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

Monday, July 14, 2008

surgery date

My surgery is scheduled for August 19, tuesday at 7:30 in the morning. I'm nervous and I thought I was dealing with it well but I realized that I'm just stuffing my feelings instead of dealing with them. I'm worried about it and all the dangers of haviing surgery. There is some logic in my worries but I know I'm being irrational.

Someone said that I should check for EDS first because the surgery would involve fusing. But I think that I will do this surgery and if I have any problems I will check on that. But at my presurgery appointment I will bring it up along with my blood tests from a while ago that showed signs of blood clotting. But I'm not too worried about that. I hope this surgery helps.

And whats better is that the surgery is the day after my final. When the time gets closer I might end up taking the final the week before.

I have to bee off pain meds for 10 days prior so that will suck bad! Hopefully it doesnt interfere too much. When I'm in pain either I panic or I just forget anything else going on.
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