This is the first chance I have gotten in a while to do a post!
Yesterday we had to be up really early to make it to my MRI in time.
It was at 7AM and we live about 45 minutes from where it was at.
This was not your typical MRI because I am REALLY claustrophobic.
Usually when they do sedation they try and just put an IV in and give me Demerol. But over the years I have been on a lot of medications and I have quite the tolerance. I knew this would be a different experience when they told me over the phone that I was to go to the OR department.
So we left the house about 6:10..With just enough time to get there. But there was a accident on the road out of town and we were about 15 minutes late.
I went through everything you would as if you were having surgery. They had me change into a gown. I was put into a bed. I was asked a million questions. Then the nurse came in to start my IV. This was the first time that ANYONE and I have had many IV's has EVER numbed the site first!!!
Then the anesthesiologist comes in to talk to me and tells me that she is doing FULL sedation. That I will have a tube down my throat!! WHAT???? OK I am really freaked out at this point!
She explains with my tolerance levels and such. Now I am already stressed out because I know I am going inside of the tube and now I am told that I will also be having a tube shoved down my throat. So by the time they wheeled me down to the MRI and I was waiting for them to wheel the last person out. Lets just say I was a hysterical mess!!!! I had 7 people around my bed trying to comfort me telling me that I will not know anything that I will be completely asleep before the tube ever goes in my mouth and out before I ever wake up. So I stand up and walk in there and lay down on that god awful table as they are ripping and pulling at my gown and my hair. I have no idea why they are all so in a hurry! By the time I laid down and they placed a pillow under my knees I felt a sting in my IV as I then complained about that. They said it was a medication. I said can you explain what you are doing. They said you won't care in a a second. I seen this green face mask go half way over my face and that was it..
The next thing I remember I was being awoken in the recovery room. I was already in the bed I was wheeled into the MRI in..I had this horrible taste in my mouth and stuff on my face. The nurse said they forgot to wipe it off..I guess it was from the tube.It took me about 20 minutes to wake up. They said I would be in recovery for an hour. So I have no idea how long I was in there before they woke me up. But it took me about 20 minutes to wake up enough to be able to talk and drink something.I then got dressed and we left..
It was nice not having to worry about waking up in the tube..So it was definitely the way to go. But also very scary. My neurologist said that because of my claustrophobia we will probably only do this every 2 years when most people with MS have them done every 6 months to a year. But I can't be going under anesthesia that often. Now everything makes sense to me. Now I know why he said that!!!
After we left I was hungry! They told me not to eat. but I was hungry! So we went to applebees. I got the Oriental Chicken salad with the dressing on the side.
I was also up to a Big Lots trip..Then had to fill a prescription and finally home!
By the time I got home I had the worst headache. It feels like a anesthesia hangover. The best way I can describe it. Plus my throat hurts really bad from the tube!!!
I went to bed REALLY early. It was around 4 or 5 PM..So I was up very early this morning!
I don't think I have been doing the best with my food! For some reason I feel like I am gaining. That may just be because TOM has been here. I have not been eating horribly. We don't even have the food here to eat bad. I think I have just been eating more bread then usual. Plus I ate more chocolate this week then I have in 6 months!!!!
I don't think I will EVER again go a month without weighing. It is killing me!
I still have about a week and half to go.I am getting there.
I have started to incorporate vlogging into my blogging. Vlogging is a hobby that I started on a different YouTube channel about a year ago. We put it on hold for a few reasons. But I thought it would be fun it incorporate the two together here. They are the same name so easy to remember.Reneas Skinny Love
So make sure that you check there often. I won't post all the videos here. Most of them will stay on You Tube. But if you have an account subscribe so that you can stay up to date. Also so that I can follow you!
My introduction video did not cover much! Did not want to talk about everything in one clip!...( ;
I am sure I will also put my months end weigh in there too!! I can't wait for that! I know it will not be any 12 pounds as I had hoped for. I just hope for a loss at this point! They weighed me yesterday. I did not look!!! I explained why..
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Netrition has arrived!
I was hoping to show you what I got from netrition on my webcast. But that is not going to be till next week and I can not wait that long. So here it is. Maybe I will show you then too for the people that don't see this!
You Tube Vloging
I did my first Vlog today..Well my first for this channel anyways!!
It is in one take..I have been saying that I was going to do it forever. So I just wanted to do it and get it over with. I did not cover much but that will just give me a lot more to talk about in future vlogs.
This was just my first one. So please do not be critical ( ;
I am having some issues with email addresses being linked between different YouTube accounts. So it will not let me upload my vlog to blogger. It keeps taking me to my other YouTube account.
So just so everyone knows. My YouTube account is the same as here. reneasskinnylove..I will be posting videos there. I don't know when or how many. It may be daily or weekly.So make sure that you favorite the channel and check back often!!!
