Can You Hear Me Now?

I am Frogpadding this entire entry so it may take days. This is about the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen and I expect it will take awhile to learn. There are about 7 different letters/symbols/numbers etc. on each key and nothing is where you are used to. The most popular letters you just hit the key, the less popular you hold a thumb key and the letter key simultaneously, and for everything else you press a “symbol” or “number” key first. It’s going to take a lot of getting used to! I like it though; it’s a pretty cool gadget and well designed. “The” are the three keys smack dab in the middle.

I received a response to my inquiry from the stem cell place in China. They said that the most common outcome for progressive MS is some initial improvement and some symptoms are relieved, but soon the progression starts again. So it’s not like a cure is possible there, and I’m not so sure how worth it it is… although any improvement right now would be awesome. I guess if I had the money myself I would go in a heartbeat, and make it annual. Also if I was still relapsing/remitting I would find a way to go. But when I was RR I wouldn’t have considered it, because back then I never believed I would be in the shape I’m in now. I honestly thought I would beat MS. I still think I can, I’m just getting a little desperate for ways to.

I saw my doctor on Friday, and all my blood tests came back “normal”. No hormone imbalances, no sluggish thyroid to blame weight gain on, good cholesterol and blood sugar, Vitamin D is 87.1 ng/ml and normal is 45-70,so that’s good. I still think it needs to be higher, even though the doc was impressed. I have to go look up my MS and Vitamin D info I have on my other computer. I need to remember to take my supplements! Story of my life. So basically, I am in perfect health. HAHAHAHA. I guess blood tests only say so much…

I also talked to him about medicinal marijuana, and he made it sound like you have to jump through hoops to get it. There are a ton of forms to send in and you need to know exactly how much you need. And since I’m clueless about that stuff, I may have to do some experimenting on my own. I have never heard it is that hard to get a prescription, so I need to talk to some friends that I know have one and find out how they got theirs. Although, online Health Canada has a ton of application forms and you need to send in photos of you AND the person you’re buying it from (plus their police record) if you’re not growing your own. Sigh. I AM getting lots of tips and baking advice from (non-medicinal) Facebook users, however, so this may not be too difficult. Medicinal is certainly cheaper, however, so I would like to go that route with a prescription!

Okay, I know this is short, but I have been coming back to it over the course of several days and it’s just taking too long. I started it in February and I want it to END. I wonder if I’ll ever get faster on this Frogpad?