Keep Cool!

Well, the insomnia story ended well. I went back to bed, got up and turned on the fan, and was asleep ten minutes later. I kept wondering about that during the night, but my body hurt so much that I did not want to get up and turn on the fan. Besides, it was 45 degrees outside and the heat was off--who would need a fan?? But I was too warm to sleep.

Lesson learned. I ended up having a surprisingly good day, especially after I rested in the afternoon. I had a great evening.

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 0

-Tingles: 0

-Dysesthetic pain: 3

-Paresthesias: 1

-Numbness: 4, legs, face, mouth/tongue

-Vision: 4, both eyes have taken turns hurting today. Maybe my double vision is better? Just blurry--far things.

-Nerve pain: 2

-Hearing: 1

Motor:

-Walking: 2

-Sore muscles: 6 when I woke up--again, usually stiff/sore in the morning. Down to 3 later.

-Fine motor: 2

-Weak muscles: 5

-Spasticity: 2

Cognitive:

-Processing: 1

-Memory: 1

-Attention: 0

-Confusion: 0

General:

-Fatigue: 4

-Balance: 1

-Sleep: 7

-Bladder: 1

-Proprioception: 3, still impacting my piano playing. And I had that weird "my legs are gone" and "are my hands touching each other?" stuff while I was really tired this morning. While I was trying to fall asleep--I slept off and on for an hour and a half, but when I woke up, I felt like I was just a head and torso sometimes. Until I moved. Then I could feel things against my limbs. Legs were worst.

-1: 0

-2: 1

Emotions: Shed quite a few tears this morning. One thing that helped me later was a book about MS manifesto. I was writing my mission statement. I will share it in its own blog post.