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[mimitabby]

Neurologist #2

What a nice guy! He made so much more sense than Neuro #1! (and he didn't go on and on about his stress, teenagers, etc.)

Neurologically I am beautiful, except my tendon reflexes are WAY too excitable. The MRI boogers are just boogers in the brain, and nothing to worry about. (whew!)

He thinks I've got two things going on. Gluten intolerance, well, he doesn't think so. He thinks it may be actual celiac disease. (same idea, only much nastier.) That's number one.

Number two: there's some wacky genetically dominant thing where your brain stem sets your respiratory rate too high, and your blood gets too alkaline. Things stabilize while you sleep, but during the day you're using up all the buffering your system has, so if you do happen to breathe a smidgen more (cuz yer talking a lot, or you have a cold, for example) you end up with this cascade of neurological symptoms. It also goes along with mitral valve noises (I've got a valve noise) and hyper tendon reflexes and other goofy stuff. I get the yawns, and that goes with this thing, too. Something is kicking it off in the spring, now to find out what the irritant is.

There is no carpal tunnel syndrome in my left hand.

So neuro #1 was sort of on the right track, but she had it backwards. And had the wrong cause. And pissed me off.

Neuro #2 is very cool and made me feel much better about the universe.

knotted,
I am glad you went to Neuro #2 and you are comfortable with his opinions.

and happy Lara bars to you. (I never heard of them!)

[kelownagirl]

For anyone with waaaay too much time on their hands...

http://www.addictingclips.com/Conten...Code=&brand=ag

[Lise]

Somehow I missed an entire page of thread drift. (?)

Snap--agree with you there on the animated smilies. They kind of give me the creeps. I'm fine with our little friends over on the right ( , , etc). They sit still. They are predictable.

Salsa, sorry to hear things are so rough with your mom, and I'm glad your sister can come up to spell you. Your friends at TD are thinking of you all.

Nanci, funny how the torts have such different personalities. About the Zero X--the 2006 is also very firm. I'm going to see what I think of it during the tri. I shifted around a fair amount on my 30 mi ride the other day, but that might have been the shorts more than the saddle. But I keep thinking, $110 would go a long way toward a bike stand.

KN, so glad you found a neuro who makes sense. Sounds like he takes you seriously. What a difference that makes!

I'm working a night shift. It's been oddly quiet for about a week on L&D, but things are hopping now. Maybe I'll get in a short nap...fingers crossed.

[KnottedYet]

Yup, gotta take me seriously or I turn into a serious b*tch!

Don't tell me this huge crazy pile of symptoms I've been getting every spring for the last 5 or 10 years is just stress. Nuh-uh! No, ma'am!

Healthcare worker with just enough knowlege to doubt "stress"... dangerous! Demanding! Dastardly! Determined!

This genetic thing is most likely the underlying cause of some panic attack disorders, too. Which I don't have, but my Grandma did. Verrrrry interesting.

I've tried googling these things, but I get a lot of junk.

I've spent enough dough on doctors. Time to spend more money on bikes!

[SadieKate]

A good read: The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034...298241?ie=UTF8

No, this is not about the music director for the Academy of Ancient Music that you hear on Nat'l Public Radio. It is about a pig that was adopted as a runt and given an absolutely luxurious life in rural New Hampshire, and what he taught his human companions about life and what he gave back to them.

I sat in the Phx airport this afternoon reading the last pages and sobbed through the last couple chapters. Montgomery says near the end "So go out into the world where your heart calls you. The blessings will come, I promise you that." I found out Monday when I called my mom from the airport that my father's non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma may have returned, on top of the other mysterious health issues he's been having. Fate that I was reading the book already. It will help me focus on good things as we get through the next few weeks.