It's been a long hard day! I had a MRI at St. Mary's/Dean in Madison today. I actually got to see my brain pictures right away. I have 2 new active lesions. Oh joy. My neurologist wasn't there today, but her assistant was and so was a student who was shadowing her - both nice ladies. After going over the MRI images, we talked about my options. Since I'm not on birth control there is only one drug I can take, Copaxone. In case you are wondering why birth control matters, it has to do with birth defects and miscarriages. Copaxone is just less dangerous for the developing fetus, but I would have to stop all MS meds if I got pregnant. I'm actually thinking of going on birth control so I have more options. Also Copaxone is a daily injection. Crap! I hate shots! I miss my worms!! (See the bottom of my post about the worms I drank if you have no idea what I'm talking about.) Anyway, I'm not too thrilled about taking any of the MS medications. There are always side effects. At least the co-pay for Copaxone is reasonable - $25/month. But for us, an extra $25 expense plus the doctor appointments, test, gas driving back and forth from Madison all can cause financial strain that I don't need right now. I hope my Pampered Chef business takes off so I can afford to take care of my freakin' disease!
Well, enough of that. After I got home I helped the kids with some school work and then went to take my friend, Monica, to a doctor appointment. She had the same procedure Karen had to stretch out her esophagus. She has had this done before without problems, but it seems this time didn't go as well. She has been in some serious pain and hasn't eaten for 2 days. The doctors were concerned there was possibly an infection or a tear. Thankfully, there was neither. She got better drugs that would coat her throat so she could eat. I pray she feels better soon.
Now, I'm waiting for Matt to get home. He said he wants to take us to a high school production in Beloit of the musical, "Oklahoma." I will blog about how it went later.
