The Beginning

Well I guess all great stories have a beginning so that's where I will start. My name is Kendra. I am 23 years old married to an amazing man, Robert and mother to a darling boy, George. My husband is in the navy and that's the important parts. Around February 2011 I realized I was having some vision issues nothing major it would just dim. Every so often and mainly only my left eye. I finally decided to see my PCM (primary care manager) who referred me to opthamology who then referred me to neurology who then referred me to nueropthamology and for an MRI. Long story short they diagnosed me with having optic neuritis and having a lesion on my brain and I got to hear the dreaded words in June 2011. We believe you have multiple sclerosis. I froze. My husband was 5 hours away in recruiting school and it was me and George. I couldn't think about anything. I went home and cried. I was scared. I woke up the next morning and said I need to be with my husband. I want a hug so within one hour I arranged dog care for my pups and was packed and on the road, I even took dirty laundry. I figured I'd do laundry their. I didn't even tell Robert I was coming he had called and asked what I was doing and I said looking for a McDonald in Tallahassee. He asked why and I said I needed a hug. So I went and got it. While visiting him my feet started hurting a lot. I went back to my PCM who told me tendinitis. We have since moved and bought a home. My husband is on shore duty recruiting. I have started the journey again of seeing drs to get my final diagnosis and start treatment. My new PCM has sent in for my neurologist who I meet this month and has already said she's convinced it's ms without even seeing my record and the pain in my feet is not tendinitis but is in fact neurological. MS affects many people differently. No two are the same. Right now my symptoms include pain in my feet which goes along with some numbness and loss of tempeture. I also still suffer some vision problems only in my left eye and I get very very dizzy. I usually take Dramamine everyday to keep myself from getting sick. I also get fatigued more easily. My symptoms are generally worse if im hot tired or stressed. Everyday is different for me. Some days im fine and can clean like crazy other days I can hardly get up without being sick. I dont have a car and even if I did driving would be out of the question. My husband is amazing and does a great job taking care of me and taking
me where I need or want to go. He helps pick up slack in the house and George is very understanding. He knows mommy has a boo boo in her head and he's gonna cut it off and put a baindaid on it then put my head back together. It's very cute to hear him say it. I decided to make a blog just so I have an outlet. Somewhere I can talk about what I'm going through. I know their are other people who have this disease and can relate. The drs are saying their 90% sure it is ms. I will have more tests but with the research I have done I'm sure this is what I am fighting. I will not let ms run my life I run my life! So that is my story from The begining. I will have many chapters to add and a story has to start somewhere and this is where mine does