Blood Sugar Normal

Word of the day = pain.

And confusion. My doctors do not understand why my vision is blurry. My a1c (long-term blood sugar) test came back normal. Back to the drawing board. I emailed Dr. Rick, and he said to go straight to 10 mg of prednisone tomorrow and the next day, then done.

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 7, feet were awful, hard to tell this from the burning dysesthetic pain
-Tingles: 1
-Dysesthetic pain: 8, absolutely horrible in my left butt all the way down through my foot (following the sciatic nerve), and now the right, too. And some in my bottom lip. And on the side of my left hip. Luckily this did not last all day, because I would have been in tears. It came and went, so I did not get pushed past my breaking point. I have a pretty high threshold for pain, but this is bad stuff.
-Paresthesias: 2
-Numbness: 2, feet and that new strip on my forehead (sometimes), as well as down the center of my tongue--maybe a little right of center
-Vision: 4, maybe a little worse than yesterday
-Nerve pain: 6, some plain old nerve pain down my left leg
-Hearing: 1

Motor:
-Walking: 2, stiff but ok
-Sore muscles: 2
-Fine motor: 2
-Weak muscles: 4
-Spasticity: 5, PT gave me some stretches, including one for my poor shoulder

Cognitive:
-Processing: 2
-Memory: 1
-Attention: 2
-Confusion: 0

General:
-Fatigue: 7
-Balance: 4
-Sleep: 5, got 6.5 hours, I think. I was up at 5:00 again.
-Bladder: 0
-Proprioception: 2
-Swallowing: 1
-A: 5
-B: 0

Emotions: I was okay until after my two-hour (mostly waiting) PT appointment. I was over-tired and cried when I got home. Just exhausted. But I bounced back and had a good evening, despite the extreme pain.