784.0 and Reading

[tinhuvielartanis]

I'm pretty much a wreck. Yesterday, I got what I thought was just a bill from a radiology office and the doctor who read my MRI, but it also had a code, 784.0, in the diagnosis section of the bill. Aunt Tudi pointed it out to me late last night. So I got online to see if I could find anything and I was directed to severe headaches and multiple sclerosis, often in association with multiple sclerosis. Shit!! So now I'm worried and will remain that way until I see Dr. Pilch on 6 August. What if I have multiple sclerosis? What do I do? Can it be treated? Will I be able to continue work? Shit!!

**deep breath**

In other news, I finished Hannibal and now I'm pissed off all over again at the movie. Why didn't they hold true to the book and have Clarice join Dr. Lecter in his world of beauty and perfection? There was nothing left for her at the FBI and she knew it. The movie makes no sense. Were the filmmakers concerned that the fans would have a problem with Clarice and Lecter becoming an item? If so, they were so out of touch. The people who went to see Hannibal were fans of Dr. Hannibal Lecter. They would have cheered the new couple on! Idiots.

The next book I'm reading is Mr. B. Gone by none other than Clive Barker. I expect I'll be in for quite a ride. I may listen to lots of Shriekback while reading the book. When I first started reading Clive Barker, I had gotten into Shriekback, so the music and his words have merged as one in my mind. Maybe that's why I became so fearful of Barry. Who knows? "Night Town" is a very good soundtrack to Cabal, the book on which Nightbreed is based. To me Midian is "Night Town."

Comments

[silent-ic-river.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I can work. I've got a host of odd neurological stuff going on with me. The doctors aren't sure it's MS, but they can't explain why I started going blind for about a month some years ago. I had 4-5 'almost' lesions, but on my next scan they were all gone.
I drive, I work, I herd kids around all day. I had about 2 months I wouldn't drive, after the going blind thing worked itself out. The migraines slow me down a lot while the 'possible MS' hasn't bothered me since I got pregnant with Zoe. (10 years ago now).
I'm friends with about 4 or 5 other women on LJ who are dealing with MS to one degree or other. They all work, some of them two jobs. In this day and age MS, while serious, isn't the horror it used to be. Additionally, with what's been happening to you and your age, if it is MS, you're likely not having many lesions in the brain. Earlier onset is much more serious. BTW, go read up on the history of MS, if you've a mind to, this is one weird ass disease, both in its history and who it picks to infect.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)