latest update

on things.
Follow up appointment yesterday at my Neurologist..went over all the things that have occurred in the last three weeks..ie: still not sleeping very well (last night I slept great but the night before was terrible..there seems to be no rhyme nor reason), swelling mainly in the left leg and ankle, suppositories he prescribed for my bowels not working, still having spasms and pain, bad mood/depression still there.
So, doc set up an appointment for me today to have an ultrasound done on my legs just to make sure that I didn't have any blood clots that might be causing the swelling..ultrasound came back fine..I just have to stay off the salt, keep my legs elevated and he is also probably going to have me take some water pills for awhile to see if that helps with the swelling.
For the bowel situation I am going to see a gastroenterologist to make sure there aren't any other problems. Otherwise, this is just something I apparently will have to live with as a side effect of having TM.
For the spasms and pain I am having a change of all the meds I have been taking..I don't remember all of them at this moment as I haven't gotten the prescriptions filled yet..as soon as I get them I'll update what I am taking and whether they work or not. Same situation with the meds I was taking for depression and sleep.
So, everything is still a work in progress until we can get some of the meds figured out for what is going to work.
Oh well.. until next time..

5 days

since my last post.
My wife and I went up to Erie, PA for a few days to (a)visit my mom (b)be there on her birthday on the 5th (c)get away from here (home) for a few days to clear my head a bit.
The trip succeeded in all those things.. My moms place is wonderful...the house is a beautiful log cabin home situated on about 4 acres of wooded land with wild turkeys, raccoons, possums, deer, bear, fox and many types of birds..it is so peaceful and relaxing. The weather was nice and the temperature was nice so we spent almost all of our awake time out in the back breezeway. The worst part of the trip was that we went on a little shopping trip that I thought I was up to. I found that I could lean on/push a shopping cart and get along pretty well. My wife and I went to K-Mart looking for some new slippers for me and I overdid it.. I got really tired and started sweating and was very weak. My wife said I was all red. The other thing I noticed was that with the humidity and being outside it totally sapped my strength and also it made my feet swell. So, it was back to the house we went.
We arrived back here in Canton yesterday..the trip back went well..although I was pretty uncomfortable in the car on the way..but it is only about a two hour drive so no real biggie.

I had my followup appointment today at the wound center..that went well..the doc seemed very pleased with how well my bedsore has healed. It still has a little ways to go but overall it is good considering that just two weeks ago it was an open sore. I go back in three weeks for another followup.
Tomorrow is a telephone interview with Social Security for disability and I also have my followup with my Neurologist. Tomorrow I ask the doc about talking to a psychologist.. while I was in Erie I had plenty of things to distract me and it was also a nice change...but since being back here..I'm feeling my mental "attitude" coming back.. I gotta do something......
I hope everyone had a great 4th..mine was nice..

Update tomorrow..

Well

the last couple of days have been .."weird" I haven't been in the best of moods...yesterday I had my dad on my mind.. he passed 17 years ago yesterday..
My wife told me that I have "changed" I got up and grabbed my walker and said to her "Yeah, I know I've changed" and picked up my walker to show her..
I think the stress of me having this TM is getting to the both of us..
Anyway, PT went well today. Came home and took a little nap and felt pretty good afterward.
We are going up to Erie for the weekend to see my mom and celebrate her birthday tomorrow. That should be nice...the change of scenery will really be nice and we may try to go watch some fireworks over the bay if I'm not too tired.
So, happy 4th everyone...