Lizzy McFly

I’m doing something I never thought I would do, and I’m very excited!  I was asked to participate in the Gold Cup Air Rally through the Canadian 99’s.  Holy smokes!  So, if weather permits, I will be flying to Oshawa tomorrow morning.  I’ll meet up with my flying partner, who is a joint owner of a beautiful Cessna Cardinal.  We will take her plane to Ottawa.  That is where we will meet up with the other roughly 25 participants of the rally for noms and instructions of the rally.  The next day, we’re flying all the way to P.E.I.!  I’m very nervous because of my fatigue issues from the MS.  Fortunately, the pilot of our journey is very experienced and being super accommodating regarding my symptoms.  It would crush me to have a negative impact on my partner due to my (annoying) health problems!  I’m so determined though and very excited about this adventure.  I will try to do daily posts of the trip!

Today was interesting.  Jan, Mike and I headed out to London at 6:00am, for my neurologist appointment.  This doctor specializes in cognitive issues with MS.  I spoke with the doctor, who is very nice, about the symptoms I’ve been experiencing.  I did about an hour and a half of testing, with another friendly staff member, then we were homeward bound.  The 9:00 appointment time was perfect as we missed rush hour traffic both ways.  Sweet!  I have to go back in a few weeks.  If the weather is good, maybe either Jan or Mike will join me again and we’ll fly in.  The airport is about 15 minutes away from the hospital.

Since you won’t have the pleasure of seeing any cat pictures over the next few days, here are some to keep you going for a bit:

I did this for Mike:

And my favourite socks, all packed for my trip:

Stay tuned!!!

Today’s symptoms: I took some pain medication that helped me have decent energy today.  I did very well in the morning but started crashing rather soon into the afternoon.  Mike and I just chilled for the rest of the day and I finished packing.  Pain today was average with the joyous nerve (crushing) pain in my hands.  C’est la vie!