Big Weekend

Getting ready for an exiting weekend ahead!

Tomorrow afternoon at 4:00, my brother, Adam, along with my best friends, Mike, Kevin, and Rob, and I will be packing in to my mother's Toyota Sienna (with license plate "NANA CAR") and will be taking a road trip to Jackson, NJ to celebrate my last weeks as an ineligible bachelor at Six Flags Great Adventure.

I've never been much of a "go out and get wasted" kinda guy... but I have always been a "I want to ride the tallest roller coaster in the world" kinda guy... so we are going to do just that. For those of you who don't know, Six Flags Great Adventure is home of the record-breaking coaster "Kingda Ka." At an intimidating height of 456 feet and top speed of 128mph, Kingda Ka holds both height and speed records as being the tallest in the world and fastest in North America (2nd fastest in the world) according to www.rcdb.com.

Is it bad that I'm turned on by this photo?

Not only is this trip going to test the limits of my courage, but with a forecasted highs in the mid 80s and high humidity, it's going to put my MS to the test as well. Normally, I can escape to the Air Conditioned luxury of my apartment or office on hot days but, this weekend, we will be exposed to the elements all day. We will be walking miles around the park and standing in line for hours.

Six Flags does offer a disability pass designed to help guests with certain concerns and needs. I've been instructed to go to Guest Services when I arrive to discuss my MS with their staff and see how they can accommodate me and my friends.

I will blog about how well this works when I get back.

SO FREAKIN EXCITED!

Nick

Summer Time!

Good morning. Today is a beautiful, sunny day here in Maine. It's about 83 degrees, low humidity; it certainly is beautiful in all the ways most people would expect.

Last week, I had my annual MRI up the coast in Brunswick, Maine. My mom went with me this time. I always like to bring someone else to do the remembering for me since I never quite know what was said to me at these meetings after about 20 minutes. Also, The MRI was an hour from my house and scheduled at 8am. Having worked till 2am, that didn't leave me much time for sleep so driving up alone didn't seem like a good idea.

2 hours.

That's how long it took to get all the scans of my brain and spinal chord - both with and without contrast dye. 

"Hey, you, kid with ADHD. Yeah. I need you to lay perfectly still without falling asleep for 2 hours."

God, I hate MRIs.

After the MRI was complete, my mother and I headed over to Lowes to burn time before the meeting with my Neurologist to look over the images.

We bought a white mailbox for our wedding in which people can place cards. My mom is going to have Mr. & Mrs. Salve printed on the sides. It's a cute idea. I like it.

Anyway, we went back to the Neurology offices and met with my Doctor. She looked over all the slides and images and saw that there is no new areas of inflammation as compared to my last MRI. For those of you who aren't quite keeping up, that's what we call "good news." It means my MS is back in remission.

Huzzah!

Oh, and about the wedding, since I brought it up... 
Cassy and I are getting married in 3 weeks! We're so excited. Most of the planning is done, now we're just playing the waiting game.

That's all, people
<3
NickWithMS