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Boxes and Tubes

Yah, yah, it as been like forever since I posted – again.  This time it is just cause –

I have been plugging along going to PE and swimming classes, trying to eat more and I have finally put on a few pounds – trust me this is a good thing. Mr Catfish and I have spent a lot of time reading in the afternoons and staying cool under the air.  This week is going to be cooler YEAH and it is looking like maybe we will get some rain. If not,  the lower night time temperatures are super good on me although a nice rain shower would smell wonderful to me right now.

KRP and I went to the new Goodwill and I tried to look for books and navigator around the store. Whoa – talk about too many oblivious to there surrounds people Yikes! I got trapped in the middle of one isle and no matter what way I tied to go so huge person or someone with a cart popped up in front of me and boxed me in. I was about to go nuclear when KRP found me a shoved her way to me and rescued me. Seriously it was totally unbelievable.

In the middle of the isle on a shelf there was 6″ a poly-stone pelican. I was holding on to it at the time KRP saved me and he kind of grew on me.
So, I now own pelican statue – it cost me a whole 66cents – I think it should have been 99 but the gal rung up 66 – without a decimal point who’s to argue?

I made the mistake of telling my PCP ( I like my PCP) that my eye was still all wonky. She made a same day appointment with the eye Dr. What the heck this is not new hello? I guess the staying that way for three months since the last time I saw her umm … anyway.

The eye Dr did all the test that eye docs do and while I sat there blinded by the room light because my eyes were dilated he decided that I might do a steroid drip deal? I am like ugh why? It is not like this just happened and my understanding it is more helpful if done early on not months into the deal and doing so will not change the outcome right? Just speed up a recovery. Yes and possibly and talk it over with your neuro etc. . So I say NO.  Then he decided that I need an MRI with contrast urgently – OK??? I gave up and came home knowing what I already knew DUH optic neuritis . …

Now I am still trying to decide if I want a MRI with Contrast – don’t get me wrong the MRI only brings on slight claustrophobia, more so with the full closed tube deal but the idea of having something shot into my blood the gando something or other  while stuck in the tube – now that sort of scares me – a lot.   Ok back to train of thought . … I get a call from my neurologists office to make an appointment ASAP. WT? come on now I have not gotten into see you in over a year because the auto appointments were messed up I guess, I see I have an appointment scheduled by you all in DEC. why now?

So, after refusing to go to an appointment at 10:15 this morning because I have PE and an hour notice is not exactly spiffy for me. The office calls back and says how about Friday? So I have an appointment scheduled for Friday. Now really I am thinking what is going on surely this big drive for now now now must be based on something other than my eye?  So, I wrote my neurologist and she emailed back that yes I was correct about the steroids, that she did not get the urgency either other than the eye Doc thinks that I am having a worsening of my MS symptoms based on what is going on with my eye and that he requested she see me soon.

Ok whatevers – kind of another DUH I think – my MS symptoms getting worse that is and I might add that no one has seemed to give a diddle doo about it but me. Who ever was suppose to take my docs load when she was out on maternity leave dropped the ball and left me hanging.

So, I figure if I gotta go into a tube, get filled full of the contast chems, I want some cool pics of my spine also.  What fun are brain pics without the spine? I had a few brain lesions and a spine full of lesions last time I want the spine LOL the film pics/slices are way cooler to look at if I have the spine ones to go with em.  So, being the brat that I am I emailed back and mentioned that most of my lesions where in my spine,  that my Lhermitte electrical zaps drive me nuts and never go away, that how about doing the spine also? We shall see.

Strange how when you want an MRI no one will do one and when you could not care less . … well at least that is my experience. I am getting better at this I suppose, that part where I try not to let the doctor opinions over rule my own opinions on how I feel or what does or does not work in my own body.

Alright enough venting about docs but I rather be stuck in the isle sometimes over dealing with em.

Green Screen and School

Monday school started back up. The first day for Adaptive P.E and Tuesday I have Adapt. P.E. and the first day of Adaptive swimming. Umm … wonder how I am going to like swimming? It is suppose to be over 100 deg.  so I dunno – I might melt!

