Updates 2009
3 March 2009

I've been having trouble with my bladder.  I feel like I'm empty, but 30 minutes later I really have to go.  I taken to carrying Travel Johns so there won't be any accidents.  I saw the urologist and he prescribed Enablex to calm down the bladder.  The MS problems never seem to end!

20 May 2009

It's not MS connected, but I found our today that I now have a cataract in both eyes. They're not too bad now, just a slight decrease in my vision from last year.  The optometrist said the lenses are getting a dark brown which is correctable with glasses for a few years, then I'll have to have the lenses replaced.

2 June 2009

MS hit me hard this past weekend.  Friday night I got up to use the restroom.  Both legs were as stiff as boards.  When I finally got to where I could reach the walker and get out of bed,  I immediately hit the floor.  Both legs and my right hand were weaker then a newborn's.  Until we could get a neighbor to help me off the floor that's were I stayed.  Saturday, I hit the floor again.  Only now my butt hurt like hell.  I thought I broke my tailbone.  When the wife and I gave up trying to get me up, we called 911.  They got me up and to the hospital where X-rays showed I didn't break my tailbone, only badly bruised it.  Well, by Saturday I really wanted, and needed, a shower.  I went down again when the wife was helping me out of the tub, only this time it was on a tile floor.  Now my back and sides hurt around the pelvis area and I can barely sit up straight.  I'm within 16 months of a full retirement.  I'm going to take a medical retirement (only $200 difference a year).  We need to get the bathroom tub removed and a walk-in (roll-in) installed.  I also need to get a motorized chair for the house before retiring.  When you think it can't get much worse, MS has a load of misery waiting around the comer for you.  Anyway, another round of Prednisone.

   
   

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