Information and opinions on health from Hollyk at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/846640/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/846640/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/846640/index http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/149020/brea Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:31:19 -0500 Hollyk My MS has been on a rampage of late-stress can bring it on as can illness and I got hit with both.  The scariest thing was that I awoke from my sleep unable to breathe-I couldn't move air out or in.  It only lasted for a few seconds; but felt like forever and it came back little breaths at a time; as if my lungs had deflated and it took a few seconds to get 'unstuck'.    No to GERD and nightmares.  I was sound asleep... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/149020/brea http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/147914/weird Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:01:15 -0500 Hollyk Hey guys!  It has been a while since I last posted; I've had my daughter's wedding, then I drove her over 2500 miles to be with her new husband and then drove back home.  It has been a crazy few months; but I wouldn't change a thing...because I am alive and happy in the moment!  Despite the horrible 'reward' for taking on such a feat-that I knew good and well I should not be doing...but in a way-I had prepared for it-I was able to... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/147914/weird http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/133199/sens Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:20:13 -0500 Hollyk Hi guys; it has been a long time and I hope that everyone is the best they can be!   Just a stupid question; has anyone ever been woken up to feeling like their in the middle of an earthquake; just to find out that it's you, not the earth?  It started out in the beginning several years ago with just a sensation that someone was "shaking the bed, couch, ect."  I woke up the other day with a full body sensation-as if I was in an... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/133199/sens http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/121111/lose Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:41:36 -0400 Hollyk My husband got a new job that is going to be a wonderful change in our finances; but the down side to this is that there is no insurance.  After looking online for a family policy I found out that I am uninsurable due to the fact that i am in limbo.  i will have to go on cobra; but that is more expensive for just me than it is for all of us to have a family policy.   I have an appointment with my new neurologist on the 15th; but... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/121111/lose http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/119604/laugh Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:17:25 -0400 Hollyk Things have been crazy lately.  My mother-in-law's Alzheimer's seems to be getting worse and I have been finding partially eaten food in her drawers!  She hid a piece of half eaten chocolate in her socks...like a kid hiding broccoli in their napkin; and in keeping with that mentality she told me "I didn't do that."  I had to buy a diaper genie to keep her from putting her depends in the laundry... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/119604/laugh http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/119112/limbo Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:08:35 -0400 Hollyk Hello everyone!  I hope that today finds everyone doing as well as possible!  I have an upcoming Optic Neurology appointment on Tuesday.  I haven't seen my doctor in almost a year.  (He went on hiatus for a few months.)  He is the doctor who diagnosed my Horner's Syndrome and that I have demyelination.  Anyway, I am a little apprehensive; living in constant limbo has worn me out.     While I... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/119112/limbo http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/117334/new Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:10:16 -0400 Hollyk It's been hard to muster the mental energy to write for a long while.  (In addition to forgetting how to create a sharepost-LOL) Except for the pseudoexacerbations from the extreme heat here in Dallas; I have been in remission for a few months. There are symptoms that seem to be with me permanently; but the extremeness is alleviated for now.  Thank God for that!     I'm still out of work and there does not seem to be an end... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/117334/new http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/110872/sunl Tue, 04 May 2010 14:03:45 -0400 Hollyk How many of you does this article ring true for?  It does for me; I was born in January in the Western Hemisphere.   Just Curious! http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/110872/sunl http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/110224/back Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:20:37 -0400 Hollyk I'm still here; just finished with physical therapy on my had that the hospital damaged.  I can finally close it again; but I have a ugly scar on it and on my thigh from the skin graft.  The calcium chloride infiltrated down to my tendon, taking out a couple of veins and some nerves.  I am lucky however, it could have been much worse!  While in the hospital; my Endocrinologist was able to separate my symptoms from... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/110224/back http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/101704/fails Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:15:32 -0500 Hollyk Well, I had my thyroid out yesterday; initial results are benign follicular nodules; but will know for sure Monday.  I believe they are benign; but there was more than this reason to remove my thyroid.   I have wonderful doctors who truly care @ me as a patient and have taken wonderful care of me.  My PcP put me on hydrocortizone injections before the surgery so I didn't have the same problem as I did with the minor surgery.... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/846640/101704/fails