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, September 03, 2008

feeling better slightly

so i rested all day but was hurting alot. my allergies are kicking it alot too. So i'm taking guafisin (zyrtec) and i just got a nasal spray from the drug store to help. i got some cool patches for my head and i have an ice wrap thingy on my back. I changed my prescription to Ultram from Vicodin and/or Percocet (which are the top two meds that cause hallucinations and crazy dreams). I'm feeling drowsy and i have a good possibility i will sleep okay tonight.

I have some great people supporting me. Some possible visitors, yay! I wont be bored all the time. Its hard when I'm spending time with my little sis and bro and i know later i will just be thinking about the pain because its so prominent. TV is just too boring right now and theres only so much you can do online.

Chiari Yahoo support groups have been so great. I had alot of responses to an email post about how I was feeling last night and they all have been helpful. Plus my friend D is really helpful. I called her last night and she was suprised I had any energy at all (probably all the coffee)

The doctors office lady, is really nice, always willing to let me share how i'm feeling, ask questions, change meds if i need to. so patient. its always good to be able to have staff like that. It makes so much a difference because its those people you will be working with mostly.

PS the tylonal extra strength is like baby stuff to me. It barely breaks the pain with 4 tablets and i have to keep popping them. not fun! ULTRAM it is.

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