Steroids

I so hate steroids!!!!!!!!! But I think i figured out my problem with my leg and the seizures can be related to the steroids! It came to me last night in bed. I was asleep and I woke up having a small seizure in my leg. It started with a leg cramp and then turned into spasms and only lasted a few minutes but it occurred to me why it happened. My feet and legs are swollen from the steroids. My muscles are twitching like crazy and the brain gets confused and so my leg convulses. Just like when I was first diagnosed most of the seizures seemed to be related to my back. I think the foot and leg are also getting weaker, not just because the tumor is growing, but because the leg and foot is s0 swollen. Makes sense to me. Its my theory and I am not a doctor of any sort, but I am going to ask if its possible. Today I iced my foot and leg and have been feeling slightly better. I have been drinking tons of water and took a water pill (all natural) and even my hands feel slightly less swollen so I am hopping that tonight I can be seizure free. I am also going to ice my foot and leg before I take a shower tomorrow, hopefully that will help because my foot is really getting weak and it may be time to get out the shower chair. I am calling the doc tomorrow to let them know about how swollen I am and ask if there is anything else I can do to be more comfortable until my surgery. I have also been doing everything I can to try to not be so constipated but everything I try works once and then doesn't work again! Very frustrating.

My mother has started an online fundraising site for me and though it has to be voted on to be accepted we are working on getting the votes, should have them by the end of the week. Once that is up and running people will be able to go to the website and donate money to help me financially. I will not be posting that here.

Although I usually spend most of my time in my apartment doing nothing, it seems worse now that I am forcing myself to do so! I am bored! I want to get out and do stuff! Tomorrow I have a doc appt and after I will go to Target because I need to get some ink for my printer so I can print out some stuff to take to my doc appt on Tues. I also have another doc appt on Wed so I am getting out almost every day this week. I also need to go get my car serviced, still haven't done that yet. So this week should not be as boring as the past few days and will hopefully go by pretty quickly and before I know it the day of my surgery will be here and the healing can begin!

One thing though. I keep feeling shaky, and sometimes like I'm chilled, but I know I don't have a fever. Maybe its just me trying too hard to not get sick! I just don't like the shaky part. Its hard to explain.