My friends and I needed to purchase our parking permits at the college admin office. Good grief the line was all the way out the building and it was hot. So, we decided to walk on by all the youngsters in line and went into the building. Cathy walked up to the first available window and told the gal she wished to purchase a permit. The clerk obviously noticed she had just cut in line but sold her the permit and then me one also. Then she asks me if I had just walked in and cut in front of everyone while glancing over at the security person. Cathy tells her yes we did – you should really have a handicapped line and then she walked away. The gal just gave me a funny look and I turned and walked off also.

I spent the afternoon reading a few chapters and then I started playing with the video’s again. I am starting to figure out the green screen effects but have a long way to go.

I bought some green cloth yardage and made my own and a few pieces of green poster board. It is kind of interesting to me how it all works. Lighting the screen is problematic since I do not won any studio lights. It makes it hard to get it right using my room lamp and desk light. It is like setting up the flashes for photography shots. Only I have a good set of photography flashes and I do not have any lights . … see I just had to B about something!

Today’s attempt at a video:

Beam Me Up

I should know better than to let all the electrical impulses bounce around in my mind where they inevitably form thoughts, thoughts can be good, bad, or indifferent.  The what if, should-a, could-a, would- a’s, are fodder for the squirrel that runs around in his cage in my brain.  If reality is a magic trick of electrical impulses – then who is watching?

As the name of this blog states: lots of forks or paths to meander down. Somethings are consistent on the main artery but where it gets interesting is wondering off along one of the many side paths. The detours along the way run the gamut of fun to unfortunate.

Visiting friends, taking a trip, figuring out how to do something new, all can be fun and exciting.  Being diagnosed with MS would be one of the crappy paths. The balancing act for me is trying to keep the fun things on the main roadway and the less desirable stuff limited to a side path. Not always an easy thing to do.  Sometimes the squirrel in the cage reminds me has it goes around in circles getting nowhere of the old saying: “even if your on the right track you will get run over if you just sit there”.

I do not spend a lot of writing here giving reports on the latest ailment of the day , what went numb, what hurts, cog fog, etc. although I do like to b a bit. I prefer sharing the ordinary everyday stuff and maybe sometimes I succeed in doing so.  Amongst all the haphazardly written posts is my quest to fight off the sucko stuff of MS and entertain myself along the way.

I wonder if on of these days the squirrel cage is gonna break and the squirrel will just get flung out by the centrifugal forces – then what?  Is the flag moving, or is it the wind?

Beam me u p – please! (another hokey kmilyun video):


Catching up

And the Darkness ComesI apparently am not the only person who has had my nose stuck in a book or two lately. Webster read 13 books the past two months and gives her book reviews here. Nice.  Although, I have missed her witty posts – you know the pithy ones LOL.

I have been keeping busy planting and tending my garden. The Lemon Cucumbers are gonna take over the yard. My peppers, eggplant, tomato’s, and sage are hanging in there also. The flowers are looking spiffy and Catfish and Annie are enjoying the smells.

The painting is going – slow but I am getting it done and the room I am in now is finished save the hanging of the pictures etc.

I am going nuts trying to figure out how to get the comments button/selector a bit more noticeable but so far I have not found the right css code UGH this theme has way to many css files LOL  I might just end up making the little bubble icons brighter but first I have to decide on a color scheme and new header.

Catfish is snoozing at my feet. He really likes the new carpet – I am thinking it is because the only doggy smells on it are his. Annie stays out of the room for some reason. One room to go and then I am calling the carpet folks to do the stairway and landings. Our friend hooked us up with a guy who does work all the time for their company so we are getting a deal.

The illegal fireworks are flying all over the place outside, lots of loud booms and bangs, loud music full of bass, and some hooping and hollering too – such is life around here.

No underwear found in the garden bed as of late and no new flooding. The Code Enforcement folks have a couple cases on the books for the place next door. I heard the slum lord arguing with the City Code person  – cheap entertainment because his usual lines of crap did not work. We have been running a very large fan most of the week and leaving the downstairs windows open to help (hopefully) dry the common wall out. Hope the city follows up as the told me they were going to dry the place out next door – umm we shall see.

Well, off the read and hopefully fall fast asleep.