Eyes, Spine & PMS
I saw Dr. Clark, an Ophthalmologist Friday. I do need new glasses but the changes in my vision are from normal degeneration, he found no evidence of damage to the optic nerve caused by the Psuedotumor Cerebri. He gave me a print out of my prescription for new glasses but I can’t get them right now since my health plan will not cover vision wear (glasses/contacts) and I have no money. 
Today I had my MRI of my lower spine. This time my parents and I left at 9:30 with 2 hours to get there and mapped out a route through back roads to avoid all major construction. We got there an hour early (much better than ½ hour late like last time) and since a non-contrast spine scan takes approximately 15 minutes they fit me in early. We actually LEFT at 11:45am which was my actual appointment time. The MRI staff was pleased because this put them ahead of schedule and gave them time for a coffee break. 
It still freaks me out to be in that MRI machine; I have to keep telling myself to slow my breathing because I got panicky and started hyperventilating. They let me wear my skirt instead of hospital gown because it had no buttons, zippers snaps etc. But when I was being scanned I got really warm and I started having panicky thoughts like “the material in my skirt is reacting with the MRI rays and is going to catch on fire.” “The machine is going to break down and I’ll be stuck in here” I don’t know what it is about being in the MRI machine that makes fear take over rational thought. Its not just me , My friend Melissa hasa MRI at least once a year for the last 8-9 years, because of a benign pituitary brain tumor, she says she still gets anxious everytime. Also the man in the other MRI room had taken a valium and was in the “open” MRI and his wife said he was still freaking out. 
But at least I’m getting a pretty cool collection of MRI scans. 
Since yesterday I’ve been having a bad IBS attack or something 
and taking Two (2) extra strength Tylenol didn’t help much. My new primary doctor gave me Donnatol for these attacks. I will take one when I go to bed for the night. I’m just a little afraid to take them often because they are a combo of antispasmodic to calm the muscles of the stomach which is fine and good, BUT also contain a barbiturate for the pain. I just worry that because I have so much pain, that if I take them frequently I may come to like them too much. And I don’t know how I may react to the medicine since i’ve never taken anything like it before.
I’m on my “period”. So it’s not really a surprise that I am having “tummy trouble.” My health problems all seem to increase the few days before and during my period, from hormones? My joints get further stiff and sore, legs swell up & “fall asleep” more, breathing difficulties intensify; Brain (migraines, memory, and concentration) & balance worsen, new rashes, blemishes, itching. I become over whelmed by fatigue and have to rest more, yet my sleep is non-refreshing. And on and on and on, never ending complaints of a body at war with itself. 
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