Thursday I was finally able to meet with my MS specialist in person. She seemed very nice and said that I was doing all of the right things. She was happy with all of the life changes that I have made: healthy eating, quitting smoking, 5k walks every day, exercising, working to improve my insomnia and was especially impressed with the newest addition, meditation. She even uses the same app as I was instructed to get – she was legit over the moon.. 🤗
She was happy to hear about my new job and also felt that it would lead to less stress overall, which is what she is trying have me achieve.
The check-up itself went well and (in my words) she said that I was practically normal. Essentially, I showed very little long term MS effects. Everyone keeps saying that we caught this whole thing early and that treatment started early. Not sure how slow thing normally move but I feel like a year is a long time. I guess technically I wasn’t diagnosed until January – so 3 months later I started treatment.
She wants me to do another MRI so that we have a baseline since I just started my medication. She also wants to see me again in November, which is good – typically she sees her patients once a year in person. Guess I’m special?
Regarding the whole drinking thing, she wants to wait until we see my blood work in May (May 6th is my appointment). They are worried that my liver levels will be low since they were the last time the took blood. What I keep trying to make them understand is that when I was told that I wouldn’t be able to drink on the medication that they were going to put me on, I chose to binge drink. I didn’t want to be told that I couldn’t drink anymore and I decided to drink more and more. Not likely the smartest decision, but one I made nonetheless.
So, another month of sobriety is on the horizon. If my blood work looks promising, I may be able to have 2-5 drinks a week in the future. This is all good news. I’ll let you know what my blood tells us next month!
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