My Brain Is Normal.
I have that on the best authority. Honest.
The Rheumy’s nurse called and said the MRI came back that my brain looks to be functioning normal. – So, no, BJ, no “Brain Cloud”. :P (Kudo’s to anyone who gets the movie reference and posts it in the comments.)
That doesn’t explain the “brainfog” of course, but it does at least eliminate things like tumors and brain injuries and big brain malfunctions.
In the meantime, today is a particularly difficult day for me. I woke up with my legs hurting like I’d been running all night. My arms ached too. As the day has progressed the pain in my arms has gotten worse and stretched down from upper arms into my hands, particularly my left hand, making it difficult to control what my left hand is doing — typing, etc. Plus, my back and neck are now also aching. I could take Tylenol but it doesn’t seem to do anything on it’s own and the Kidney Specialist said no more Alleve before the biopsy.
I’m really not sure how to cope with the increasing pain without relief for the next week and a half. I wish my parents were here to see it though. I was feeling mostly fine, just a little fatigued while they were here. It’s kind of like taking your car to the garage because it’s making a noise that it only makes when it’s not at the garage. My dad never gets to see me when I’m really sick and so I don’t think he believes me. Then again, I don’t think he believes anyone when they have an illness he can’t physically see. He’s one of those “suck it up” kind of guys.
Tags: MRI of the brain, fatigue, muscle pain
