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

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

abdominal pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i didnt sleep at all last night until about 9 in the morning i fell asleep for a few hours. completely fatigued all day. my stomache hurt alot. like a warm feeling. it hurt alot near my upper abdomen. any pressure makes it worse. I feel like i'm constipated and full. But I have gone like 6 times today and its normal stool but its alot. i ate a bagel and cream cheese for lunch. I am peeing alot too. and these feelings have been for quite a few days but its getting worse. i think it might be IBS. i feel like i had surgery on my stomach muscles and when i try to use them i get weak i feel queasy all over but mostly in my abdomen, shakey and get a slight headache. i took a long bath today and just rested in there because of the fatigue. it was hard to get up. my head hurts right now. there is a pain that is just not going away on my lower left abdomen area. i dont know what thats about. hopefully i can sleep tonight. i do want to get better and i think i'm actally geting that point where i cant deny my illness and think it away for the moment. i need to be more agressive in getting the help i need.

my arms fall asleep fast and i woke up several times during my short sleep with my fingers feeling like they were on fire.

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