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
What's really going on...
So I think that whats really going on is: I have allergies which is an immune problem making me more suseptable to being sick and being sick makes my allergies worse. and I get migranes maybe once a week. I really think that I have a virus. I have all the symptoms for (non fatal don't worry) viral meningitis but its just taking a while for me to get over it. yesterday was the first day I felt some type of pleasure. the sun. today i feel wiped out. my muscles are weak but i know i'm getting better. i laughed today with my classmates. i havent done that for a while. yes stress could be a factor but i dont think its fair to say that is the cause. so i have a good doctor now who took some more blood tests and got my test results from the er doctor. i'll see him back at the end of the month. he reccomended that i get immuno supressant therapy (ie: allergy shots) since allegra does nothing for me. the lights hurt my eyes. loud sound makes me nautious well actually sound from tv or radio if its at normal level makes me nautious. and air conditioning smell gives me a headache.
sianara,
courtney
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