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, August 18, 2008

Surgery Postponed


So my surgery is postponed till next Monday because apparently I had doctors and nurses calling and leaving messages at my home (we are staying with my parents) about 17 messages asking me to call back because I needed some more blood work. Also I have to take 5 days of antibiotics to clear a minor bladder infection.

If I had gotten the messages right away I don't think the surgery would have been postponed. But maybe, all depends on the test results I think.

So I took the blood work today at Quest and I'm starting the antibiotics tomorrow. Here are the tests that were ordered:
Factor 8, 9, 11, 12
PT correction Mixing Study
VW Factor
Ristocetin CoFactor
Lupus Inhibitor
Antiphospholipid panel
Bleeding Time

All were taken except the Bleeding Time.

I guess the doc is checking up blood clotting problems because of the past blood work.

So the problem now is next Monday is my first day in school and I asked Mike to go for me the first two days except he will be with me those times. I don't know what to do yet... It's only 3 classes.
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1 comment:

Tara said...

praying for you. let me know how it goes. :)

4:04 AM

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