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Vegas Baby!

We went to Vegas for the weekend and took the kiddo's along. D's never been to Vegas and he has been begging to go for almost a year now. When he saw the bright lights he said, "I can't wait until I'm 20." :-( Sorry son but you have to be 21 to truly experience all of Vegas.

No surprises here, we started the day with a buffet. Everyone pigged out, including myself. And as you can see from the pictures below, we were all pretty happy.

Bean, Me and D

Bean waving with food on her lip, Me again and D

Daddy and Bean

Bean, drunk on beef

We spent the day with the kids. We rode the New York, New York roller coaster, D prefered to play games then ride (so he says) but we all know the truth. We took D to Circus Circus while Bean napped at the hotel with Grandpa. Circus Circus fits it's name. I've never seen so many damn kids in Vegas before. D had A LOT of fun there. He played games, won prizes, and Daddy was hitting every shot on the basketball game and won D a big bouncing ball.

We took some carnival-like stuffed animals back to Bean and hung out in the hotel room for a while. We were able to get away for the night thanks to Grandma and decided to hit the strip and check out a comedy show. We went to Improv at Harrah's and the comedians were hilarious. The drunk chick in the front row who completely embarassed herself and her date, not so much.

Before our date. The after photo would've shown 2 very tired people, one of which was feeling very nice after her their 3 drinks.

We did a bit of gambling, drinking, and a lot of laughing. We had a great time. When we got back to the hotel, poor Grandma was sitting on the couch. Bean, refusing to sleep, had kept her up until almost 1am. Sorry Grandma.

Smokin'

This is my husband, doing his pilot thing. SMOKIN'!!!

Some Results, More to Come

I saw my Doc last Friday and got results to my EEG, EMG, MRI (partially) and Labs.

The Results...

Labs:

I have High Cholesterol - This was a big surprise.
I DO NOT have Lyme Disease or Lupus.
My Kidney's and everything else are fine.
Low B-12 levels.

EEG:

Confirms I am having seizures lasting about 7-8 seconds. Doc say's it could be related to Epilepsy but she wants to view my brain scans first. I didn't know I was having seizures and am wondering if all the times during the day that I'm experiencing blurred vision, if that's a "symptom" of the seizure. Something to ask the Doc on my next visit.

EMG:

Confirmed I have Carpel Tunnel in both wrist (knew I had it in one). She also said I appear to have the beginning or Peripheral Nerve Damage. She did the EMG for the tingling in my finger tips and hands. I also have tingling in my toes but she only did the upper body EMG.

Brain MRI:

Results unknown. She told me (at the appointment) to bring in my scans so she could view them. I assumed that the Doc who ordered my Brain MRI would automatically get a copy of the scans from the imaging center but I was wrong. I dropped off a copy to her this past Monday and am just waiting to hear back. She did read the Radiologist Report while I was in her office and repeated that there was a 7x9mm spot on my brain but she didn't want to say much more until she looked at the scans.

She told me what I needed to do to get my cholesterol down which is no problem. She also said I needed to start coming in for B-12 shots. My B-12 levels were severly low. And to start taking a daily multi vitamin like Women's One-A-Day. The last time I took a daily vitamin it was in the shape of the Flintstones. Yabba-Dabba-Do!!!

Educational Portion:

B-12 - You need B12 to make red blood cells, which carry oxygen through your body. Not having enough B12 can lead to anemia, which means your body does not have enough red blood cells to do the job. This can make you feel weak and tired. This explains a few of the symptoms that I'm having but no where near the 19 I have listed.

Peripheral Nerve Damage - Or Peripheral Neuropathy, in its most common form, causes pain and numbness in your hands and feet. The pain typically is described as tingling or burning, while the loss of sensation often is compared to the feeling of wearing a thin stocking or glove. Peripheral neuropathy can result from such problems as traumatic injuries, infections, metabolic problems and exposure to toxins. One of the most common causes of the disorder is diabetes.

Your nervous system is divided into two broad categories. Your central nervous system consists of your brain and spinal cord. All the other nerves in your body are part of your peripheral nervous system. Many of the symptoms that are common to Peripheral Nerve Damage are also common in MS. Now of course, I think I would prefer to have the PND but this does not (unfortunately) rule out MS.

Epilepsy - Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally. Neurons normally generate electrochemical impulses that act on other neurons, glands, and muscles to produce human thoughts, feelings, and actions. In epilepsy, the normal pattern of neuronal activity becomes disturbed, causing strange sensations, emotions, and behavior, or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness. During a seizure, neurons may fire as many as 500 times a second, much faster than normal. In some people, this happens only occasionally; for others, it may happen up to hundreds of times a day. Another question for my doc, how many times a day am I having these seizures? This was the thing that was on my head for 3 days, remember? I didn't know I was having them so obviously I am not experiencing any major changes or sensations when I do have one. And my neurons where calculated at firing 9 times a second.

Sources: http://webmd.com/, http://www.mayoclinic.com/, http://www.medicinenet.com/

Well, that concludes our class for today folks. Going in for my B-12 tomorrow and will see if the Doc is ready to talk to me regarding my scans.

Universal Studios - Just Pictures

Maybe In Another 4 Years

Are you sick of looking at my disgusting finger yet? I am. So I thought I'd let you guys know how my date went with the Hubs last night.

The Kiddo's are at Grandma and Pa Pa's for the weekend so the Hubs and I took this opportunity to go out on a date. We went with the typical first date scenario, dinner and a movie.

Dinner was great! Yummy and delicious. We went to Olive Garden, I had a Sangria and some super fattening Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo, which was totally worth every single calorie it dishes out. The Hubs was good, he had Salmon and veggies. Booooo!!!! We talked about nothing and everything. We laughed. We joked. We fell in love again. All in less then 2 hours. Maybe it was the Sangria? LOL! Kidding. Love you Babe!

After that we made our way to the movie theatre to see The Hangover. Once we got seated the Hubs got a phone call from our alarm company saying the alarm was tripped in our house. Grrrr!!! Hubs was pretty positive it was Max, jumping on the kitchen table (BAD DOG!) and tripping the motion sensor. But I just couldn't sit in a theatre waiting for ADT to call us back and let us know if the cops saw anything suspicious.

We got a refund, jumped in the car, and headed home. When we got there all was fine. Damn dog! At that point, we didn't feel like waiting 2 hours to catch the other showing of The Hangover so we just stayed home. The last time the Hubs and I saw a movie (in a theatre) without the children was in 2005.

HELP US!

P.S. If you have seen The Hangover, don't tell me anything. We'll just add it to the Blockbuster list.