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, September 02, 2008

surgery pain!!!


its been a week since i had surgery and now i'm feeling it. i'm so used to living my life around my pain and when i didnt feel it anymore i just did normal stuff like walk up and down stairs and lift a milk gallon (i know i know so horrible)

well NOW i feel it. its bad. but i know its related to my surgery. i HAVE to keep wearing my comfy shoes and do everything i did before so i dont aggrivate it again. how frustrating! i'm having a hard time because will i be able to dance again?

i'm having a hard time sleeping too and lying down. is the chiari pillow worth the 45 dollars? we are poor :-(

i feel tingling pain where they clamped and now shooting pain hear the scar. ugh!
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