home again, hopefully for good
i have been reduced to one finger typing, and a shaky finger it is. as a result i have foresworn capital letters. my summer in both the hospital and rehab center have left me severely compromised MS-wise; first, i'm having difficulty swallowing without choking unless i really focus on proper technique -- chin up opens the esophagus, so chin down properly closes it, so chin down it is to properly swallow. second, i am also having more memory problems which i already wrote about; both short term and slightly longer term. third, i have optic neuritis, now in both eyes! and finally, i also have contracted c-diff, a notoriously difficult bacterial infection of the gut. luckily for me i have a mild case; this antibiotic i'm on is slowly being titrated down, which won't be done until february. my neuro says i can't take any steroids until i am off antibiotics -- so basically i'm screwed! good day, ttyl, and be well, webster