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Hello again!

22nd July 2010 by Hellie

Hi all!

Sorry I have been so bad at updating! Since my last post I have gone back to work again for 3 days a week, while Tycho is at nursery. I have also managed to have 3 colds, 1 flu and one hand, foot and mouth virus. Yes..for me not Tycho. He has gotten colds from nursery but that has been it. Me I am a magnet when it comes to these things, and nursery children are cesspits filled with them. So it is a match made in heaven…or maybe hell. Anyway! Sickness aside I have been doing ok!

I am glad to be back at work, get the old noggin active again. Thinking of other things than what to make for lunch and when was the last time I changed a nappy. But having the 2 extra days with Tycho every week is gold worth so I am very happy. I think I got the balance right!

MS wise I haven’t been to bad. When I had the flu, I was floored by fatigue, but as I rarely get a temperature, it really messed up my system. Some of the colds also brought on tingly arm and leg. Had one day of feeling pain in my arm. That alarmed me as one of the longest relapses I have ever had, started with that same pain in that arm. But after a day of it, it stopped. Think also it could have been hormone related.

On that note, my body seems to be functioning normal again. I breastfed for 13 months. Ok I have to take a little moment and brag here 13 months!!! After that GP told me to back it in after 8 weeks! Ha! But mother nature was kind to me during those 13 months and things didn’t return until normal until well actually my first week back at work….maybe not a welcome that you wanted but hey ho. But as my symptoms always have flared up a little close to my period I guess I just have to get used to it again.

In August I am going to see the Neuro again. Should be good, but I don’t think I will have much to tell him since last time. Doubt that he will be wanting to put me on any DMT’s any time soon…touch wood!

Tycho is doing well, in true Tycho fashion he is taking things in his own pace. He walks well if you hold his band, or if he is holding onto a walker or a wall. But letting go all together is still scary. We tricked him a bit yesterday, by giving him two toys to hold on to and off he went. Manged to catch some on camera.

I still do think about the risk of him getting MS, I know I shouldn’t but it is hard not to. I try to make sure we go out and get plenty of sunshine as much as we can. As we walk to nursery with the pushchair everyday that is a good start. And yes I do put sun-factor on him and no I don’t take him out if the sun is crazy. But I am trying to drill in the idea of fresh air in his head, and he loves being outside. His favourite place is however in costa coffee downtown. Where he flirts something terrible with a barista, and shouts happily at all guests. He has been dubbed their youngest regular and favourite customer. Not bad for a 15 month old!

xoxo

Hellie

More piggy flu and rest

2nd November 2009 by Hellie

Went to see the Neuro last week. It was all good, he was very pleased to see that I am doing so well. I have now gone two years without a relapse! He said that I should wait with going on any drugs for now, but go for it if I get worse. He said whatever I am doing, I should keep on doing it. I told him I had big fears about fatigue before I had Tycho, but even though I sleep far less than I used to, I am less fatigued than before him. I put this down to laying down with him when he naps and when he goes to sleep. Even if I don’t sleep I get a rest. A rest that you don’t get at work. Well saying that, in my old office I used to go and lay down on a sofa or in a rest room if it got really bad. I actually think most offices could do with a rest room, or a simple sofa to have a rest on in your lunch break. Not only for people with MS. A friend of mine had to take naps during breaks at work during her pregnancy to get through the days. (more…)

Flu jab

16th October 2009 by Hellie

going to have my flu jab tomorrow. The bog standard flu not swine flu. Last time I saw a gp (we went to get some eye-drops for Tycho 2 weeks ago) he didn’t seem to have a clue as to when the swine flu jabs are being rolled out. In Sweden the people belonging to the high risk groups have started getting theirs now. I only hear October here, but so far no information from the surgery. I guess I can ask tomorrow. Going to the doctors on a Saturday…wooo the joy!

xoxo
Hellie

Quick Note on Swine Flu

9th September 2009 by Hellie

I was chatting to a friend of mine the other week that has got crohn’s disease, we were discussing swine flu and how annoying it was to hear people say “well at least the people who have been dying mostly had some underlying illness”. We were saying yes that is all fine and dandy to hear for the “normal” population but what about us who have medical conditions already. Not sure really if that scares me more or less. (more…)