Pretty Good Day

It has been a pretty good day. But then, I mostly sat on the couch all day, except for when I went to see my shrink. If I had had to work or do anything more, I think it would have been a hard day.

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 2, feet and a little in the tongue. Forgot to mention that I had some in the tongue yesterday and I think the day before.

-Tingles: 2

-Paresthesias: 5, still feet and left leg on fire

-Numbness: 1--still right heel/side, and the right side of my tongue is sort of half numb

-Vision: 1, still not quite normal

Motor:

-Gait: 4

-Sore muscles: 6, the backs of my legs, especially behind the knees. Also my quads.

-Fine motor: 2

-Weak muscles: 4

Cognitive:

-Language processing: 1

-Memory: 4

-Attention: 1

-Confusion: 2, took a wrong turn on the way to the shrink because I forgot where I was going, then didn't know how to solve that problem--was late and frustrated

General:

-Fatigue: 6

-Balance: 4

-Sleep: 6, only got 6 hours

-Bladder: 3 I guess

-Anxiety: 3

-Vertigo: 0, thank goodness

Grieving: I cried through most of my counseling session. I cried while writing an email about my MS. I felt anxious about the medical bills. I felt anxious about the cost of the drug therapies I will need (without knowing how much they will actually be). I felt anxious about the logistics of needing a scooter or wheelchair at some point. I knew that people with only sensory symptoms early in the disease have a better prognosis. I felt disbelief and anxiety when I realized that I have symptoms that indicate disease activity in all three potential areas: cerebrum & cerebellum, motor nerve tracts, and sensory nerve tracts. http://www.msfocus.org/Symptoms-of-Multiple-Sclerosis.aspx