Thursday, June 21, 2012

Happy Summer!

Wow, time flies! School is out and I get to spend my days with my beautiful daughters. (No teacher hours so I can now get a full night's sleep.) Still lots of running around. The girls are done with track but softball is in full swing. 

How am I doing you ask?

Very, very well. Physically, I am in good shape. I have drifted away from the P90X exercise program. It was very good for me to lose weight and gain muscle. Now, the weather is great outside so I have been trying to cycle and swim more. Swam a mile yesterday. Felt good and the conditioning I did in the early spring made it easy.

Medically, I am due for a quarterly MRI in a couple of weeks. I will visit my neurologist next week to address a different anti-seizure medicine. I have been on generic versions of Keppra. I have found over the last few months that I have been more agitated and my fuse is shorter and have periods of depression. I am looking for something without those side effects.

4 comments:

  1. Hi. I'm also on generic Keppra, but have also been taking Vimpat for about a month now. Last week I had a fit of frustration that I couldn't control and dare say is out of character for me, so I'll be talking about it with my neuro-onco as well. Don't think it was the Keppra, as I haven't noticed having any major issues with it in the past (taken about a year now), but who knows.

    My quarterly MRI is tomorrow and will be meeting with said NO next Monday. That's great you're able to swim a mile. Can't even imagine that, because I can barely swim...ha I'll have to tune up my bike though and take it out once I can get past some things.

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  2. Hope your MRI went well. Mine is Friday. My neuro has me adding Lamictal. We will be spending the next few months trying to find right balance of meds.

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  3. I'm pretty sure MY shorter fuse is a side effect of my beautiful children, God love 'em...

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  4. That previous one was Jane, by the way.

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