Testing Day Stress!!!!!

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Hi all,

What a day Friday was!!! First of all, we got started late so I was a

wreck to begin with. and I were arguing because of that. We

didn't leave the house until 7:45 and I wanted to be there early

enough in case I had papers to fill out and in case we hit any

construction or traffic on the way in.

We get to the Syracuse exit and I call the drs. office, the neuro's

office, since I don't have the drs number where I have to go(didn't

know it was in the same office until we got there) to make sure of

the address. A woman answers the phone and I tell her who I am and

that I have an appt. today with a Dr. to have cognitive testing done

and I think the drs. name is Dr. . She asks me what my date of

birth is and I tell her. Then she tells me they have no Dr. .

So I'm like What? She tells me the only Dr. she knows of is

in Clinton. Well Clinton is like 20 minutes from our house!!!!

I ask her if he is a neuropsychologist? She says I don't know but his

name is Dr. and his number is blah blah blah. So turns

around and we head back to Clinton. I call this number and get an

answering machine. I explain to this Dr. that we are on our

way and there was a mix up at the drs. office about where I was to go.

We get there right at 9. There is nobody there!!! So now I'm ready to

flip out!!! Talk about an anxiety attack!!! I call the drs. office

again. I talk to somebody different and ask the same question. She

tells me I have an appt. THERE with Dr. Bradford. I tell here we are

at least 45 minutes away now because when I called from the Syracuse

exit which was 10 minutes from them at 8:40 someone else told me to

go to Clinton. She asked me why and I told her that I thought the

name of the Dr. was . I also told her I gave this woman my

name and date of birth and that I was to have cognitive testing done.

She said she didn't know why the woman would have told me that.

Than she tells me that she has to check with the dr. to make sure

he's able to still see me. So now I'm in tears because I need this to

be done for my disability appeal. I've been waiting since May for

this appt. She finally comes on and says that he was on the phone and

she left him an email and to just come and hopefully he will be able

to see me. So we get there and he was very nice and said he could fit

me in. Thank God. What a nightmare.

The testing went ok. I did ok on some parts and awful on some. I

cried in the beginning of the test when he asked me about my memory

because I told him that when I found out about the MS and when I

started having trouble with my memory and my ability to retain my

words and mixing them up it really bothered me because that was my

worst fear about the disease. The rest I thought I could handle, that

my husband always had a terrible memory and I was the one who

remembered everything for everyone and now here I was not being able

to do that either.

We didn't get to finish what we were supposed to for the first day so

next Friday we'll try to finish that plus get the whole second part

in. Then I don't know what the 3rd day entails. Maybe just to let me

know how I did. I gave him the paperwork I needed to be filled out

for disability.

I start my P/T on Monday as well so we'll see how that goes. I've

been having trouble for the past week in my hips. Pain when I walk.

There and my knees and my back so who knows whats going on there. On

top of all these drs. appts. I got a jury duty notice!!! I called and

postponed that until November. Good gravy!!!

is #2 to go so that call will probably come this week,

hopefully not until Thursday so he can still take me on Friday. If

they call on Thursday he has until Monday to report to wherever he is

going. If they call on Monday he has to report on Thursday and I'm

screwed.

On a good note, I got an early birthday present from my family!!! Two

beautiful white and blue parakeets. Since my birthday is 9/11 I've

named them Hope & Faith (hoping that they are both girls!!!). They

live in a cage that looks like the Taj Mahal, and they are finally

getting used to us, even Zack, lol. They are both very vocal. Trying

to keep the cats away is going to be tricky!!!

Well, I've rattled on long enough, again, sorry. I never can seem to

shut up once I get started.

Hugs,

Peggy