HOLD FAST

It has been two weeks since I have passed-out. Well, it will be two weeks tomorrow. I have had 15 seizure this week so far. I know that seems like a scary word (seizures) which is why I prefer to call them episodes or spells. What happens with my seizures is not that scary from the outside. Jill says sometimes I turn kind of gray but I am conscious and can describe what is going on. They usually start just below my sternum with tingling like my body is falling asleep. It then spreads to my outer thighs and down my legs. Then my nasal area begins to tingle followed by most of my head. My arms (bicep areas) fall asleep next. I can control the seizures somewhat with breathing and willing them to pass; it is actually just them running their courses probably but I feel like I am in control this way. I have been off of my seizure medicine since getting out of CDH last week as I am supposed to have two more EEG's but I contacted the doctor and I can take the seizure meds until a couple of days before the first test. I am fairly sure that, by not taking the meds, they will capture something with the next EEG's. Since starting to take the meds last night I have been seizure-less. Maybe it is a placebo effect but if it works I don't really care why or how.

Tomorrow a few of us are going down to see Splenda. I am very excited to be one of the "few." I think we are going to take the Fiat as it is fun to drive with the top down through the wine country. The Jeep is roomier so we have to weigh practicality against fun. I am leaning toward fun (and better fuel economy).

It is now tomorrow and we are half-way to our destination. We ended-up bringing the Jeep because, apparently, the tread on all four of the tires on the Fiat are worn pretty good. I did not want to have Merlin's replace the tires because their prices are ridiculous for that. So, in the next couple of weeks I will get over to Farm and Fleet so I don't get raped.

We are definitely in the Bible Belt here and we are only like three hours from home. On the way down we could just see the temperature rise in on the outside thermometer in the car. Maybe we are headed to the Hell part of the Bible Belt. It was in the low 70's when we left and, by the time we got here in Mattoon, in was 82. It was about 9 PM when we arrive and the temperature had risen about ten degrees. We have a couple of hours more to go this morning so it should be good and hot before we get to our final destination (that is probably just foreshadowing for my afterlife.

I got up early as I always do (I get up even earlier when I am travelling - not sure why). Europe should be a lot of fun with me getting up early every day and the time being totally out of whack from home. I should be the jet lag poster child.

I just wanted to get this blog done while Cha Cha is in the shower because I am nor kind of sure what kind of WiFi access, if any, I will have in a cabin in the MIDDLE of the foothills.

Okay, Jill is out of the shower so it is breakfast time. We will check it out here and, if that doesn't work with my WHOLE30 it may be Cracker Barrel again (we ate dinner there last night). Have a great day. Maybe I will blog later today from the hot tub in our cabin if we can use our mobile hotspots or something. Have a great day and maybe a great weekend. TTT?...MITM (out) TA!