Latest Test Results

I received the results of my MRI today and the report states "no significant change is seen in the appearance, size, or number of the white matter lesions. No abnormal enhancement is seen to suggest active disease on MR". YAY!!!!

My neuro actually asked about the CURCUMIN I've been taking, how much I take each day, cost, where I purchase it, etc. as she has several other patients she would like to talk to about it. WOOT! I asked her about the obvious changes in my brain as the "cog fog" is completely gone and she said that while the MRI won't indicate changes on the cellular level, i.e. mylin, there is definitely something going on, the mylin is obviously being "rebuilt" and it's all good!

On the neurological test, I made a 100.  Holy Cow!!!  Everything checked out extremely well and I even did more than the doctor asked.

Doin' the happy dance!!!!!

Lack of Blogging

My mother recently asked about my lack of blogging and I really didn't have a good answer.  When nothing is going on, there really isn't anything to blog about.  I will try my best to come up with something now!

My MRI is less than a week away and I feel like I should take megadoses of Curcumin just to make the changes on my MRI even more pronounced.  But I certainly don't want to have some sort of weird reaction so I guess I'll just stick with the current dosage.  I'm actually nervous about this test because I can really see the changes that have occurred since my last test and want my doctor to be able to see them on the results.  Hopefully it's more than just extreme optimism!

Richard told me last night that my health insurance premiums are going up October 1 by approximately $100.00 per month.  Yay.  I'm already paying over $450.00 a month so what's a little more.  We are definitely in the wrong business!

Other than that, kids are good, hubby is good, life is good, and work is insane.

Okay...I've blogged! :-)

July 8, 2011 Doctor's Appointment

I wasn't able to update my blog after my doctor's appointment on July 8, 2011 because I forgot my Google password.  Obviously I remembered the right one because I'm on here now!

I went to see Dr. Stephenson on July 8, 2011 as per her request and she performed her little neurological tests on me.  She started out by giving me 3 words to remember for later in my appointment.  Dr. Stephenson then did tests on my nerves, reflexes, vision, etc.  She said that I didn't show any signs of neuropathy and did well on everything.  Dr. Stephenson was very impressed in the fact that I seemed "more with it" than I have at previous appointments.  I attribute that to the Curcumin that I'm taking.  I told her that I religiously take it daily and saw results about 4 months into my homeopathic treatment.  She was pleased that I'm doing so well and said that if I'm able to control the MS with Curcumin, she would rather not see me take the prescribed medication.  I am still scheduled for an MRI on September 21, 2011 and a follow up appointment on September 22, 2011 so we can go over the MRI results.  I told Dr. Stephenson that I'm quite sure she's going to be blown away by my results when compared to my previous MRI results.  She just chuckled.

Dr. Stephenson walked me out and I asked her if she was going to ask me about the the 3 words she told me at the beginning of the appointment.  She said that she'd forgotten all about them and I rattled them off to her.  I also told her that she needed to change her words up because those were the same 3 words as my prior appointment.  Dr. Stephenson thought that was really funny because I couldn't remember all 3 the first time and yet I not only remembered them this time...I remembered that they were the same words as the ones back in January (or whenever it was).

Great Quote

So I found this on the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Facebook page and I absolutely love it!

Kudos to Karma Jones for the original quote and to Stephanie Cole for the graphic!!!

I have been doing quite a bit of research so I'm prepared for my doctor's appointment on the 2nd.  In with my research, I've been reaching out to others who I know have MS in an attempt to get information from them regarding their treatment, when they were first diagnosed, etc.  It strikes me as very strange when someone with MS tells me that I need to get a second opinion, after I tell them my history, or they tell me that I really don't or can't have MS.  I've had a second opinion, which just happened to coincide with the first opinion, I have the MRI results which confirm the first and second opinions, and I've had a hypothetical opinion given to me by a MS specialist.  What more do I need? 

Another thing that strikes me as very strange is that now I'm told that I can't have MS because I don't look like I have MS.  Do people with MS look different than everyone else?  Are they suppose to be marked or branded or have a scarlet letter or some other telling sign?  I guess I should be very thankful that I don't have "the look of MS" but it makes me wonder if people are discriminated against when they do have "the look".