Apr. 2, 2006 - This past week in HS didn't go as planned....health scares
I had such good intentions this past week. Last weekend I spent most of Saturday printing things out and then making copies of different unit study things.
Then, late Sunday night/early Monday morning, I had another episode of tingling and slight numbness, mostly on my left side. This is the second time for it to happen within the past couple weeks. I didn't sleep well after that, because I was up for a couple hours on the internet looking up possible causes. The tingling isn't preventing me from functioning (other than worrying about it constantly), I can still get things done with the kids and around the house, but I am aware of it.
I called my holistic doctor/chiropractor and told him about it. He said for me to get in as soon as possible to a neurologist, or go into the ER for testing. He said we need to rule out immediate dangers such as stroke or heart attack. Well, neurologists in this town are booked out into May, there are only about four of them. So late Monday afternoon my hubby took me into the ER. It was a very emotional day for me. I was trying so hard to be strong for my girls, not freak them out and scare them. But I also wasn't in the frame of mind for teaching, being so worried and distracted about my own health.
I was in the ER for about 4 hours. I had blood testing, an EKG and also a CT scan. All those tests came back as "normal". But, I still had to have an MRI done, per the ER doc's orders. He said they will be looking for things like possible MS. He said because of my age (31) and being female, that I'm at the time in life when MS is most commonly diagnosed. YIKES!!!!
I've had tingling off and on all week. It seems to come and go, but has now also moved into my right side. The tingling is mostly in my feet, but I feel it occasionally in other places too. The night it moved into my right foot, I came unglued. When I tried to go to bed at about midnight, I lost control of my emotions. My hubby had already been asleep for a while, but my crying and shaking woke him up. I cried, hard. I'm so scared. I'm terrified of being diagnosed with something horrible like MS. He and I talked for a while, and he gave me a Priesthood Blessing for comfort. (for those that may read this, we are LDS and have the belief that worthy Priesthood holders are able to administer blessings of comfort and healing). That blessing worked and I was able to sleep peacefully the rest of the night, and I've been relatively calm the rest of the week.
I couldn't get the MRI scheduled until Thursday evening. I had that done and got through it alright. Luckily it only lasted about 15 minutes. I won't have the results until tomorrow (Monday) at the earliest. I'm trying to be optimistic, but also trying to be realistic. If I am diagnosed with MS or some other degenerative disease, I want to have the capacity and courage to do what I need to do to make my life as good as possible. I'm its something else entirely, I need to figure out what it is.
So with all these things this past week, our homeschool didn't exactly go the way I would have liked. The girls are still learning, because of their own internal desires for self-education.. My oldest has worked on several math pages and learned some new concepts with fractions and decimals. She's become really interested in lizards, mostly gecko's and chameleon's. This interest in lizards has sparked a bunch of reading and research, and she has completed a really nice report about the jackson chameleon that even includes pictures she's gotten off the internet (she taught herself how to copy and paste pictures into documents...she says she learned it by watching us). Just last night she started a children's version of Pride and Predjudice. My 6 yr old has had a reading breakthrough and actually read most of Green Eggs and Ham by herself a few times! She's also done a lot of coloring, which is one of her favorite things. They've both played outside and dug around in the dirt, finding worms and other creepy crawlies. So, I guess the week of homeschooling wasn't too bad since they were still learning. It just didn't go the way *I* had originally planned.
Please, for anyone that may read this, I ask you to say a prayer in my behalf for my MRI results and good health. My real name is Amanda. Thank you.
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Apr. 3, 2006 - Praying for you Amanda
Posted by TRINITYPREPSCHOOL
Please keep us updated! May Christ's peace keep you hopeful and faithful for a wonderful outcome.
Maureen
