Figuring out what works for me.

I started having other issues that are related to having MD that no one told me about.  I was feeling really tired and so sore all the time I could barely sleep or even get around.  After a year from when I was diagnosed I started using a cane.  I have this really cool cane I bought from the Cold Steel Company.  It is a self-defense weapon and a cane.  Handy capped people are a high risk assault group.  It is a replica of an Irish walking stick.  It is awesome! 

I found a new Dr. that was willing to listen to me and attempt to figure out what was going on with the rest of my body.  He did a full blood Panel on me the same day.  He found that my thyroid was not working at all; my testosterone level did not even hit the chart.  And my D, E and B levels were way off. He started me on medicine for my thyroid and vitamins supplements as well as testosterone injections.  It wasn’t miraculous but I did start to feel better. I also began to work with my Dr. on pain management.  I was just taking medicine when I hurt real bad.  After about two years of trying to be tough and suck it up. I realized it was not worth not sleeping at night.  Now I take a muscle relaxer and a pain killer twice a day.  Once in the morning and once at 6 PM; that way by the time I was ready for bed I was able to relax enough to sleep.  I told my neurologist that I take a muscle relaxer and she acted like she never heard of that before.  It works for me. 

I started seeing my PT once a week for a deep tissue PT treatment.  She also puts my hips and spine back into place when I fall.  She uses manipulation that is slow and easy.  There is no snapping and cracking.  She is the best.  There have been times when I have fallen and my hips will rotate and not come back into place on their own, and she can fix them.  One time I fell and a rib dislocated and started to rub against my scapula.  She fixed it!  She is the best.  If you live in North Eastern Illinois she is worth seeing.

I have good days and bad days.  Most days are good.  It is not easy to be positive all the time.  But you know what?  You do not have to be!