Welcome to my life in a nutshell. My motto: "Just because it is true doesn't mean it's real."

    Shawn has had this weird vertigo problem where he suddenly gets dizzy and has trouble walking or talking. The best way I've found at describing it is that he gets periods lasting for 30 seconds to 2-3 minutes where it's like he's falling down drunk, slurring speech and everything. This has been going on for almost 4 months now. His doctor originally diagnosed it as Positional Vertigo, and prescribed Dramamine. The Dramamine does help with the dizzy spells to a certain degree but the problem wasn't getting better like the doctor said it should. I made Shawn go back into the doctor when there started to be additional symptoms...his limbs would get as he described it as "really heavy or hard to move" and then he started experiencing tingling in his face once in awhile. So his doctor set him up for an MRI on the 25th of March (the day before his birthday) just to check his brain out. On the 27th his doctor called with the MRI results and said that there were multiple lesions on Shawn's brain that looked like it could be Multiple Sclerosis (MS). He wasn't positive, but he referred Shawn to a Neurologist that specializes in MS. We now have an appointment on 5/8/08 or sooner if a slot opens up to see this doctor.
    Late Friday/Early Saturday morning I was getting a Migraine and the right side of my face started to act weirdly...I thought it was because of the migraine so I took it easy on Saturday and Sunday and took my meds like a good girl. Monday the migraine was fully gone but the right side of my face still wasn't working right so I tried to go to Urgent care after work. I had no other signs of a stroke so I waited until Tuesday morning to go to Urgent care. There I was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy and given prescriptions for Valtrex and Prednizone. The doctor also had blood drawn just to make sure that it wasn't lyme disease which does happen up here. I have a follow up appointment with my regular doctor on Friday. I haven't been to work in 2 days and it is driving me nuts as I like my job, but my mouth doesn't work right and I can be hard to understand at times. Being at home is driving me crazy, though I've gotten a few things done that I've been putting off for awhile.
    Please pray for us. I thought that the 6 months before my wedding wouldn't be nearly as stressful as they are. Wedding plans are still on going and we currently have a meeting with my family priest on Saturday morning. That's about it for now.