New Urologist

Sadly, the fantasticity (c) of yesterday did not continue.

I had a urology appointment today, for a 6-month follow up for my kidney stone and for my MS bladder issues. No specific concerns on the kidney stone front, although the doctor shared that I have a 50% chance of having a second stone in the next five years. Great...

She thinks I have demyelination in a nerve going to the bladder. Right, so she thinks my bladder issues are almost certainly MS related. She could give me a pill, but she wants to hold off until I'm on a disease-modifying drug. In fact, she was shocked that I'm not already on one.

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 2, left thigh

-Tingles: 1 had a shooting tingle in one of my forearms

-Paresthesias (burning): 1, both feet

-Paresthesias (other): 1, electricity feelings in my left thigh, some buzzing in my feet--feels like a cell phone vibrating

-Numbness: 3, have lost feeling in my legs and feet sometimes. The lateral half of my left baby toe (along with part of my foot near it) is still numb all the time. And you're going to think I'm crazy, but I realized last night that there is a little numb patch on my RIGHT baby toe. What's up with that?

-Vision: 2, because of some minor focusing issues. And the floaters. I'm seriously starting to wonder why they are hanging around. Not getting worse, not getting better... just there. At least they are easy to ignore.

-Nerve pain: 2, left thigh--ah, sciatica

Motor:

-Gait: 3, bouncy, stiff

-Sore muscles: 2, calves, quads

-Fine motor: 4--I had trouble taking a pen from a cup at the doctor's office, trouble writing, fingerspelling

-Weak muscles: 4

-Spasticity: 3 for right gastroc, 2 for left gastroc, 1 for both quads

Cognitive:

-Language processing: 2

-Memory: 3

-Attention: 0

-Confusion: 2

General:

-Fatigue: 6

-Balance: 4

-Sleep: 2, I got 8 hours

-Bladder: 3

What's up with having a not-so-good day after getting eight hours of sleep? I didn't even wake up with a nightmare! I have a lot of bad dreams lately. Like every night.

Uhhh.... I can't remember what else.