Care for a Ride?

This one will be primarily for MS related topics.  I find myself not even writing in the my other blog, because I feel like I talk too much about MS.  I complain too much.  It's always moaning & groaning, or so it seems to me.

The title?  drivingMSLisa.  Because you know what?  These days, as much as I like to shout "I may have MS, but MS doesn't have ME!"  Yeah, well, it does.  It does have me.  It drives a lot of my life.  Thus, the title. The sooner I accept it, the sooner I can get on with my life.  Or so, I think.  Many of the symptoms I have, I have had for several years.  I just thought I was getting oldER.  Ya know?  And, some of the things may be just that- but, then again who knows, right?

Here is a list of my current symptoms (you can scroll through- this is really just for my records).

MY MS SYMPTOMS RIGHT NOW: 

- FATIGUE - in all muscles of my body
- HEAT INTOLERANCE - my symptoms are magnified 100x in hot/humid temperatures, I become nauseated, cannot concentrate, feel like passing out
- COGNITIVE ISSUES- memory problems, trouble concentrating, trouble focusing
- SPEECH PROBLEMS - trouble finding words when I speak, slurring, stuttering, etc
- LEG WEAKNESS
- UNSTEADY GAIT / at times, stumbling
- BALANCE ISSUES
- VERTIGO - lots of dizziness, nausea
- SLEEPING TOO MUCH - but yet still always tired
- DEPRESSION - mainly from being in so much pain and not being able to do anything
- PARASTHESIA (MS HUGS) - extreme pain and pressure (like a belt) around waistline
- MUSCLE JERKS / SPASMS - legs twitch
- SEVER JOINT PAIN

So, yes, it HAS me.  But, it doesn't make me less of me.