Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Optic neuritis...again!

Is the why/diagnosis for the need of Alphagan P with the steroids, both are topical eye drops and even the Alphagan P has been readjusted to 2X a day from the short run of 3X a day and with the Durezol (steroid, the actual name) to be continued at 3X a day!

Both the neuro and eye doc are well aware of how I grew into this largess gal, all those 1000MG. of IV Solu Medrol for only three days at a time, but too many times...with each creating an average of 15-20 pound weight gain!
So they have both taken the conservative route with my Multiple Sclerosis, if for no other reason than that doing less takes longer, but does eventually work, we hope, they hope, I hope? (PS the neuro doc, to be fair had said the same reasoning why no IV steroids this time basically and that is admitting that I did have another exacerbation of the MS with those additional brain lesions on that MRI)

In fact, Dr. Klein, said what most of us with MS know is that even though the surgery (cataract) and even the YAG laser were helpful with my eyesight they could be responsible for setting off this "flair/flare" and his attitude is that it will work, that is what he is doing and that my right eye just needs time with this medication and I have another visit in three weeks to check on how it is going. But I do believe it started much earlier with all those infections I had to be treated for... and the surgeries just added to it all...
The two docs are like night and day with attitude, but both doing what they do for many years; between the two I do believe I counted 78 years in their practices!

Gosh, for someone like me, who was born without the "patience gene"... this is a BIG test!

Now, one may wonder why I would be so anxious to have major stenosis surgery too?
I'm NOT, but if my cervical stenosis is that severe, pressure on my spinal cord due to narrowing, which can cause paralysis! And mine is in between c5-6 and c6-7, and that is significant!

Oh well, I will know more when the EMG is done next week... it seems that seeing all these docs is all that I do these days. Not my idea of enjoying our Golden Years!

All I want is the same things everyone else wants for their families and themselves to be happy and healthy and thankfully our sons are, so far...We are working on ours...Happy is where we can find it... fun things to do...as you all know.

So that is why I say to each and everyone of you to have a HAPPY good night and ask you all to count those blessings and never ever take anything for granted (sorry too preachy, but I mean well) and share those overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

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