As I said in the video. I am going to be doing a webcast. So you can be expecting that in the next week or so. It will probably be on Justin.tv or blog tv. But I will let you know in the next few days so that you can make yourself an account ahead of time. I will also let you know ahead of time what day and time. So that you can stop by and chat! If you would like to join in on the webcast by Skype please let me know by emailing me so that I can get you all set up on my skype ahead of time.Please let me know what you guys think as far as time of day..Should I do it early evening or later? Weekend or weekday? If anyone has no idea what I am talking about. I am going to use my webcam and sit and chat with you all. It will be on a site where you can make an account and there will be a chat room..It may all sound confusing..But you will see it is really fun!
Things are still going strong with the weight loss though for some reason I feel like I have gained? That may be because it is TOM..Who know!!!
I have made it 2 weeks without weighing and I have 2 more weeks to go..BLAH..But I can do it!!!!
Tomorrow morning I have my MRI..We have to leave here really early.Probably around 5:30AM That is going to suck. I am really claustrophobic. So they have to sedate me. So they treat it like a surgery. I have to get there really early and go to the OR department. It is also really long it takes like two hours.
I am still waiting on my medication. I tried finding out yesterday what the hold up was but they were closed due to weather.
Well back to laundry and trying not to fall a sleep so that I will be able to sleep tonight!
It is in one take..I have been saying that I was going to do it forever. So I just wanted to do it and get it over with. I did not cover much but that will just give me a lot more to talk about in future vlogs.
This was just my first one. So please do not be critical ( ;
I am having some issues with email addresses being linked between different YouTube accounts. So it will not let me upload my vlog to blogger. It keeps taking me to my other YouTube account.
So just so everyone knows. My YouTube account is the same as here. reneasskinnylove..I will be posting videos there. I don't know when or how many. It may be daily or weekly.So make sure that you favorite the channel and check back often!!!
As I said in the video. I am going to be doing a webcast. So you can be expecting that in the next week or so. It will probably be on Justin.tv or blog tv. But I will let you know in the next few days so that you can make yourself an account ahead of time. I will also let you know ahead of time what day and time. So that you can stop by and chat! If you would like to join in on the webcast by Skype please let me know by emailing me so that I can get you all set up on my skype ahead of time.Please let me know what you guys think as far as time of day..Should I do it early evening or later? Weekend or weekday? If anyone has no idea what I am talking about. I am going to use my webcam and sit and chat with you all. It will be on a site where you can make an account and there will be a chat room..It may all sound confusing..But you will see it is really fun!
Things are still going strong with the weight loss though for some reason I feel like I have gained? That may be because it is TOM..Who know!!!
I have made it 2 weeks without weighing and I have 2 more weeks to go..BLAH..But I can do it!!!!
Tomorrow morning I have my MRI..We have to leave here really early.Probably around 5:30AM That is going to suck. I am really claustrophobic. So they have to sedate me. So they treat it like a surgery. I have to get there really early and go to the OR department. It is also really long it takes like two hours.
I am still waiting on my medication. I tried finding out yesterday what the hold up was but they were closed due to weather.
Well back to laundry and trying not to fall a sleep so that I will be able to sleep tonight!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
SUPER BOWL and MS update
I made it to 3PM yesterday!
That was it! That was all I could handle. I took my nightly meds and went to bed!
I emailed Jack and told him that I was going to bed and that he could try and wake me to see if I wanted to get up when he got home. He did not bother.
I got up at 4:30AM It is now 6AM and Jack just left for work just a bit ago. I hate of all day TODAY that he had to go to work. I also know some days he hates leaving me. But someone has to work right?!?!
My MRI is coming up and it will be nice to know what is causing all this havoc inside of my body! It will let me know if I am just having a flare or if I have new lesions or what is going on!
My MRI is on Friday morning really early. I get heavily sedated because I am so claustrophobic. So I have to go to the OR department at 7AM. So it will be an early morning for us! We live an hour away!
It is one of those things where you want to know what is going on. But then again you really don't.
I have spoken to my neurologist and was told that I should go to the ER with the way that I am feeling.
But I have been there done that. I know exactly what happens from the time I get there to the time I leave and I just don't want to go through all of that right now. I would much rather just be in the comfort of my own home and wait to have my MRI done on Friday. If there is something to warrant me needing to be in the hospital then my neurologist will let me know.
So for now I am trying to manage my numbness as best as possible. If it was just pure being numb that is fine. Well not fine. That is when they actually want me in the hospital. It is this flippin pins and needles. It is like falling a sleep on your arm and it hurts so freakin bad. Well I have had that 24-7 and can't get rid of it. So the worst thing would be to go lay in a hospital bed and have nothing to do but sit and think about it. At least at home I can try and keep my mind off of it as much as possible. I do have breaks from it. It is starting to come in and out and that is a good thing. It is when it last for hours on end that I feel like I am going to lose my mind!
The numbness in my face seems to be much better today which is a good sign. This is complete numbness which is one to worry about.
