It’s the yearly struggle of summer. I know a lot of people love the summer. It’s a time to get out and play or travel. Go camping, swimming or many other activities. I used to feel the same way. Then, along comes MS. In case you didn’t know, MS and heat, for some, are not…
I have taken my entrance exam for placement only to find out that I need remedial math. But in my defense, it’s been a while since I’ve had to use math at that level. Lol 20+ years is a long time to try to hold onto info. I have a hard enough time remembering what…
So I was accepted to the local community college. Found out towards the end of last month. I’ve just been busy submitting all my stuff and trying to get in touch with the advisor on scheduling classes. I will say she’s not my favorite person to try to deal with at the moment but we…
Well I heard back from the community college today and was instructed to submit an application. That was step 1. Now to wait for that to be processed and will then discuss steps 2 and beyond. I’m not getting too excited yet. There’s still the need for the discussion about money and how much it’s…
With the pandemic going on and all, I keep seeing a lot of ads for online courses at this college or that college. It hasn’t done anything for this want I’ve had for a while to go back to school. I’ve wanted to get a degree. To feel some sort of accomplishment in my life…
Well, well….Let me reintroduce myself since it’s been so long. My name is Scott and I have MS or Multiple Sclerosis. I was diagnosed in 2007. March 8, 2007 to be exact. I’ve been living with this disease for almost 13 years. It’s been one hell of a ride. I’ve been through the gauntlet of…
So, the last update I posted was over a week ago and was about day 3 of the Lemtrada Journey. I’m sure some of y’all feel like I just left you hanging on the remaining days of this process and I kinda did. Not on purpose though. I just didn’t have the motivation to post…
Yesterday was my day 3 of getting Lemtrada. Another good day. Everything got started easy enough. Steroids followed by Benedryl and Tylenol and those were followed by Lemtrada. Got done at about 3:30 yesterday afternoon. Now I get a few days off. Don’t have to go back until Monday morning. Curious to see how I…
Well today was a better day. We arrived at the dr’s office on time and got started on steroids pretty quick. That was followed by more Benadryl and Tylenol. Then the Lemtrada started. I had absolutely no problems today. I snoozed a little due to the Benedryl but other than that everything went off without…
Today was the day I began the Lemtrada journey. Lemtrada is a treatment for MS that basically retrains the immune system so it doesn’t attack the coverings of the nerves in the body. This means that it is supposed to stop further disease progression. This is a good thing. It is given by infusion for…
Yesterday was very emotional and mentally tough to process. I went in for my regular Tysabri infusion and Dr visit. I had some things I wanted to ask him about since my last visit with my MS specialist. You know, the visit where she suggested to shake things up by changing me from Tysabri to…
Well where do I start? It’s been quite a while since I wrote anything here. It was also quite a year last year. So let’s begin with the basics. The family is doing good. The oldest will turn 8 in March. He is halfway done with 2nd grade and he already ready for it to…
Well I have officially been at the new job for a month now. Loving it! The money is nice and loving the schedule. I can’t complain about working for four days and then having four days off. Still getting used to it but it will get there. Just had the awesome opportunity the other night…
Well, I am back. Hopefully on a more regular basis. With the new job, I have a little more time to write a little more often. I am honestly going to try to do just that. Write more. It seems easy enough. right? So lets give it a try. I recently traveled to Dallas…
After attempting to stay awake all night last night to prepare for my first night at work, my daytime sleeping turned out to be harder than expected. I kept waking up every couple of hours thinking i was late. Obviously my mind needs a little more convincing that it’s ok to sleep when the sun…
MS and the Mr. 