July 07, 2007

~Testing, testing, 1 2 3~

The last few days have been long, & hard. I woke up in the middle of the night Wednesday, after my dizziness during the day, & got out of bed to go to the bathroom...& could barely walk! I was weaving all over the room, my legs were so wobbly i could barely stand, had to hold onto things all the way to the bathroom, almost fell more than once.
When i got up, same thing, my legs kept buckling, my arms felt like they were lead-filled, & I couldn't get any of my limbs to co-operate. I've been having a hard time typing & holding things for a week or two. I haven't felt normal sinse the exhausting stress of moving.
My mom has MS, my grandpa died of it. I had some things happen this year that had made me think maybe i do, too, though my Dr. was saying it was just my FM, or possibly metabolic syndrome.I've also been struggling with sleep, exhaustion, & pain, on & off.
So Thursday night i went to the emergency room, after talking with the MS society, getting a bunch of questions answered, & got evaluated. They were concerned, & told me to return the next day to see a neurologist. So i did, they did a bunch of tests that were inconclusive, as they often are with MS. I may have to do a spinal in a few weeks & they wanted to do an MRI but....said i won't fit in the machine. (It's the most conclusive test.)
Friday, after finally getting home from the neurologists, my face started going numb & tingling, as my arms & legs have been doing on & off. They still are, & i still can hardly walk, or make my hands do what i want them to do.
I have a lot of thoughts & feelings about all this, but this just took me a LONG time to write, with lots of corrections, so i need to stop for now.
I have stayed raw, for the most part ,through this, except one meal & one snack, when my friend got me food & i had to eat. I intend to not only stay raw, but learn how to fight this (whatever it is, though i believe it likely is MS) with all available natural tools. I found a group for natural healing of MS, & have already learned a lot about it cuz if my mom.
And i have faith. Lots of faith. I know God'll see me through this, & guide me with what to do.
So, that's all for now. Off to try to have a shower, to cool off, then smoothie time.

2 comments:

Robin 'Keiko' Gregory said...

Just found your blog & want to send you best wishes on your raw journey!
Green smoothies are the awesome!! I could just about live on them(& know many who do!!)
I consider myself blessed every day for having found the raw life..I hope your experience is just as wonderful!
~Hugs~

~Anastazia~ said...

Thanks for the reminder that I AM blessed, every day, no matter what!
As I read your comment, I'd just sat down with a big yummy green smoothie! Perfect timing!
I enjoyed visiting your site, & I'll be back! Thanks for visiting my blog, & for the well wishes!
~Anastazia~