2 Weeks In...

Just wanted to catch you all up on what has been going on.

On November 13th I started my medicine to get ahead of this thing called Multiple Sclerosis. I started this medicine as a half dose for one week leading up to a full dose the second week. 

The anxiety leading up to actually taking the pill was WAY worse than what actually happened. (which tends to be for most things in my life)

The first week I experienced slight flushing in my cheeks. The flushing would start about 90 minutes after I took my medicine and then it would subside after about 1 hour. (this is completely normal)

After going up the the higher dose I experienced pretty intense flushing over my whole entire body. It basically looked like I laid out on the beach for about 8 hours with no sunscreen. This also only lasted for about an hour. 

After a few adjustments (adding in a Aspirin for the flushing and a Zantac for very mild stomach issues) I felt back on track- and quickly back on track, I couldn't ask for anymore more than that! 

If you want an idea of what the flushing looked like on the worst day, here is a terrible selfie. 

The first one was about an hour after I took the medicine (slight flushing), and the second one was about 90 minutes after... 

Now it is way to early to say that "WOW! I am feeling great, must be the medicine!" but I can say that there is a strange fog that has been lifted off of me ---- maybe it was the unknown that was lurking in my mind.

So what are the next steps... in about two weeks I will go in for blood work to make sure everything is working out just fine with the medicine. This will end up being a regular occurrence as they are tracking to make sure nothing gets out of whack.

The next thing on my agenda is getting back into my workout routine. After the wedding, the diagnosis, the medication, I did something I told myself I would never do. I took a break... and boy do I feel it. The medicine itself does cause some bloating, but it also requires that you eat with it in order to not feel the side effects... and I might have taken that a little too far (to be on the safe side!) but now it's time to find a balance.