Broken into pieces

 This post, unfortunately, started back in September and is just being completed in the new year. If this doesn't give any insight into my life being crazy, then just keep reading.

Since the last post, I have been on the never-ending cycle of going. The memory has been slipping, the ankle has been injured, the leg has been hurt, slipped, and fell, and I have picked up another job. Did I miss anything????? It's too much to keep up with. I was too ready to go when I started this challenge for myself and somehow injured my ankle. After seeing several doctors, the final solution was that I rolled my foot while walking. WALKING out of all things walking took me out. Naturally, I was told to rest and take things easily. The RICE routine (rest, ice, compression, elevation) was my new life. Somehow, I bruised my ankle in this process, which still has not disappeared. I am not getting it looked at either because the pain is gone. Shortly after that healed, I slipped into the cafeteria and landed on my knee. Same leg as the ankle! Pain for me is delayed, so it was a few days before the pain really was noticed. That is a total of two months of pain. 

As soon as the pain gets better and I am getting used to tutoring after school, my left ear goes into extreme pain after I blow my nose. The pop was so loud I just knew that my ear was bleeding. No blood was seen, so I continued my day as usual. By that night, I could not sleep from the pain. I tried all the home remedies, and nothing provided comfort. My partner suggested I go to the urgent care, which I now realize has transformed into a small ER, to get my ear looked at. I drove there as carefully as possible. Because the pain was blinding. Now, this may be funny or offensive, but the doctor who was seeing me had a hearing aid, and honestly, it made me panic slightly because I had assumed my ear drum had burst. Spoiler alert: it did not. I had fluid in my ear that would not be drained. After several antibiotics and weeks of muffled sound, I finally was back to slightly normal. 

At this point, I had taken a substantial amount of time from my part-time job and was ready to return to work. I scheduled myself to work as much of December as I could. I was drained, to say the least, and I had to take a test during the break. Did not pass by 15 points, but I will be retesting in February, so all of the energy can be sent my way for that month while I study for the test. I am now into a new year and have scheduled all of the walks for this year as my 10th-year recognition of my MS diagnosis. The road is going to be long and painful. Still, I can guarantee these things: I will continue to push myself to accomplish it, post weekly to keep everyone in the loop of my successes and funny failures and continue to improve myself.

Thank you to everyone who has been so supportive and has reached out. I am on a social media break but will be back in February to continue building my brand and spreading awareness on MS.