About this Blog

~Hi, my name is Courtney. I was a full time college student, starting to be a dancer, and used to work with kids part time, living on my own until my illness disabled me.
~I became sick in 2005. I created this blog in the summer of 2006 to record my "headache" diary and to see if anyone finds it interesting.
~12/2006 I lost my job then after, failed a year of college.
~2/2007 Dx Lyme Disease with Bartonella: prescribed 8 months of oral antibiotics. I'm not even sure if I ever had the Lyme Disease.
~11/2007 The doctor took me off medicines while I was still improving but not fully recovered.
~6/2008 Dx Chiari I Malformation by a neurosurgeon in Beverly Hills.
~8/2008 Decompression and Lamenectomy helped 80% of my problems.
~2/2009 Dx Hypermobility by an Orthopedic Surgeon/School Doc: Started PT, dancing, going to school and working.
~6/2009 Started working full time as an Infant-Toddler teacher, which requires lifting. Dancing part time, maybe I'll finish school eventually...lol
~12/2009 Dx Chronic Sinusitis: Stopped dancing due to constant infections.
~2/2010 Sinus Surgery & complication: Severe Epistaxis: Became severely anemic.
~3/2010: Dx Ehlers Danlos Syndrome: by Geneticist
~4/2011: Switched jobs, now work at a Pre-K teacher for 3 and 4 year olds. Less lifting!
~5/2011: Started PT and exercising again

Thursday, February 15, 2007

how docs should treat you!

this is just what i added to a forum question

~dont automatically rule out rarer diseases if symptoms fit the criteria. make sure and get some ACCURATE testing. (IE hypoglycemia or certain cancers)
(one time i went in urgent care for a cold or something and a newer doctor ordered chest x-rays JUST IN CASE, that was awesome!)

~if a symptom doesnt seem to fit into textbook diagnosis, still consider it.

~Consider newer studies on different illnesses and not blow them off just because you were never taught about them in school.

~just because your an expert in a certain area of medicine (IE migraines) dont assume all symtoms lead to this problem. (like my old doctor who only focused on my head pain and dismissed all my other symtoms to depression)
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