Men

So it’s not surprising, but I don’t have a man right now. Now my boyfriend at the time of the car wreck stayed with me for three years post the injury. I believe he thought that I would wake-up one day and be back to my normal self. The reason he probably thought this in the early stages, I was making SO much progress and relatively fast. Then sadly it slowed WAY down. That’s how it works with the brain. It at first, creates the new connections leading to the various electrodes quickly. Then it slows down. Reason being it can’t find the right connection so it mixes them up. Anyways he became impatient and we broke-up. I have been on Match, Eharmony and recently I discovered Plenty of Fish. POF  is a bit risky because it’s free and you don’t know who they’re going to collect. Now I did find some luck on Match. I established a boyfriend for 10 months, but then the company he worked for transferred him to Seattle. I need an understanding, kind and patient man. Now I’m hoping that he comes along on Plenty of Fish.

The surgery

The hockey-puck sized disk, or Baclofen Pump, that was implanted in my stomach about 6 and a half years ago was recently replaced with a fresh new one. You’re supposed to get it replaced every 5-7 years so that you don’t go through withdraw. Withdraw happens when you stop receiving the baclofen and it can be very dangerous.  I had to go under anesthesia, but only for about an hour and a half so that the doctor could operate. They just had to remove the pump itself and not the catheter that distributes Baclofen throughout the body, so it was not as intense of an operation as the first time.

        Up to about two days later my stomach was in pain and still today, a week later, I experience some pain when I try to bend my right leg and straighten it, but I was able to leave immediately after the surgery.

        Walking is already more fluid and easier and it’s only going to get better! My hand is also so much looser now! I hope but it probably won’t happen is that I start running and my hand becomes able to do some functional tasks!

Nutrition

Nutrition. I took this course shortly after I had my brain Injury. It was kind-of like a refresher course to see if my brain could handle college level courses. I took the course at Lanier Technical College. Well I’ll admit, Nutrition was nowhere near the cake walk I thought it would be. Originally, I thought Nutrition was an easy course for anyone to take. That was not the case. I ended up with a C and I was taking that course alone! It required so much studying from me, I was always pretty tired. Once I finished, I got worried. I never checked on if it would transfer to Auburn.  I just did not want to spend all that time studying for no reason. Thankfully it did transfer! After taking it, I realized that college classes were very hard for me especially now. It took me taking a course to realize that. It is not just Nutrition! There is a ton of memorization and problem solving in every course. If you’re afraid to begin a new course. Try and let a college counselor or high school teachers help you and get your cognition measured to see if it’s right for you. You might be better off trying an easier intro course. The point that I’m trying to get at was I was successful, but ever since the car wreck things became a whole lot more difficult