Yesterday my doctor called and May 2nd is "ZAP" day! 8 days left! I am terrified I will die in the OR when they ZAP me with 200 volts/jolts of electricity! Trying to not worry and leave it GOD's hands, but I am terrified!
 
I am out of the hospital now. I received a transfusion. I am so greatful to whom ever donated my blood. It saved my life! Without it my hemoglobin would have kept getting lower and lower. It was dropping 1 each day before my transfusion. I am still gaining my strength but I wanted to reach out and express how greatful I was to receive my transfusion. I wish I could personally thank my donor. If you can donate blood you should. You never know when you may need it!
Thanks
Christine
 
As if i don't have enough medical issues going on i had to add another!!!
My son and I went to the Walmart on Coffee rd. I parked. in the handicapped space. I got out of my car. I stepped out and walked a few steps then stepped over the curb and started walking on the cement towards the store. I took few steps then I went slamming to the concrete. I fell onto my knees. They do not have there sidewalk even. It goes at a slope. Where I fell it was about 1 1/2 thick of a raised cement. We went to manager. They were nice. One knee had problems stop bleeding due to my blood thinners. My knees are messed up strength wise from my MS and now this they are really stiff. Tomorrow they will be worse. An adjuster is supposed to call me tomorrow. Thank heavens Michael was there to help pick me up. People were walking around us and not helping! I guess we were in there way! People are rude! I should have grabbed there legs so they fall!! I could have said "what's the hurry....why were you trying to rudely going around me"?
That would have be priceless!!
 
My mom, husband and I went to Walmart yesterday. My mom was in one of their wheelchair shopping carts. I was pushing the cart ( well more leaning over it like Quasimodo). My mom stopped at the end of an isle then started to exit out the isle. She was half way out the isle when put of nowhere this man pushing his cart hit her wheelchair cart. My mom said (not quietly) "does it make you feel good to hit an old lady in a wheel chair"? The man replied and obviously thought she was alone. "It must be a bitch to be you everyday"! My husband said "what the F#%K did you just say to her? It was so funny. I have never seen a grown man speed run with his shopping cart before. It was quite hilarious. Come to think of it if I didn't know my husband and he raised his voice to me.....I would be intimidated! That's my baby! It's just another example of how some people have no manners and do not care about anyone but themselves. It's sad does that guy not have a mother or grandmother?
 
I have been thinking about the times before I had MS. All the simple things I have lost. See if you agree....and you may laugh along the way! First when I say BMS I mean before MS.
The other day I was getting dressed and I almost pulled up my underwear without my pee pad. Ohh how I miss the days before I had all the diaper-like protection between my legs! As my bladder leaks and the frickin pad swells it starts to "dangle" lower and lower the heavier it gets. Change your pad/diaper quick!! Lol my fear is that one day I will leak too much while out shopping at Walmart and the pee pad will fill up and fall out! I would have to play "kick the can" with the bloated pee pad and kick it somewhere out of sight! Lol
I was going for a walk with my husband the other day. It wasn't a long walk it was just around our block. Halfway on the way back my legs especially my knees were getting very unstable and wobbly. I was holding onto my husbands hand... Ok I was holding on for dear life. My husband actually asked me are you playing around. I said no honey I am not acting. If my neighbors were out watching us they would have thought "oh how sweet that man is walking that drunk lady"! Lol
No joke sometimes when I walk out of a store and I am walking "MS drunk" I worry one day someone will call the police on me one day. If I ever was pulled over I would say "I have MS I can't walk that line straight so can we just jump to the breathalyzer so we both can be on our way"! So I miss the days when I didn't walk drunk......unless I was already drunk and trying to walk!! Lol

I miss the days when my medicine cabinet wasn't filled with bottles and bottles of medicine! It's been over 21 years since I haven't been dependent on prescription medications! I have pills I have to take at all hours of the day! I am one of those people who believe that it just might be possible that a Pharmaceutical company may have the cure for some diseases. Why would they want us cured??? There is no money in curing us.....there is only lots of money in keeping us all dependent of their medicines. So I miss the days when I could come and go without planning around my medicines....or laxative day...oh wait that's a whole story itself!!! Lol

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