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Life is Ganging Up On Me!
My head is starting to clear after my concussion last week. My husband, Mom and Grandma all say I sound clearer (I guess I was slurring my words last week) and Mark (my hubby) says my eyes look clearer. I find this amazing considering how congested I’ve become in the last couple of days. As if a concussion & seizure wasn’t bad enough, life hands me a cold to deal with too!
I went to visit my neurologist on Monday & he ordered me to be off work until January 4, 2010. As I mentioned in my earlier post, my boss has been great about this. However, I now have a TON of paperwork to fill out and submit. Along with the stuff I can fill out for myself, there is also paperwork my neurologist has to fill out too. Too bad I didn’t have this with me on Monday. Oh well…
Image Credit: Photo found on Montgomery County, PA using Google Images.
What a Week!
I re-launched this site last Tuesday with the intent of making daily updates when life threw me a curve ball. The very next evening I was a suddenly chauffered (aka one ambulance ride later) guest of the Sutter Roseville Medical Center Emergency Department after having a grand mal seizure at a Wal Mart. I left the ER that evening with a goose egg on the back of my head, a concussion, and admonishments not to drive until checked out by a neurologist. Since then I’ve been dealing with headaches, dizzy spells and sleeping a LOT.
Today was my appointment with my neurologist. He’s suspended my drivers’ license for six months (because of the grand mal seizure – it’s a state law that I actually find reasonable if hugely inconvenient) and put me on anti-seizure meds for the first time in 15 years. Ah well… mass transit is currently free for me and better for the environment. Right?
The bottom line is that I’m fine. Nobody else was hurt in my little healthcare crisis and an unknown good Samaritan was able to contact my husband (using my own cell phone) and tell him what was happening (Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!).
The other things that I’m grateful for are my WONDERFUL and supportive husband, Mark who has been nothing but positive all week; my very very good and comprehensive health insurance provided to me by my employer – Sutter Health; and last, but certainly not least – my incredibly understanding boss, Kathy Lummen, who has also been amazing over the past week (including trying to contact Mark on the night of the incident when the good Samaritan called her)! I’m a very lucky woman to have such wonderfulness in my life!!!
P.S. On top of everything above… I woke up congested this morning! I’m more irritated by the stuffy nose than by everything else!