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

Saturday, September 20, 2008

pain

As usual i try another thing to help my condition and I'm still in pain. I have a headache on the verge of a migraine. my joints all hurt. aggrivated by walking It's like my joints either sink in or pop out. (Oh i figured out my spacing thing by the way.) Rest helps it because i'm resting my joints. ugh. this is so annoying. i dont even know if the surgery helped. so far it has helped little but will it be significant enough? Or am I still in the middle of my search for an answer. And in he meantime I can't get SSI because I dont have a doctor to verify my pain. To them they did their job and I just must be complaining. Its cuz they dont understand. And I need a diagnosis but once I get one the doctors usually believe they can help me so I wont need it. In the meantime I have been unable to take care of myself for 2 and a half years.

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