Christmas!

Merry belated Christmas!

I had a great day. I performed a piano piece in church and did reasonably well, considering my vision was so blurry that it was hard to read the music. Hooray for muscle memory. I mean, I made mistakes, but not tons and tons, so I did not mind.

I also sang in the choir, and I did not need to read the music, because I had my part memorized (good thing, because I could not read that small print, lol). Church was wonderful, and I am glad that I suffered through the weekly choir practices. All of the numb feet, burning pain in my legs, fatigue, and forgetting lyrics (embarrassing--that does not normally happen to me) were absolutely worth it. I am glad that I am not giving up things that I love. I am not ready to give up my life yet!

The bishop spoke yesterday, which was so nice. I enjoyed the thoughts he shared and the spirit he brought. (I literally just typed brang. Huh??)

After church, we ATE! We had skipped breakfast. We ate leftover donuts from Saturday--lame. Then we took a bunch of pictures. I was texting with a heavenly 11-year-old, who could not believe it was 2:00 and we had not yet opened presents.

We finally did open presents, and I got things that I had asked for, such as a cardigan and makeup (eyeshadow with microglitter!!). A subtle MS theme ran through many of my other presents. A healthy cookbook. A brain-teaser puzzle to build memory, fine motor, hand-eye coordination, and spatial reasoning. Multi-tasking, something I used to be able to do! Hm... There were others, but I forget--guess I really needed that memory-building puzzle.

Yesterday's numbers:
Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 2

-Tingles: 0

-Dysesthetic pain: 3, but none all morning!

-Paresthesias: 1

-Numbness: 2

-Vision: 4

-Nerve pain: 5, good in the morning but started picking up around 3:00

-Hearing: 1, still off and on tinnitus, very mild

Motor:

-Walking: 1

-Sore muscles: 1

-Fine motor: 2

-Weak muscles: 4

-Spasticity: 3

Cognitive:

-Processing: 0

-Memory: 1

-Attention: 0

-Confusion: 0

General:

-Fatigue: 2

-Balance: 1

-Sleep: 1

-Bladder: 1

-Proprioception: 1

-A: 0

-B: 6

Emotions: Happy! No blue, blue Christmas here.