Gallbladder Pain?

Where do I even begin? I went to bed late last night--keyed up from the ward party, I guess. I don't know. I went to bed at 11:00 but fell asleep closer to midnight. At 3:00 am, I was awakened by severe upper abdominal pain. It tightened for a while, loosened up some, then tightened again. Kind of crampy. Coming in waves. Not fun. It got pretty bad, and it reminded me of gallbladder pain. But I do not have a gallbladder! I had it out almost two years ago.

I took some ibuprofen, but I do not think it helped. The pain stopped around 4:30. Then I had trouble sleeping, because my brain was wide awake. Got close to sleep and then small noises would jolt me... Around 6:30, I turned off my alarm. Who was I kidding? there was no way I would get up at 7:00 for church.

I slept 6:45-7:15, and then I woke up again.. something I heard, I guess. Told my friend that I was not going to church. I tried to sleep but struggled. I was stiff, sore, and exhausted. I drifted in the twilight zone. Finally I slept from 8:00-8:30, and I woke up feeling better. I even had a not-bad dream. I tried to sleep more but unfortunately could not. So I got up.

Like I said, I was feeling better. I went downstairs around 9:00, surprising my friend. She expected me to sleep all morning. I wish! I talked to her and sat around. After about 20 minutes, I hit a wall! From doing basically nothing! That kind of exhaustion is so random. That was how my morning went: okay and terrible.

But the afternoon was much better! And the evening was great. :)

Sensory:

-Pins and needles: 3, lower limbs, including my upper right calf, lateral side/back--pretty much all day without stopping. And of course the pins and needles showed up anytime I sat down.

-Tingles: 0

-Paresthesias (burning): 1

-Paresthesias (other): 1, some crawly/tingly feelings in my lower left back/butt

-Numbness: 2, usual spots plus semi-numb left thumb

-Vision: 1

-Nerve pain: 3

Motor:

-Gait: 3, mostly off balance

-Sore muscles: 7 the first time I woke up but mostly 4

-Fine motor: 1

-Weak muscles: 4

-Spasticity: 3, mostly gastrocs

Cognitive:

-Language processing: 1

-Memory: 2

-Attention: 1

-Confusion: 1

General:

-Fatigue: 7/4/2

-Balance: 3

-Sleep: 9, four hours of broken sleep

-Bladder: 1

Whew Better Today But Sick

Now when I say "better," I don't mean "good." But I'm out of my two-day nightmare. I got 8 hours of broken sleep--I got up to use the bathroom three or four times. I think that I would have slept more, but I was having abdominal pain that woke me up. That's probably just from the food I ate. I went to someone's house for dinner, and they served delicious but very heavy food. I've been on a light diet all week, so maybe I shocked my body.

I can't believe I stayed awake all day yesterday, after sleeping less than two hours!

I ended up peeing every 30-60 minutes most of the day. In the evening it became more like every two hours, which is where I still am. I can handle that. Maybe it's every 2-2.5 hours now. That's more manageable.

Someone on the MS message board said every time she does Solu-Medrol, she pees like crazy for about 24 hours. My dad said it happens to his patients. Why isn't Dr. Gabby aware of this?

It looks like I have a little urinary tract infection on top of everything. So I have antibiotics for that.

OK, so this morning I woke up feeling nauseated, with abdominal pan. And a sore throat. Then I felt better. Now suddenly I am feeling much worse! Nausea, dizziness, sore throat, and generally crappy. My tongue feels sticky, swollen, and dry. And the roof of my mouth. Well, I guess I've caught something.

In the MS department, the tendons of my knees have been getting tighter and tighter. It's kind of sore but mostly is just limiting my range of motion. The horrible burning in my feet yesterday has become a mild burning in just my left foot. The right one has impaired sensation along the lateral side but not burning--it's back to "normal."

My vision is better. Not back to normal, but at least halfway there. And it's better now than it was when I woke up. Maybe back to normal by the end of the day? I am very annoyed that water retention causing my blurred vision was not a possibility that occurred to my ophthalmologist. I told her that it began two days into my solumedrol course and directly asked if the two might be related. She said no.

I must have gotten a mosquito bite. I have the most insane welt on my forearm. It was a tiny bump ten minutes ago and is now almost an inch in diameter. Wow. I sprayed it with Benadryl spray.

OK, now I feel better again. Maybe the ibuprofen I took is kicking in.

Just got smacked by vertigo. Hate that. I was really hoping that was related to the Nuvigil. Guess not. Darn!

My mosquito bite grew a little more. It's as long as the first knuckle of my thumb and almost as wide.

OH, I want to blog a wee bit about audiology. Somebody on the MS message board had a question about it and had symptoms similar to mine. I wasn't sure mine were related to MS. Maybe. Will blog...