When to call a Doctor

This morning in PT - another seriously over the top work out of the bad leg that led to yet another fall - I explained the tremors since doing the steroid therapy. My therapist felt this should be reported to the doctor.

When you have MS, there are so many sensations, pains, and quirks that go with the MonSter - they become part of your every day. You learn the sinking, foggy feeling that signals your headed into the afternoon activity-stopping fatigue-the one, if you don't obey, will take out your voice, your legs, your concentration. You learn how far you can walk before your legs will just collapse, and how much is too much. You learn new ways to do almost everything you do every day, and how little you really can do.

So, when is it time to call a doctor? Since the steroids, I go into a tremulous fit every time I stand from a seated position (I know, weird, right? - most of this is). I have tingling in my hands now - both of them - pretty regularly. The tremors in my arms and hands are persistent and new.

More than anything, since the steroids, I am much more confused. I learned yesterday the reason I'm having so much trouble crocheting is because I am having a lot of trouble counting. This was one of the only things I could come up with that I might be able to do to make money, though likely far from a livable salary. Now, another path shut down.

My words just aren't coming and, worst of all, the speech problems have begun to resurface. I wonder did I not take enough steroid, but what would have happened if I did? In any case, it's time to fess up and see if the dosage really was right, or if this MonSter just isn't going to stop anymore. So, I've called the Doctor.