Four days in and no side effects or ill results of my new med journey. On Tuesday, September 25, at 8:45 AM, I swallowed my first dose of Gilyena after undergoing an EKG. For the next six hours my new friend Eric monitored my heart rate every hour. with my kitting in my lap and my mother at…
Archives for September 2018
Letters to the MonSter
Dear MonSter, I would like to blame this on you, but I can see your evil, little head just bursting with pride. THAT’s not going to happen. No, this was a totally a random, weird, mysterious car malfunction. My son and I parked outside an area pizza establishment to pick up dinner. I went inside to get the…
Gettng a new medical treatment
https://www.healthline.com/health/multiple-sclerosis/managing/transition-new-medication#1 Because I had no idea what happening to me nor did I even know what the letters MS represented, when it came time to begin medical treatment, my limited knowledge forced me to conform to whatever course of drugs put before me. Beta Seron, a self-injection, came into my life not long after my diagnosis. The only…
9/11 Where were you?
Other than in March do I post multiple times during the week, but during my morning perusal of other MS blogs, I came across this very timely blog post. It reminded me early in the morn the significance of this very day: 9/11. Any major event of disaster prompts us to reflect on the basic…
Awards, AFOs, and Car Crashes
Ever had one of those days? One of those weeks? Ever wanted to slap someone who asks such asinine questions? Well, here I am. Slap away. It just seems in the scheme of life, everyone has periods of severe confusion in personal existence. Not unheard of. Not uncommon….