On my way home from work today, the word “oligodendricytes” popped into my head. What’s up with that? Who thinks of things like that? I found it equally disturbing that I knew what it was too! I think the last time I heard this word was in one of my Science classes in university.
I think Chuck and I are going over to the States for a few hours tomorrow to do some shopping. I’m not sure if we should wait until Sunday, as we have Thanksgiving dinner at my mother’s tomorrow night. I’ve been having serious fatigue issues this week, mainly due to MS related bladder issues which are causing dehydration, thus the fatigue. I’m having a hard time functioning for a whole day. I guess I’ll have to wait and see how I’m feeling tomorrow. I went back on the medication my neurologist gave me for this issue. I haven’t had to take it for over six months, but it seems the problem hath come backeth! I picked up my vaporizer from my mother’s house and I’ll put it on tonight – that might help a bit too.
I took a friend from work up flying yesterday morning. It was great weather which made for good visibility and a smooth flight. My passenger started to get a little nervous when we were entering the circuit to make our landing. Since we descended to 1300 feet and slowed down a bit, the ride became a little rough. I assured her that everything was normal and the plane was not going to drop out of the sky. She really enjoying the flight and said she would go up again. Actually, I took her up along with another co-worker about 2 years ago. They both won the draw for the flight over the MS Walk sites in Niagara that year. I didn’t have my own plane at the time, so I rented a Piper from the Flying Club. The weather wasn’t too good that day and we could only fly over the Port Dalhousie Walk route, plus the clouds were too low to fly over the Falls. During yesterday’s flight, Heather snapped a great picture of a helicopter in the Niagara Falls scenic circuit, flying about 500 feet below us:
Here’s a pic of the American Falls:
And us after landing back at Niagara District Airport:
I’m hoping for some decent weather (and health symptoms!) on Sunday so I can go for another flight.
Today’s symptoms: Not a good day – pretty severe fatigue, really bad headache and my jaw is worse than it’s been in a while. I think it will be better tomorrow after I chow down on some Thanksgiving dinner – Gobble, Gobble!
Lizzy McFly 