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[QUOTE]Originally posted by LOA: [QB] I've been back to work since late April - that was WAY before I was doing better, but I was out of short term disability leave, so back I went. We didn't even diagnose the Narcolepsy/Hypersomnia until May, and we didn't get the Adderall dose right until June, so it was a while before we realized how much of an improvement it would make in controlling my headaches. I'm STILL working obviously, and many would argues that I'm working too much. Tons of OT - I work as much as they offer. Plus I'm still going to school full time, though I should have graduated in August - I decided one degree wasn't enough when I finished my B.S. in Business Management in August and stayed behind to add a marketing major as well - I'll be done with that degree program in March. I also decided to go straight on to my Masters program after finishing the undergrad stuff, so I've been completing the application and entrance exam requirements for my MBA program which starts in August of 2008. Oy, vey! Lots to do, but once I'm done with it all, it'll be worth it... Other than that, I'm also doing a few small web design projects as an independent contractor. Nothing big - I'm picky about who I'll work with and what I'll take on due to a) my experience level and b) the amount of free time I (don't!) have, but there are a few small projects that have come my way that I have agreed to do to supplement my income. So that is my work and school life - I have no free time and I spend pretty much my entire day in front of a computer - mine or my employer's - but that's okay! Since I've been able to work so much, I've been able to pay off debts that I thought I'd be paying on for years, and my financial situation is years ahead of where I thought it would be - which is the only reason I can justify going for the masters degree. I'll be 100% debt free barring any unforeseen circumstances by the time I graduate with the masters degree, so I'll only have to worry about my living expenses (housing, food, insurance, gas, meds, etc. and my student loan payment). I can afford the degree. I never thought I'd be able to put myself in that position as sick as I'd gotten, so this is a blessing... As for exercise, right now, all of the docs are telling me to shy away from the gym and extra exercise until they figure out the side effects I'm having. My blood work all came back normal to high as far as my levels for electrolytes, protein, magnesium are concerned, yet I have symptoms that are identical to severe magnesium and potassium deficiency. One of those symptoms happens to be SEVERE muscle cramps that come and go throughout the day/night - especially in my legs and feet, but also in my arms and hands. They are horrid and nothing alleviates them... also, there's the concern that, at least initially, if I start to work out, I could increase my weight loss by burning calories that my body needs to keep. I'd like to get to the gym though and start building muscle soon - I won't be allowed to go straight into cardio or weight lifting even when I do start working out. I've already been told that once I'm allowed to work out outside of the general stuff I do at home, I'll have to start with very low impact stuff like water aerobics, eventually graduating to yoga, and then when the docs are SURE that working out isn't causing migraine recurrence they'll let me have a trainer work out an exercise plan for me. Exercise is a major migraine trigger for most migraneurs and always has been for me. Ick. So that's my update for now.... :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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