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Okay, done with patients for the day. Heading to my rheumatology appointment, and then doing something I haven’t been able to do in years: going to read some books in a cafe :-)

Okay, done with patients for the day. Heading to my rheumatology appointment, and then doing something I haven’t been able to do in years: going to read some books in a cafe :-)

2023-05-30 moocowinthecity

Okay, done with patients for the day. Heading to my rheumatology appointment, and then doing something I haven’t been able to do in years: going to read some books in a cafe 🙂

— Dr. Matthew L. Schwartz (@DrMattDSW)
May 30, 2023

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Tonight is a high pain night. Thankful my first meeting is in the late morning, and then I just have my rheumatologist appointment, coffee with a friend, and one patient. It will be a slow day tomorrow #RA #RheumatoidArthritis #Myositis https://t.co/3d3MTIq02w

Tonight is a high pain night. Thankful my first meeting is in the late morning, and then I just have my rheumatologist appointment, coffee with a friend, and one patient. It will be a slow day tomorrow #RA #RheumatoidArthritis #Myositis https://t.co/3d3MTIq02w

2023-05-30 moocowinthecity

Tonight is a high pain night. Thankful my first meeting is in the late morning, and then I just have my rheumatologist appointment, coffee with a friend, and one patient. It will be a slow day tomorrow #RA #RheumatoidArthritis #Myositis https://t.co/3d3MTIq02w

— Dr. Matthew L. Schwartz (@DrMattDSW)
May 30, 2023

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For those new: Hi! I’m queer & disabled. Beyond LD & Dyslexia, I have ADHD/TS/OCD/Depression/Anxiety, and Rheumatoid Arthritis & Myositis. I am a very much a member of the Disabled community. When I speak it is only of, and from my own experiences. YMMV.

For those new: Hi! I’m queer & disabled. Beyond LD & Dyslexia, I have ADHD/TS/OCD/Depression/Anxiety, and Rheumatoid Arthritis & Myositis. I am a very much a member of the Disabled community. When I speak it is only of, and from my own experiences. YMMV.

2023-05-29 moocowinthecity

For those new: Hi! I’m queer & disabled. Beyond LD & Dyslexia, I have ADHD/TS/OCD/Depression/Anxiety, and Rheumatoid Arthritis & Myositis. I am a very much a member of the Disabled community. When I speak it is only of, and from my own experiences. YMMV.

— Matthew L. Schwartz, DSW, LCSW, MBA, CFSW (@DrMattDSW)
May 29, 2023

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Everyone else experiencing this allergy season as intensely as I am, or are you some kind of superhuman who can breath through your nose? #Allergies #AllergySeason https://t.co/9bwPLpTeCF

Everyone else experiencing this allergy season as intensely as I am, or are you some kind of superhuman who can breath through your nose? #Allergies #AllergySeason https://t.co/9bwPLpTeCF

2023-05-27 moocowinthecity

Everyone else experiencing this allergy season as intensely as I am, or are you some kind of superhuman who can breath through your nose? #Allergies #AllergySeason https://t.co/9bwPLpTeCF

— Matthew L. Schwartz, DSW, LCSW, MBA, CFSW (@DrMattDSW)
May 27, 2023

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Fuck Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuck

Fuck Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuck

2017-08-14 moocowinthecity

That feeling when you're in bed, and over the course of two or so hours you feel your muscle strength totally leave your legs and your hands, and your fingers…so you do your usual tests, the ones you've developed over the past 8 months…and you realize you've lost your ability to snap your fingers, wiggle your toes, even moving around in bed to adjust position is complicated, and you know in about 30 more minutes your legs are going to be out to lunch…but you need to be a functional adult in a few hours for work…miles away from a name for whatever this is that robbed you your mobility.

Disability Challenges…

Disability Challenges…

2017-07-24 moocowinthecity

I need to clean the litter box (I use disposable ones)…this requires bending, and putting the box in a bag…and all kinds of fine motor skills yeah…we’ll give this a try…after dinner…

Neurological/Rheumatological Fuckery

Neurological/Rheumatological Fuckery

2017-07-11 moocowinthecity
So quick medical update: I’m in a flareup again (like, not quite acute…but reaaaaaaaly close…like if acute is a 10, I’m at a 9.7). Walking is exceedingly difficult, muscle/pain weakness are making me ambulate like a toddler (but I have Zappy the Wonder Walker, for which I’m extraordinarily grateful).
 
My PCP & Neurologist both think there’s more to the diagnosis than Fibromyalgia, so my Neurologist is writing a letter to the Mayo asking for another consultation when I go back there in August for the Fibromyalgia Clinic.
 
However, thanks to adaptive technology (my Rollator Zappy, and voice-to-text software) I am still a happy (if uncomfortable) camper. Added bonus though: when orientation tour groups gawk, you get to tell them that you’re part of an anti-aging study being conducted on campus, and that things are going great, they just haven’t figured out the walking part yet.
(Not Quite) Back to Square One

(Not Quite) Back to Square One

2017-07-07 moocowinthecity

Just finished up at the Neurologiats office. They don’t think this is just Fibromyalgia for a lot of reasons. Chief among them are that many of my symptoms are far beyond the scope of Fibromyalgia. Also, whenever I’m in a flare up/excessive pain, my CK levels are elevated indicating some kind of muscle issue (“It’s not all in your head!”). ”

My doctor was also like “and when you were there you were on high doses of Prednisone” and I reminded them that “Yes, and I was also on two months of resting because I was on disability…” (and I’ve been saying the “hey, I was on high doses of steroids” thing for weeks now. 
Anyway my neurologist is writing a letter to the Mayo explaining his thoughts and observations, and asking them to take another look. He believes, like my primary care physician and I do, that we’re missing a part of this diagnosis and that the Fibromyalgia is comorbid with something.

Back to the Mayo Clinic we go…and if they won’t give us an appointment, to Johns Hopkins. 

For Science!

For Science!

2017-07-05 moocowinthecity

So I did 10 minutes at 3.2/mph, at a 9 incline at Planet Fitness this morning: now to see if the flareups are regular and repeatable…if I’m miserable tomorrow we’ve actually made progress because we learned something. If I’m not miserable we’ve also made progress #ForScience

Almost Awake

Almost Awake

2017-07-04 moocowinthecity

So I worked until about 2:30, 3am this morning, and didn’t fall asleep until 4pm 4am (I’ve had a weird sleep cycle recently between leg/body pain, fireworks, and Fibrofatigue, among others). So I’m almost ready to get back to writing…I need more food before that can happen though.

I’m also almost entirely done with my TEDx speech (so that’s cool). I hope to have my draft speech recorded tonight so my two coaches can look at it this week.

Anyway, in the next few hours I’ll have almost all of the coursework done for my Adult Interventions course, and then I can do readings for my addictions course, since I have a video conference for that this Thursday.

Cannot wait for this semester to end…so glad to be getting work done today!

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