I am still waiting on my Copaxone. Which is my daily shots. I am hoping I will feel much better. Jack seems to remember that when I was on them I did feel better so I hope that is the case.
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We are having family over for the Super Bowl this weekend. We have lived here for something like 8 months and most of my family has not been to our house. We live out about 45 minutes.So it is a drive fro some So we are going to have everyone over to watch the game and have dinner. My aunt was worried about if I was up to it or not and I love her for that ( ; But right now I can use all I can get to keep my mind off of all of what is going on!
I have the worlds best husband so he will help me make dinner.Plus what I am making I can make most of the day before. Then I can just sit and visit with my family. I am going to make the chicken soft tacos that I posted on my blog a few days ago. They are so good and on my healthy eating plan.
So...I am looking forward to having the family over!!!!
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I am still waiting for my stuff that I ordered from netrition. I guess I am not suppose to get it until Thursday which sucks!!!
But I am doing good with my eating.
I have NOT pushed my working out. I know I should at least be walking on the treadmill. I will do that today. Even if it is at 1.0..I need to be walking!!! I have no excuses there!!
The other night when I had done floor exercises I had woke the next morning I felt nothing.So I was like OK I guess I need to more reps. Well I did not do anything that night and woke the next morning really sore. It had a delayed effect. The next day after that I was even more sore! So I am going to keep doing what I was doing. They were just basic floor exercises. I will try and use my laptop webcam and see if I can do a short video and show you what I was doing.
Well it's only 7AM and I have had 2 oranges and 2 bottles of water!
I think I am going to drink a lot of water today!
I made it to 3PM yesterday!
That was it! That was all I could handle. I took my nightly meds and went to bed!
I emailed Jack and told him that I was going to bed and that he could try and wake me to see if I wanted to get up when he got home. He did not bother.
I got up at 4:30AM It is now 6AM and Jack just left for work just a bit ago. I hate of all day TODAY that he had to go to work. I also know some days he hates leaving me. But someone has to work right?!?!
My MRI is coming up and it will be nice to know what is causing all this havoc inside of my body! It will let me know if I am just having a flare or if I have new lesions or what is going on!
My MRI is on Friday morning really early. I get heavily sedated because I am so claustrophobic. So I have to go to the OR department at 7AM. So it will be an early morning for us! We live an hour away!
It is one of those things where you want to know what is going on. But then again you really don't.
I have spoken to my neurologist and was told that I should go to the ER with the way that I am feeling.
But I have been there done that. I know exactly what happens from the time I get there to the time I leave and I just don't want to go through all of that right now. I would much rather just be in the comfort of my own home and wait to have my MRI done on Friday. If there is something to warrant me needing to be in the hospital then my neurologist will let me know.
So for now I am trying to manage my numbness as best as possible. If it was just pure being numb that is fine. Well not fine. That is when they actually want me in the hospital. It is this flippin pins and needles. It is like falling a sleep on your arm and it hurts so freakin bad. Well I have had that 24-7 and can't get rid of it. So the worst thing would be to go lay in a hospital bed and have nothing to do but sit and think about it. At least at home I can try and keep my mind off of it as much as possible. I do have breaks from it. It is starting to come in and out and that is a good thing. It is when it last for hours on end that I feel like I am going to lose my mind!
The numbness in my face seems to be much better today which is a good sign. This is complete numbness which is one to worry about.
I am still waiting on my Copaxone. Which is my daily shots. I am hoping I will feel much better. Jack seems to remember that when I was on them I did feel better so I hope that is the case.
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We are having family over for the Super Bowl this weekend. We have lived here for something like 8 months and most of my family has not been to our house. We live out about 45 minutes.So it is a drive fro some So we are going to have everyone over to watch the game and have dinner. My aunt was worried about if I was up to it or not and I love her for that ( ; But right now I can use all I can get to keep my mind off of all of what is going on!
I have the worlds best husband so he will help me make dinner.Plus what I am making I can make most of the day before. Then I can just sit and visit with my family. I am going to make the chicken soft tacos that I posted on my blog a few days ago. They are so good and on my healthy eating plan.
So...I am looking forward to having the family over!!!!
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I am still waiting for my stuff that I ordered from netrition. I guess I am not suppose to get it until Thursday which sucks!!!
But I am doing good with my eating.
I have NOT pushed my working out. I know I should at least be walking on the treadmill. I will do that today. Even if it is at 1.0..I need to be walking!!! I have no excuses there!!
The other night when I had done floor exercises I had woke the next morning I felt nothing.So I was like OK I guess I need to more reps. Well I did not do anything that night and woke the next morning really sore. It had a delayed effect. The next day after that I was even more sore! So I am going to keep doing what I was doing. They were just basic floor exercises. I will try and use my laptop webcam and see if I can do a short video and show you what I was doing.
Well it's only 7AM and I have had 2 oranges and 2 bottles of water!
I think I am going to drink a lot of water today!
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