What NOT to Do when You’re on Chemo
My time in Italy so far has been a stern and consistent teacher to me. I very often feel like I am not nearly as strong as I thought I was. Or maybe it’s just all the meds I’m on are making me more dramatic than normal. I am taking a daily steroid, have to give myself twice… Continue reading What NOT to Do when You’re on Chemo
First Round of Chemo
8.27.16 – 8.28.16 First day of chemo. This actually started the night before, 8.26, with continuous saline fluids to prepare. The bags of fluid only lasted 1-2 hrs each before they were empty or would get a kink in the line. Both scenarios would set off alarms. I assumed the nurses would hear these but… Continue reading First Round of Chemo
Florence Files: the first few days and picc installment
The first 3 days in Italy, the 19th-21st were spent trying to understand all the Italian everyone spoke and failing. Barely anyone we met the first 3 days spoke English. Apparently almost everyone in Florence goes on holiday the week of August 15-21. So it was like a ghost town here. We basically just ate from… Continue reading Florence Files: the first few days and picc installment
She’s Arrived Safely
Ciao! Lauren has asked me to let you know that she has safely arrived in Florence, Italy! She left on Thursday and flew to Minneapolis to Rome to Pisa. Then a bus into Florence. She will be checking into the hospital at 8:00 am Monday morning for the process to begin. She will be in… Continue reading She’s Arrived Safely
Diagnosis Day
“When I heard the words ‘evidence of Multiple Sclerosis’ come out of the doctor’s mouth, I remember physically experiencing the kind of shock that grips your entire body in a state of frozen debilitation.” In the beginning, I just ignored the symptoms: tingling in my hands, numbness in my face and down the right side of… Continue reading Diagnosis Day
MS Mamma 