What I mean by this statement, is we are thinking that Hubby is starting another attack. We are not sure but as the days go by the symptoms are starting to line up. He has been exhausted for about 2 weeks, his eye is messing up, the fantastic mood swings are back and his classic memory symptoms are presenting with disorientation/confusion. The MS Society released an article last week about mood swings and it was amazing to read. It sounds funny but it was a light shown on major part of his current symptoms. Don't get me wrong, as you all might know he is not known for being a patient person by any means, but now there is more to it. One minute he is the happy go lucky guy we all know and love, and the next something triggers him which launches him into a completely different mood. It is generally something that makes him mad that triggers the change but instead of just being angry, the reaction now is almost rage. He catches himself which is great and when he is crabby he is able to recognize it to talk himself down. Let me point out that the rage is NEVER directed at me or at the dog. I don't want anyone to think he flys off his rocker! It's nothing like that. Now the crabby part, unfortunately because I am his wife and the one that is with him, I am the one that gets to tell him to knock it off.
The article refers to the hippocampus which is a major part of the limbic system. It is responsible for emotions and memories, and if one is to get a new lesion on the hippocampus it can/will cause mood swings, memory issues and emotional regulation issues. Yahtzee...
The other part I am going to watch closely is the confusion. This one may be a reason to reach out to the neurologist actually. Hubby told me he was running errands and knew what store he had to go to but had to step by step process how to get there. He said he was a bizarre feeling of disorientation. He made it without issues and I am glad. I am hoping this is just a sign of the attack that's coming or he's in one now and we have no definition of how to tell the difference realistically.
I can tell you that Hubby is not too happy about this idea. It's truly bothering him that he just had one 4 months ago. I know that they can be caused by trauma or going through something so I am wondering if him having that stomach bug caused him to launch into another one? I don't know....all I know is this makes me a bit uneasy. I told him last night that no matter what we will do it together. The concern at this point is if it was not caused by the stomach virus, that he will have 3 per year. That will more than likely cause for a medicine change which may not be the worst idea since the injections still hurt and are leaving marbles under his skin. He has not injected his legs since we met with his nurse and he still has perma- bruises on his thighs that we are still praying go away.
I will keep everyone posted :) it is a way of communication, but this is also my way of getting some of it out of my brain. I have to remember that even though I am not directly affected, I am going through this too.
Thank you all for continuing to think about him :) Happy Monday
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