Twelve years

 Well Well Well goes the desert saying

repeat or wash again...

Twelve years later. It made sense that the kid had to chase the ball as kicking straight was not an option.

Pulling that downhaul tight was also starting to be weirdly hard.

Three doctors at the local GP clinic could not explain the twinges or strange differences in colours as seen by left and right eyes.

Glad the clinic had a temp GP that said "MMMM, lets get an scan on".

The new neuro consult (a professor I think) confirmed a mild RRMS.

Since then, with what I take, no bad symptoms have turned up.

Just weaker with that leg thing, losing a very expensive mobile and other times tripping in front of people on a CRACK in the path have been the only real downsides for a while now. 

Still not enough courage to work on a drillrig site.

Got a seniors card the other week, so, great, greyer and slower, the youngest kids now into the middle of their third decade and #2 wants an overseas wedding celebration. The eldest wants to slow the f4556 down now, so sounds like all's well.

Well I hope so. 

this date, mid June-2014

this date, mid June-

have had slight numbness over a coin size area of pointer knuckle right hand for a few months

extreme tiredness One day- weird.

Weakness in right leg one day- sort of collapsed mid step walking down stairway to ground? interesting, once only.

Extreme weakness combined with lack of sleep resulting in walking and falling over- or was that a few drinks?

Some tingling down the legs with bending the neck, a few times a month but not for more than when it is noticed- odd- like it is not all the time!

Eyesight in left side appears to be returning to ful strength after nearly 21 months- still could not count on reading with it alone, but driving and all else- just fine. And about time too- 6 weeks recovery my thin ass.

post august '13 consult- not too bad

post august '13 consult- not too bad

Dr 'D' says of the last MRI in July, a new pea sized lesion in the brain. The post august '13 consult- not too bad after all!

Great. Well. Well. Well. Three holes in the desert... Was there a little superiority noted by self when the doc could not see how to view three CD's of MRI images at once? Yep. But she did appreciate the tip- if a program is on disk, then copy it and data files to temp folder, and use it to resuscitate a "dead" imaging file on a "faulty" CD, and then go and compare the annual file images- Voila! Well, it took a little time out of the following patients time  I reckon, but then, learning never hurt anyone... Unless a diagnoses learnt does... Argh.

Was nice to say to her that since I have been on one of the recommended treatment that there has been no significant relapses since the left eye deal last year, the week before the new consulting job.

The last few months have been relatively free of the numb and tingly symptoms too, but have noticed that there is a slight relaxation in the bladder control after urinating, the last few drops manage to spoil things, and this is rare, and after dinner too. Weird.  A fold of the willy in the jocks is a fix I think..

Which means that the post august '13 consult- not too bad result is good. It is still only a mild onset of MS.  The capoxone may be holding off symptoms- just think that a oral tablet treatment would be less stressful and worrisome when working in the desert if more work comes up- keeping it cool may be a hassle.