Sometimes I just don't feel like writing. I'm getting close to five years with Transverse Myelitis. It's hard to believe - and getting hard to remember life without it.
Yet...sometimes I forget. The mind remembers being able to do something, but the body doesn't react. Yeah, that comes with age as well. In fact, I can remember my Grandma Carlson stating that even though she was 90 years of age, in her head she still felt like a little girl.
So, last week, I forgot and tried to do a cannonball into the pool where we were swimming with two of our grandchildren. It was the shallow end. Not good. My legs don't work well as shock absorbers, and I hit my left heel quite hard. And yes, I felt it even though I don't feel many things. If you've got TM, MS or some type of spinal cord injury, you know what I mean. It still hurts after six days. But, it'll get better.
Today I did visit my Siskin doctor. We upped my Lyrica and added Zanaflex. I've been struggling with some spasms, so hopefully these changes will help. For me, I can tell that a spasm is coming because a muscular/neurological tension usually begins in one of my thighs. I can try and will it to stop, but a spasm is the best solution because it releases the muscular/neurological tension. And so, I'll have a shiver-like spasm and then feel "Ahhhh."
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