The Super IQ Test

I have some great news to share!

I just took an IQ test and I scored 133!! I went to Tickle.com and took their Super IQ Test. I don't hold a lot of stock in online tests, but according to them, "Tickle's scientifically accurate Super IQ Test measures your intelligence quotient along several measures: This online IQ quiz is free and not only measures the strong and weak points of your intelligence, but highlights what kind of a thinker you are: linguistic, numerical, original, practical, intuitive, creative, analytical, conceptual, complex, or imaginative. It is the most accurate and comprehensive IQ test of its kind."
Check out the test at:

http://web.tickle.com/tests/superiq/?test=superiqogt

Their results include a description of the way you process information. Here's what they said: "The way you think about things makes you a Creative Theorist. This means you are a highly intelligent, complex person. You are able to process information of nearly every kind with ease, using both creativity and analysis to make sense of the world. Compared to others you also have a very rich imagination."

And now, for the rest of the story...

In order to understand why I'm so excited about all of this, you need to know that I have Multiple Sclerosis, and that I just went through an extremely bad relapse that rendered me basically unable to function.

For the first ten years or so that I had MS, it wasn’t too bad. But over the past two years it had gotten worse. Then last summer, I was hit with a serious relapse (starting around the beginning of June and hitting full force by the 9th of July) that left me unable to close my hands more than about half way, my legs were constantly in pain and felt like concrete if I tried to walk, my vision was blurred, the inside of my head was totally numb on the right side, I couldn't stand up for more than a few minutes, and I had a lot of trouble with thought processing, and word recall was slow or non-existent so talking was difficult. This was the worst relapse I've had. I couldn't drive, walk, talk very well, or type. I couldn't even open my handbag to get out my checkbook, but that's OK, because I couldn't fill out a check or sign my own name anyway! This lasted through summer, and into fall, finally easing up some by late September. At that point, I could walk with a cane, my speech was a bit better, and although I certainly couldn’t multitask, and I forgot things constantly, I was doing better. I feared that this might be the best I could hope for since each relapse was leaving me slightly worse than I had been. But I just couldn’t accept that, without a fight. In November I discussed further treatment options with my doctor. We started IV chemo (Cytoxin and Solumedrol) the beginning of December.

I am thrilled to announce that after only 2 IV chemo treatments, I feel better than I have in 2 years! I am walking without a cane and my hands are working well, my speech is almost normal, the fog is lifted leaving me able to think much more clearly (the test proves that!), and I’m almost able to forget that I have Multiple Sclerosis!

If I had attempted to take this particular IQ test this past summer I would probably have come up with an IQ of about 65, which indicates mild mental retardation.

Who knows how long the remission will last, but I plan to continue the chemo for as long as the Neurologist thinks I should, and I continue to pray that they will someday find a cure. For now I am simply reveling in the joy of feeling normal again!