I went to a different dentist on Thursday, and what a difference. As I suspected, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with my teeth. No cavities, gum problems, nothin. I have a very healthy mouth with very healthy gums and teeth. The dentist poked around a bit, and said that the amount of blood she noticed would not be as a result of anything in my mouth and she thinks it's the Rebif. She wouldn't do the cleaning until my neurologist said it would be ok to start poking around in there. Because of the amount of blood, it would be a messy job. SO GROSS.
My neurologist sent me for another blood test - this time to test my blood coagulation. In the meantime, he's pulled me totally off my injections. I skipped yesterday's injection, and while I thought I'd be happy about it, I'm definitely not. I need to do anything I can to prevent any damage cause by the MS. It was nice not having to poke myself, but I wish I didn't have all these issues going on. My neurologist was supposed to call me on Friday and let me know if I could continue, but he didn't so I'm hoping I hear back by Monday so that I know whether or not I should start again. I noticed a significant difference in the amount of bleeding when I dropped down to the 22mcg. Maybe I can stay on 22mcg? Regardless, the dentist did say that a good cleaning will help reduce the amount of bleeding, but it won't stop it. I guess we'll have to wait until I hear from the doctor.
Nothing else new right now. I received my Kobo in the mail yesterday and was super stoked! THANK YOU MS SOCIETY!! It's awesome, and I've already read an entire book on it. I love it!
Now, as for my MS Walk Team - WOOOOWWWZA! We have raised over $1300!!!!! Can't wait to see how the other team members do as some have not started collecting pledges yet. Very exciting, and very cool!!
Well, it's almost Earth Hour so I'm going to shut everything down, and go chill in the dark for a bit.
Good night!!
~Sarah
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