Great Day

I did not have much pain today! And I sat a lot, working on my laptop on the couch--usually sitting increases my nerve pain and dysesthetic pain. I will say that I got totally worn out by a brief trip to the grocery store and took a good 30-45 minutes to recover. But then I had a wonderful evening playing games with friends.

I forgot to mention that I had another "But you look so good" from a family friend the other day. If I had a nickel every time...

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 1, although it does get bad when I try to put my feet up, such as resting them on the coffee table

-Tingles: 0

-Dysesthetic pain: 1

-Paresthesias: 0

-Numbness: 2

-Vision: 3

-Nerve pain: 1

-Hearing: 1, just a bit this morning

Motor:

-Walking: 1, definitely getting pigeon toed. I think I need to see a PT.

-Sore muscles: 1

-Fine motor: 1, clumsy, dropping things

-Weak muscles: 4

-Spasticity: 3

Cognitive:

-Processing: 2, expressive language is rough sometimes--dysfluent in a cluttering way

-Memory: 1

-Attention: 0

-Confusion: 0

General:

-Fatigue: 4

-Balance: 2, still balance checking on walls, lol

-Sleep: 1

-Bladder: 0

-Proprioception: 0

-Swallowing: 1, I guess I will add this. Ugh, another thing to rate. Well, I definitely was having problems, especially this evening. Drink, cough. Drink, cough. I have had swallowing problems off and on since this whole thing began at the end of May. It was one of the first symptoms. I also had swallowing problems two years ago, when I was recovering from gallbladder surgery.

-A: 0

-B: 0

Emotions: Anger is the word of the day. My fuse was short. It didn't help that my sister did something she knew would bother me and said she would not do... contractors were not willing to check out an area I was concerned about... I had three separate arguments with a friend because she misunderstood and would not listen to my explanation... and collections called. Not for me; I field calls for a friend. There was a misunderstanding about a hospital bill that was paid on time but not entered in their system. Anyway, it was a rough few hours with all that. I may have overreacted to the collections idiot. Who was totally inappropriate, snapping: "Look, it is an inconvenience for me to have to call you about $25." And a sarcastic: "Wow, you paid it, congratulations." And the best one: "You get what you give."  See why I spat fire and demanded to speak with his supervisor?