Behind Blue Eyes: The Fatigue, It's Creeping...

It's NaBloPoMo Day #2!! Yahoo! (This daily reminder is gonna get old really fast. I can tell.)

Anyway, so I was going to write my Serious Post today but I just feel crummy and I'm having trouble thinking. Clearly, I used up the last of my functioning brain cells working this morning. And once the brain has shut down... well, it's rather difficult to get it started again. It's also hard to remember to turn off the lights in rooms I'm not in. But hey, we've all got our issues.

So, rather than regale you with tales of my (mis)fortunes, I'm just going to post pictures.

Here is one of the pictures of Amy Sedaris that I took Tuesday night. It is a crummy photo taken with the crappy camera on my Blackberry Pearl:

It doesn't at all get across how very cute and not-fuzzy Amy is in real life. But it is proof, nonetheless, that I was there! (The picture does kind of remind me of that scene in Deconstructing Harry where Robin Williams' character "goes soft" and there's an aura of fuzziness all around him. HAHA! At least, I think it was Deconstructing Harry. It was Woody Allen, at any rate.)

Anyway, here is a shot of that little baby cardigan I've been working on:

I'm tellin' ya, people - this picture just doesn't do it justice. It is SO DARNED CUTE it makes me want to run right out and pick up a baby from the Babies R Us store. (What, don't they sell babies there?) Anyway, I got tired of knitting the sleeve so I sewed the front to the back and then sewed the faces on the little bears just for something different to do. So now I'm back to the all-moss-stitch sleeve for a while but at least I got to be diverted momentarily.

Here are a few more random things:

If you're interested in checking out the NaBloPoMo participants but don't know where to start, Lane at Pink Elephants created a NaBloPoMo randomizer.

And...

My dad's friend Tim has created a video and posted it on YouTube, called Bury Me In My Car.

Enjoy! I'm off to sit on the couch and pray to the MS Gods that my body starts feeling better again. Damned paresthesia.

Pharmaceuticals

Shortly after my MS diagnosis, I began taking Avonex. Although I managed to mitigate the "flu-like" side effects, for the most part, the drug unfortunately seemed to exacerbate my clinical depression.

So, on July 19, 2007 I switched to Copaxone.The Copaxone worked quite well for a couple months - except for some minor issues with injection-site reactions - and I felt much better.

Unfortunately, the Copaxone also exacerbated my depression. So I met with my psychiatrist to find a mix of anti-depressants that would counteract the debilitating depression I experienced. After spending most of December 2007 in a complete funk and - some days - being totally unable to leave the house, I finally stopped taking the Copaxone on my own. I immediately began to feel better and with some help from my primary care doc - who discovered I also had a mild case of hypothyroidism - I started to feel like myself again.

On May 16, 2008, I had my first infusion of Tysabri. With the exception of some anxiety issues, I've had no trouble with it so far. Still, it's early and the jury is still out... stay tuned for ongoing updates!

Comments

Day 2 and you're still on a roll...or something!

Cute knitting (pronounced "k'nitting")...I'd hold off on rushing out to get one of them there babies this year however...I hear there's a better model coming out in 2007 and it might be worth the wait! LOL

Feel better soon!

Linda D. in Seattle

Posted by: Linda D. | November 3, 2006 08:39 AM

Congrats again!! Great to finally meet you - see you tomorrow evening :)

Posted by: Sara | November 3, 2006 10:20 PM