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

Friday, May 18, 2007

Life...

today i felt much better. though i had a pretty bad headache. I went to my doc this morning. i managed to ask one question "how long will it be before i get better?" he said at least another year. I requested copies of my records there. Turns out I think, that he already took a bunch of the tests I wanted, ANA, complete blood thyroid, etc. I'll look it over.

I slept for another 3 hours when i got home. I felt pretty ill, stomache hurt, head hurt. but after a while i felt better. though i really didnt do much.

later in the evening around 8:30 i felt better. Mike and I walked at 10:00 about a mile both ways to Del Taco. We took the dog. I ran a little back. Feels good.

anyways, i'm thinking I should start takking note of the things i've been learning so that I wont forget.

other news doesnt relate to my illness but with the other stuff going on:

mike went to work and is using his other arm to serve. (hes a waitor)

my dog got allergy shot and hes doing better.

my mom hates me for ratting them out about my sister. but i have a lot of people encouraging me saying i did the right thing. its still hard though.

oh and i notice that even though my symptoms are pretty much to the same degree i have less symptoms than when i first saw my doctor.

i'm looking into hiring a medical malpractice lawyer for against my previous doctors now that i have blood tests.

and i am going to start the process for SSI soon.

And I was feeling like i was pushing people away and losing friends quickly but I ended up reconciling a close friendship.

Thus is life...

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