Category: Brain

New Doctor

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I had a meeting at the Hospital to discuss the decision of making sure ALL my doctors (even the Psychologists) be located at the University where I had my operation. This makes everything MUCH easier for all the doctors that work on me and work with me to communicate with each other after the surgery.

It’s always quite interesting when I visit the University Hospital. The doctors are always seem very happy to see and get to know me very well. Met with a new Psychology doctor there on Wednesday and have come to decide that this is the better doctor (unlike a previous Psych not at the Hospital). It’s always a good thing to have a Psych who can actually understand what you’re talking about and care about it.

I have a Neurologist appointment on the 30th, too.

I’m doing great!

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I can really see that this lengthy recovery time is getting better and better. This is outstanding. I am absolutely better and better EVERYDAY. It’s crazy, but true. Everyday I am feeling better, thinking better, better everything.

It’s taken QUITE AWHILE to feel this good, and I’m still not 100% (back to normal) yet. Near that, not all there yet.

Feeling great? Hell yeah.

As far as that brain-pain that I had on the frontal-left.. gone.

Ability to think correctly? Now… At this very date, it is like this: I can usually think “it”. Just can’t communicate “it” out my mouth easily. Being just in a better manner of speaking/typing is my beginning. Think better, communicate better.

Went to meet with the surgeon last week. He was impressed. (Giving himself a pat on the back?) I have to agree, he did a good job. 🙂

What’s been happening??

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Since my last entry, I’ve been feeling good…as far as the “brain” goes. Still haven’t had any MAJOR “brain” problems or just anything like that. Feeling good on the INSIDE of my head.

How else can I just describe all that?

A bit confused about other things…. But the BrAiN feels good.

Other things to describe… other things to describe… I think that this brain of mine is (sort of) understanding whats happening in my life. These things are new for the brain, with it having to deal with changes that are unbelievable (to me). Never the less…..

Ok, on to a different subject. I have been feeling good (like I mentioned), but can only last half-a-day. About an hour or so after lunch, my brain is done.

“Let’s Take A Nap!” is what the ‘ole brain is wanting. “Nap Time!”

I sit and usually take a nap and feel tons better. Doesn’t matter what my brain had been doing before in the morning (hard work or nothing at all) it just wants to take a nap.

After typing this… I think I’ll just go for another napie-time. <yawn>

Hmmm… Well…

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It’s been a little while since I wrote. Mainly because it “seems” that my brain has been changing  just like I had been saying before. Pain is gone and that’s a good thing BUT this BrAiN of mine now has different problems.

My thinking is not straight and very short. Hard to keep things in my head for very long. When I try and talk with other people and I just get interrupted for some reason, I will ALWAYS forget what I had said or wanted to say. Other reasons I forget that stuff. Mmmmm….. Errrrr…. This is getting tough.

I saw a Neurologist who was part of the surgery today and explained my situation as far as things happening to my brain. I was HOPING he was going to say something like “Don’t worry, it get’s better for ya.” Uh, no….. Bummer. What I was actually told was… basically….. My brain, the way it is now, is not getting better. It can “stay the same as it is” (hopefully), or go all the way down to “not working correctly at all” (that would suck). BUT NO SEIZURES! That’s the GOOD THING from it all. There’s always that good thing about it. It’s been about 6 months, and they can have more of a clearer picture of where we (my brain and I) are going. In other words, my brain is done. We’ll all see…

So. Living, waiting, breathing, seeing, walking (that’s a good one), eating, drinking…. there’s other important things too… These are all good and important things that I can easily say that “still” I have and have not been taken away.

Oh, reading. That’s a good one. I enjoy that. I wasn’t able to do that easily a few months ago, but it’s better now. Need more of that.

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On the 25th, I described the pain I have always had on the front-left side of my head. Always been there. This past week I could definitely feel the thing on the beginning weekend. As the week went on and on, I felt this “pain” getting smaller and smaller. It was weird. It was getting smaller in “WIDTH”. I just thought (but not wishing) the damn thing was just getting ready to MOVE from the left-side over to the right.

Week went on and on… smaller, smaller, smaller pain…

By Saturday, it was gone. All gone. I have two forehead sides without pain and today (Monday) it’s the same.

Guess I’ll have to wait and see how much more this is going to feel better. Doing pretty good there. Skin and everything on the outside is looking fine. Now I am “still” suffering on the inside. Can’t “remember” a damn thing from one place to another. I think of something, stand-up and have to sit down because I’ve forgotten the reason of my standing. YEAH, IT’S THAT BAD.

I think I mentioned this before, but this thinking and typing here is a shorter and shorter thing to do. I think that my brain just might have forgotten the benefit of knowing how to spell. Thank God for spell-check. This has only taken me 15 minutes to type, instead of ALL AFTERNOON like before.