Planning The Unpredictable

When the lovely doctor asked me what my daily MS symptoms are I said word finding was at the top of the list. She said that I should consider a Neuropsych test in the next year or so. The purpose is to get a baseline of cognitive abilities now. I hadn’t really [...]

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Well, isn’t MS fun? Today was my appointment with the Naturopath and boy was it interesting. She took about 6 huge veils of blood. She wants 24 hours of my pee. AND SHE WANTS MY HAIR! She is very demanding this one….
I didn’t get a chance to read the lab form [...]

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Well, I went to the doc on Friday for a redo on injection training. I arrived bright and early at 8am. The front desk at the University of Washington MS clinic is disorganized. I know the doctor said he wanted a nurse visit but he also wanted to be there during the [...]

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I think the winter time depression has hit. I haven’t had much motivation to do anything. I am still going to the gym 6 times a week but everything else is kind of blah. The last two years, Tom and I have spent a week in Hawaii. We were going to [...]

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I had a routine follow up appointment with my favorite Neurologist. My mother and Tom came with me and we had tons of fun. Tom was at the top of his game. He is very silly and has tons of energy so we basically spent the first hour laughing. The doctor [...]

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I heard about this doctors group a little while ago and it sounds so interesting. Qliance Medical Group is a medical practice which does not take insurance. They are kind of like your local gym but without a contract. You pay a 99 dollar fee to register with them and then a [...]

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I had my summary visit with my wonderful weight management doctor today. I am happy to report that my thyroid is finally stabilized. I think it took about 6-8 months to get the right dose but none the less, I feel so much better.
About 3 months ago I was put on 10,000 IU [...]

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I asked the lab about how I can get my results. They said the only way is to go through the doctor. So I called the doctor today and I got the very weird medical assistant. He’s a nice guy but very very weird. There were a couple labs that were [...]

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Today I had an appointment with my “second opinion” with hopes that become my primary Neurologist. While I have no problems with Dr. May, I wanted a normal non-focused Neurologist. I met with Dr. Gary Stobbe and I really liked him. He said treatment at this point is three steps:

Lifestyle – diet [...]

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I am of course thrilled that there are treatment options when it comes to this disease. I am also very pleased that my insurance covers them for a very low co-pay (20 dollars USD for 90 days – out of pocket is just over 6,000 USD). However, I can’t help but wonder how [...]

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