i am annoyed.

1. I thought I would have 3 days of steriods, meaning, I'd be done today. But I will have 5 days and I haven't started day 2 yet.
2. I thought I' be going to the clinic for these injections. but I am doing them at home.
3. I thought I'd be feeling more relief from the steriouds already. I am a little, but not too much.
4. I have been home for 2 days, bored.
5. Datime TV isn't all it's cracked up to be.
6. My puppy is confused.
7. The AC is fixed. finally. We'll be slumber partying in the basement again, just for fun. cool.
8. We now have an IV pole in our house. super cool.
9. The home nurse stuck me 3 times.
10. Those three sticks did not result in the administering of steroids.
11. I don't have a time for my next time of trying to get the meds in.
12. The wanted DH to do the IV, umm, he's my husband, not my doctor.
13. I needed out of the house, so I went to a happy place: Target.
14. My vision got worse driving, my headache returned, and I got annoyed.
15. I see, no pun, that resting my eyes is best.
16. Thus, I shouldn't be on this blog.

I hope tomorrow is a productive day.

I did make cookies today. They're yummy.

another update

Well, I'll be getting 5 days total of in-home IVs with a nurse. Just waiting still to get that set up.

I'm noticing some color loss in addition to the blurry/foggy vision already. Also, my eye is sore, like straining to much. that's why napping has been the only relief I get, but then I just begin to feel lazy....hmmm.

I'm not going back to work til Wed PM, that's if I tolerate the IV well....so we'll see.

Oh, our AC is out and I hate it. Because of my MS I don't tolerate the heat well at all! Our basement is very insulated and kept us cool last night, I finally got cold to use a blanket! The AC fixer comes tomorrow, so I am very thankful for that!

I'm headed to the basement for some heat-eye-relief (maybe a nap or scrapping hehe).

Jillibean: here's to you!

Here's a layout I created using a local girl's new scrapbook line! She is a super nice, down to earth friendly, and ooh-soo-talented designer!

keep the paper lines coming, jill!!!



That's me on the left and D on the right selling our scrapbooking stuff at the bi-annual columbus scrappers garage sale!

update...

I'm home and had my 1st round of steroids. I'll be going to the clinic for the final 2. Things went well and I'm just hopeful the steroids do the trick fast!
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honesty.

As most of you know, I have MS. I do pretty well on a daily basis with life, but the last week my vision has become increasingly impaired in my left eye. It is cloudy in m straight vision, but my peripheral (sp?) is alright. I had enough on Friday, went to the opthamologist who noticed decreased vision in my visual field test (lots of blinking lights, you click when you see them.....dumb). I was told to contact my neurologist and see what they wanted to do. I called the on call doc that night, it was my neurologist from the MS Center at OSU who said if it gets worse this weekend to go to the ER and if not, wait to call on Monday to get in for my round of IV Steroids. I called last night and was told by another doc the same thing, except he used the word "admitted." Admitted either this weekend or Monday. That freaks me out. I've never been to the hospital and my last round of IV Steroids was just 3 days in a row of CLINIC visits.

needless to say, it's gotten worse and oooooh so much more annoying. my eye is sore! it is tired, it only feels good when I'm sleeping and I can't be sleeping all day at work!.

DH and I are on the way to OSU (great, that's where he and a lot of our friends are residents..luckily I'm not a surgery person!) I am so anxious, I don't know if I want to be admitted, but DH said that this round of steroids might be an ever 4-6 hour thing so I would need to be in the hospital. argh.

I kind of hope that I am admitted though, just to be able to relax, not use my eyes on the computer all day, and to maybe finally accept that I have MS and I need to take care of myself in order to try not to have these things flair up (i.e. do my shots every day).

Please pray for me....I have never been to the hospital for a stay! (let alone more than 4 times in my life visiting people......eeek)

thanks.....I'll update when I can.

another comical client

Client H comes to the office for his bi-weekly reporting. I notice that his last drug screen was positive for cocaine, so I ask him about it:

me: Your last screen was positive for cocaine.
H: how could it be positive for that?

me: Did you use?
H: no, way, jose. I haven't touched cocaine!
me: that's how it is positive for cocaine.

H: I mean, I uh, I'm on a lot of prescriptions.
me: Did you bring them in for me to enter so we can put them on the test form?
H: oh, I guess I didn't think of it.
me: you're thinking of it now. if you'd like, you can pay $20 and we can request a test validation. if it comes back negative, you'd get your money back.

H: so, you're testing me again today?
me: i didn't say that. Would you like the lab to retest the sample from your last Office Visit?
H; no, that's okay.

me: well, we are going to do another drug test today, that way we have a good negative for court in a couple weeks. today you'd be negative, right?
H: I, uh, I once heard that poppy seeds causes positives on drug tests. I mean, my mother in law was in town, and she, uh, she makes the world's best poppyseed bagels and I have been eating a lot of them! They are so good.

me: I'm not sure how the lab tests for drugs vs. food. I'll print your test form today.
H: Well, I have MRSA (info here) (I'm thinking: gross!) so, I don't really want to go back and subject the facilities to my staff infection.
me: (rather quickly, trying not to breathe) okay, see you in a couple weeks but be prepared with your prescriptions and to be tested.

I escort him out of the office as quick as can be! I then s.t.e.r.i.l.i.z.e. my office space.

i have to laugh at all his excuses, man he hit them all about his positive test.

so....i know...

I know it's Wednesday and that it's supposed to be wordless, but I haven't blogged in a week (and there's a very good reason for that) so one with words is needed (hehe).

I will update fully when I have access to my camera to document the greatest weekend we've had, in a long time. It'll be worth the wait! So...

stay tuned!

I'll leave you with this one thought: migraines suck, but DH takes good care of me with ice packs for my shoulders and quiet! It's all better today (except for that annoying lingering "i just had a migraine" feeling).....