Saturday, January 28, 2012

Got Pretty Sick

I had a fine morning, but I got pretty sick this afternoon. I did not manage my medication regimen well enough, I think. When I was able to get back on track (evening), I did better. The problem is that I had taken one Aleve at 5:00 am and another one at 10:00 am. I started hating life around 1:00, but it was too early to take another one. I ended up taking Tylenol and then just suffering until I could take two Aleve together at 5:30. Around 6:30, things perked up.

And I did not hydrate well enough. I guess that I did not have an appropriate level of respect for Avonex this week. Lesson learned. (Maybe.)

Sensory:
-Pins and needles: 4
-Tingles: 1
-Dysesthetic pain: 4
-Paresthesias: 0
-Numbness: 3, exactly the same as yesterday
-Vision: 4, worse and better... hmm... why does it get worse? Or why does it get better. Not that "better" means close to normal.
-Nerve pain: 4
-Hearing: 2, bad early this morning! Fine all day. The tinnitus lately has been more broad spectrum rather than a more periodic sound (it used to be a very narrow band of noise around 4,000 Hz).

Motor:
-Walking: 3 this morning, but it became 7 for part of the afternoon. Today was definitely the closest to collapse I have been.
-Sore muscles: 7, and that is on Aleve--my poor shoulder and upper arm
-Fine motor: 2
-Weak muscles: 5, although it was 8 at one point (see Fatigue). I could barely walk.
-Spasticity: 6, range of motion is limited in my right shoulder. Plus the usual with my legs, but not all day.

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

General:
-Fatigue: 6, although it was 9 at one point. I actually sat on the floor in the grocery store. Twice.
-Balance: 4, seriously walking sideways in the dark and needing to hold on to things to stay upright. Leaning toward the right (better than the wrong!)
-Sleep: 4, I got 7 hours, though not all at once. Good thing I did not need to get up early, because I was up at 5:00, fell asleep again around 7:30, woke up, slept some more, and final got up at 9:00. Nice.
-Bladder: 0
-Proprioception: 2
-Swallowing: 0
-A: 7
-B: 5

Emotions: I broke down and cried twice today, just feeling so horrible. This afternoon was really bad. And I was irritable--that happens when I am very sick. I was so dizzy, I could not even get up for about two hours. And just feeling like I had the flu. No fever, but a little bit of chills. Anyway, all that made me emotional for some reason. Or maybe the steroids messed with my emotions? I don't know why now, when I am down to 40 mg on the taper. Whatever the reason, I did have a rather emotional day.

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