Yesterday was my annual appointment with my neurologist. From the second I opened my eyes, I felt tense. My Mom came into my room to help me out of bed and asked what was wrong. I told her that, “I’m nervous!” She asked me as she grabbed my ankles, “What are you nervous about? Are you afraid they are going to tell you that you have MS?!” I had to laugh at that! There was really no reason for me to be be nervous.
My Mom has described my neurologist as, “Kind.” She really is! It’s not that my other two neurologists were not but it’s comforting that she IS. Historically, I have only gone to the neurologist once a year because my insurance counted those visits as specialty visits so they cost more. But now that I don’t work, I am on Medicare and Medicaid because I am disabled. Maybe I can see her more to monitor the progress of my disease.
She filled all of my necessary prescriptions and my prescriptions for durable medical supplies that I need at this point. Overall, it was a really good visit! She asked me if I have any new symptoms and I spoke of my swallowing difficulty and my speech problems at times. She typed a lot of things into her computer and told me that I will receive calls to schedule a, “Swallowing test” and a consultation with a speech therapist. She told me that based on those results, they may suggest diet change and can possibly pay for my protein shakes because that is what I drink for both breakfast and lunch. She also told me that I will receive a call to schedule an MRI. At the end of the appointment, Suzanne came in. She has been my MS nurse for a very long time! She will be retiring next year.
After the appointment, we stopped and got Swarmmas because they are delicious and I got a mini thin mints blizzard because that is also delicious! After that little bit of excitement, I had to get home. This heat is killing me!!! My blood pressure was a little elevated because I normally am a 90/50 but it still was within a normal range. I was the last appointment in the neurology clinic and was the only one there. Because everything is so different with checkpoints and stuff. Maybe that was the cause of the elevation and my blood pressure. But let’s not forget that this heat is KILLING me!!!