MJ Update - I hate doctors

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Hi all: Sorry that there was no update this week after my doctor’s

appointment. It’s been a rough week, but I’m half done with this quarter. I

register for classes for spring quarter in 12 days, hard to believe that!

Anyway, Monday, I took my math test. Totally thought I bombed one question out

of 10, but the teacher gave me full credit because I remembered the answer from

class and just made a funky chart like she had done in class and it looked like

I knew what I was doing. I ended up with a 95 out of 100. The average was 77 and

she was excited about that!! I was so excited, not to mention that I was able to

take it in class so it was pretty stress free. We had a quiz today (Friday) and

got the question correct. Today, I had a psych test. I am not sure how I did

as I am in a lot of pain so who knows, I’ll find out next week. We do get to

drop the lowest score so, we will see. I do have 6 extra credit points in the

class already! English is just becoming dreadful. Tuesday morning’s class

was cancelled. We leave our apartment at 8am so we can get parking and he waited

until 8:10 to cancel…really infuriates me to no end that he cancelled for the

3rd time! Thursday’s class, he refigured out our schedule and is having us

write 4 papers this weekend to make up for him canceling class. UGH! In

Disability in Literature and Culture we had a quiz and finished the book. I

really enjoyed the book, but boy does it make you think. The question is

“Would you take a cure if you knew it would change who you are?†Makes you

stop and think about life in a different way. Anyway, the doctor! UGH is all

that I can say! My appointment was at 3pm and we left the hospital after 6,

closer to 6:30pm. Dr. Mueller checked me all over trying to convince me that I

have a UTI or an earache, but no such luck. He was hoping for an easy answer to

my fever and pain (although a pain in my arm doesn’t mean an ear infection in

my book!!) Anyway, I ended up getting 6 X-rays (4 of my arm and 2 of my chest)

and had more blood drawn. (Can you believe, they got blood on the first try

again, on my knuckle again.) I have to go back for a bone scan, a Doppler

ultrasound, and have to have a urinalysis. Can I say, I hate going to the

doctor. Whatever Mueller did, I have been in extreme pain the past few days

(hence, no update). Before I saw Mueller, I was only in excruciating pain when I

had to move my arm but now it hurts all the time. I haven’t slept well the

past few nights due to the pain, so made them prescribe some drugs today.

Anyway, this weekend will involve lots of papers. I have 4 in English, 1 in

Psych, and I want to try to get 2 or 3 done in Disability in Literature and

Culture (one of which is to evaluate a movie). I also, next week, have to

evaluate a King movie and write a paper analyzing it. I picked The Green

Mile. I watched it this afternoon to get an idea of what I’m doing. I have to

take notes while watching it (at least 2 to 3 pages of notes). What a way to

ruin a good movie. Anyway, I am almost ready for bed. Another long day! Hugs to

everyone who is under the weather and needs some extra prayers. Talk to you

next week. MJ Life is not about the end of the story where you put down the

book with a satisfied smile. It’s about all the chapters in between that make

your heart race, bring a smile, and make you cry as you work your way,

deliciously exhausted to the end. Where you get to say… That was a great

story!

MJ

SMA type I+

" I hope that my achievements in life shall be these - that I will have fought

for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered,

and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left

the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been. " ~C. Hoppe

www.our-sma-angels.com/Margaret

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