I'm back :) Was asked how come since Tuesday, i only have 1 post/blog... So i thought i can write this one now which i was saving for the next time... Phew, now that you're actually beginning to post, you start thinking/keeping track of what to write for your next post... hehe...
It has been a busy 3 weeks or so with the last minute wedding preparations. Came to the conclusion that no matter how much you've prepared during the first few months, some things are simply 'last minute stuff'. Thank God!! I've finally settled the day tour packages for my honeymoon :D Some other things to be settled within these 2 days and viola, i'm nearly done!! (i hope)... It's been a tiring 3 weeks but it's def very fruitful :) So many things got done within these short period. That brings me on to writing on the 'side effects' of MS...
No 2 person with MS have the same symptoms/side effects.. In my case, i've got a back ache which is my 'radar'.. It tells me in advance if i'm tired, even the slightest bit. Even before my head says i'm tired, my back is telling me so... It gets bad when i'm tired. I try to avoid tiring myself out. Back ache isn't a textbook symptom of MS but it exists..
Started getting this backache when (before diagnose) i was thought to have a slip disc. But I didn't seem to recover even slightly from this slip disc after a month.. Not too long after being told that i have slip disc, i started walking like a drunken lady in the middle of d day!! :D hehe... couldn't walk in a straight line as every few steps, i'll veer to the right. Imbalance is a sign of MS which i went for physio when i was hospitalized. Dad asked me to go for MRI after i didn't show any signs of recovering from the so call slip disc... Went for it and found out that my brain isn't 'perfect'.. It has many white spots which I was told it's lesion..
Was immediately hospitalized after the MRI.. An experience that i wouldn't forget.. funny in some ways, in other ways, it was a learning process... to depend on everyone from strangers even to family members, yes, the Penny here cried heh.. this is def not something that i wanna repeat again!! Thank God for all the friends and family members who came to keep me company in that 10 days there :) With them, family & God, they gave me the strength, courage & joy to carry on in that 10 days and even up till now :)
In their own ways, mum, dad, my sister, Han etc would keep on encouraging me to 'fight' this, to be strong & the list can go on & on.. :) ermm.. i think this post was supposed to be on side effects but i kindda diverted to other parts :P apologies.. i've got so many things to write & say that i don't know where to start/end.. but being tired/fatigue is a large part of MS.. The degree of tiredness varies for every individual.
There's cognitive, emotional, physical etc 'side effects' as well.. i'll post more on that in the coming future. It'll def take more than 1-2 posts to do all this (at the rate i'm going :P)
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