1) work continues to be awesome and I love it. a couple weeks ago a man passed out in the radiology department. ER staff was called over, and I followed my doc- let's call him Fred. They started CPR. Fred grabbed some trauma shears, and starting cutting the man's coat off him. Well, it was one of those coats which is packed with feathers, so when he cut into it, the feathers exploded. All of a sudden, you had 6 people in a radiology lobby, crowded around a man, performing CPR and breathing for him with a bag-valve mask.... with feathers which appeared like snow, floating all around them. There was something kind of magical about it, and I'm afraid I can't begin to do it justice in this description. It was kind of like a movie... with some Sarah McLachlen song playing in the background.
2) I've started exercising again recently! (And by recently, I mean-- this week haha.) For the next few weeks, it will be hot yoga. After that, my special groupon deal (20 sessions for $40) will expire, and then I'll probably just join a gym or something. I made a deal with my physiatrist that I have to be exercising regularly to get another round of Botox. And (dun dun dun!) if I don't, he has permission to give me a talking-to. Yikes!
3) Speaking of Botox, I got some back in October. No, it's not for wrinkles (which I wouldn't have anyways, as I'm in my early-mid 20's), it's for migraines. The idea is that it paralyzes muscles in the head which contribute to the migraines. My insurance approved 2 rounds of it. 1 round usually lasts 2-3 months. I think it really helped-- the fact that I was able to work like crazy without any intense, long-lasting, or hard-to-treat migraines popping up is my testament to that. I believe it's worn off now, as in the past couple weeks I feel like I'm starting to get migraines a little more frequently. Another thing the Botox seemed to help with was my constant, low-grade headache. I've had that headache 24/7 for 5 or 6 years now. I think there were a couple points about a month or two ago when that headache was almost gone. I remember driving and thinking "do I have a headache?" It's a little hard to tell sometimes when you're used to it being there all the time, so it took me a moment. I had just the slightest pressure in my forehead, so it was still there, but just barely. Tiny enough that I almost wonder if I thought it into existence. On a pain scale of 1-10, I would have rated it in that moment as a 0.5. Which is awesome. The idea with the second round of Botox is that even after the Botox wears off, the relaxing effect on my muscles will be more permanent, leaving a long-term relief. Last time my doc only gave me shots in a few places in my head (a couple in the forehead, a couple on each side of the head, and a couple at the back of the head). Next time we'll do a bunch of shots all over. That will kind of suck while it's happening, but I'm positive will be more than worth it 5 days later when the stuff starts kicking in.
In case you couldn't tell, I get really excited about medical stuff and the prospect of my migraines being better.
4) I've started thinking about Med school. It's a long way off as I don't even have an AA yet (which fact I have accepted and is only slightly distressing to me nowadays), but the more I work at my job, the more I could see myself being a doctor. I think it's work I would really really enjoy. What would I want to specialize in? I dunno.... Emergency medicine, neurology, physiatry, and hem/onc are all on my mind. Surgery would be cool because I like looking at guts, but I have a feeling I wouldn't actually go with it. Anyways, that's all far off, and so for now, jsut a dream. ... Just a dream that I'll start working towards.
5) Related to that, I'm sad to not be in school right now. But I prayed about it, and I really feel that right now is a time to take a break from school. Focus on my health. Pay off some debt. Save up some money. Etc etc. I also think that it's been good for my pride to have my education pursue a more delayed, alternate route. If I had graduated at age 21 or 22 like I had planned, there's a chance I might be a bit of a snoot. Not on purpose, of course, but I think it could happen. It's also been good to learn that God is in charge of my life- not me. Oh, and perhaps one of the most important lessons is something along the line of Heavenly Father loves me, no matter what, and I am of value to Him even if I have not accomplished what I thought I should have by now. One can be a good, successful person, without achieving many milestones which the world values as most important. That whole idea is a whole other post in itself.
6) My auntie got me a kindle for Christmas. I've had my nose stuck in that thing ever since. It's nice to feel like a book worm again.
7) I'm tired from being extroverted and peppy last year. It's time for sleep and time to myself. And family. And close friends.
I think we'll call that it for now. It's super late, as I didn't get off work till after midnight. I'll leave something amusing with you. Was talking to a friend when he asked, "have you ever wondered how someone feels having a disease named after them?" naturally, the conversation turned to naming a disease after him.
Meet the Rutherford Reaction: a temporary, psychosomatic reaction, usually in un-married persons, triggered by interactions with the opposite sex. criteria for diagnosis: 1) an erythematous, non-pruritic, non-maculopapular rash of the skin over the zygomatic arch, 2) a subjective fever, 3) disequilibrium, and 4) agoraphobia.
What would the Sager Syndrome be??
