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

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

sleep problems

i have this thing where i am tired and i go to sleep but i wake up realizing i'm not breathing and i feel my pulse strongly in my head so i get nervous and really wake up and catch my breath. Its probably just sleep apnea as a result of the lyme or bartonella affecting my central nervous system. stupid lyme...

i havent posted all my symptoms lately but there have been some noticable ones but i'm not going to go there.

lately i've been feeling well. not great but well. i'm doing alot more. my apartment is half cleaned up and when i start to feel unwell but i keep going i dont feel worse i feel better. which is a GREAT sign.

I found out another girl I know had lyme for 9 years while she was younger. And I'm bonding with other people with health issues.

Sunday I reluctantly went back to the college group at my old church. There I realized just how fragile and broken I am. Especially with my marriage issues. Accepting instead of denying i think is a good thing for me cuz none of this is going away any time soon.
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