Planning The Unpredictable » Doctor Visits

Neuropsychology

nina — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:49:37 +0000

I had my Neuropsychology test about two weeks ago. It lasted from 830am until about 330 with a lunch and potty break in there. It wasn’t too bad. I actually enjoyed the puzzles and pattern detection stuff. The parts I hated involved was related to word finding and the Stroop Effect. One of the word finding tests was name as many words that start with A in a minute. They also asked for F and P. I failed horribly. It felt like I only got 5 right but it was really 20.

Anyway, the results were interesting. I have an IQ of 125 which is 95% (5 people are smarter than me out of 100 of my age/gender) when it comes to Performance IQ. It was surprised it was this high. I struggled throughout school so color me surprised that it was this high.

On the other end… my word finding was horrible. I was at 2% (98 people are better at it than me). Another area that I sucked at was the Stroop Effect which measures distractions. I was at 50% for this which is ‘normal’ but I know I am having problems with it. Both of these are probably related to the MS.

I am going to get a script to visit a speech therapist to work on methods to help figure this stuff out. Kind of exciting.

MRI Results!!!!

nina — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:41:59 +0000

GOOD AND STABLE!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO GO COPAXONE GO!

Surgery and Relapses

nina — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:12:16 +0000

I asked the Neuro this morning about surgery and it leading to relapses. He said that there have been some very small studies that suggest anesthesia involving the spinal increase relapse rate. He said always ask for non-spinal type anesthesia.

Good to know.

I love my Neurologist

nina — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:34:26 +0000

Seriously, love him. He is so easy to talk to, open to ideas, funny and well, he’s not bad to look at either.

Anyway, next month is my one year anniversary which means it’s MRI time! You might want to sit down for this but…. they scheduled my MRI on a WEEKEND!!!!! OMG! I don’t have to miss work for an MRI! I almost died! I guess that’s the benefit of having it done in a hospital. MRSA might be the other benefit but at least I won’t miss work.

He is also going to schedule me a neurophysiology exam so we can get a cognitive baseline. That way if I do get a little nutty we have proof for disability that I use to be ok. He says the test sucks so I might be a few drinks after but it’ll be worth it.

Whats life without drama?

nina — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:08:21 +0000

You might be wondering why I am showing you a blurry picture of an alien. Actually, it’s my uterus with an IUD (or as the ultrasound tech called it “the anti-baby”. You can see that weird tube thing in the middle top of the picture. Thats the IUD.

Because my life is never boring… my ovaries decided to start acting up. I was having dull annoying pain all day which included a missed period. It turns out I have an ovarian cyst. The doc said the cyst already burst and the contains of the cyst is what is causing the pain. I am still having the dull ache which is now combined with the lovely no-longer-missing period. Yay.

The ultrasound was hella cool though. Tom said my ovaries look like bubble tea because they are full of little.. bubbles (eggs). I am glad I keep him around. He always makes doctors appointments much more interesting.

Never a dull moment around here.