It makes me 1%

So a little over a month and a half ago I had a standard MRI for the MS medication I was taking. I received the MRI about four months later than scheduled because last winter I got robbed and the guy who stole from me broke my knuckle in 4 places and the ortho surgeon had to insert a bunch of metal until my bones healed -- which disqualified me from a safe MRI at the scheduled time.



Turns out the mugger probably saved my life because the off-schedule MRI captured a potentially fatal cerebral infection between my white matter and ear very early. That infection has infected less than 1% of the people taking the medication and about 25% of that 1% died from the brain infection. My doctor had me taken off the med as soon as the MRI came back and did a bunch of tests on me and then started me on an antimalarial medication to treat me for the brain infection. After five weeks of this horrific treatment I went into seizures (like 1% of the people exposed to that med) and spent four days in the hospital. My memory is a little impaired and occasionally I am unable to speak with the correct vocabulary. My thinking is fine, except for my memory -- I just occassionally lose my verbal language.


Anyhow, I'm getting better. I have a good doctor but I live in a shitty country in which to have healthcare issues, so I'm looking forward to getting back to work so I can pay my rent and medical care expenses. I'm also using my latest run of odds to buy lotto tickets.


On the positive side, my son turned 18 and graduated from high school. He is moving to Brooklyn for college in August.


Love and miss you all.... LaSirena