I am traveling to Phoenix with two of my daughters in a few weeks to see our 26 family members there. I haven’t seen any of them since Thanksgiving. They will probably notice that I have dropped about 20 pounds since then. They will notice that my voice is barely audible. I sound like The Godfather. I hope it doesn’t scare the kids.
I think it is interesting that neither of these things are direct symptoms of MS. The weight loss is due to a side-effect of my medication that suppresses appetite (I think it is really Dexatrim in disguise.) Also I am just eating better. The strained talking is mostly from compensating for some vocal weakness that is from the disease. But I walk about the same as I did last fall, and most days I feel less fatigued than back in November. There are a few other things that are markedly worse, but nothing too apparent (unless you get me laughing!)
I don't consider myself to be high maintenance or super fragile or anything so I hope that I am not a burden. I can't wait.
2 comments:
We can't wait either. 26 sounds so huge. Who knew we were that many out here??
David I want some of your medicine. :)
You are such a trooper, and you always sound so happy.
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