS BITTER TASTE!!! It begins about 15 minutes after the medication starts flowing. :(