Jamie's Blog

I've been to my neurologist and I guess you can say it was a good visit! He did all the normal things this exam but the great thing about this visit was in doing the memory test where my concentration  is altered I was able to recall all the words without any hints at all! I've been hearing on tv and radio the new "sexy" is intelligence! Well this survivor is one sexy dude :)! I told about my new med and the effects, or lack of, he wants to give it more time and first try increasing the dosage before trying something else! I trust everyone in my team of doctors so if this is what he recommends I'm on board with it.

Tomorrow this survivor's busy life remains busy! I start the day with an 8.03am pick up to go to Braintree rehab for a neurologist appointment, KJ's gonna meet me there too! I can handle all my doctor visits myself but this is an important visit, the brain doctor! Those visits always wipe me out cause he puts me through those dreaded memory tests! I usually do pretty well tough until I've gutta remember five words or numbers while he alternates my concentration then asks me what they were.  I try to implement the strategies I've learned from years of rehabilitation but it's hard for my brain to switch from one thing to another! Then tomorrow night I'm meeting hics at Dave and Busters in Braintree for dinna :)!

I've been too busy to even blog lately! I forget doing what but I just couldn't find time to blog! Today at hics we had our cook out at Houtons pond in Milton Mass! A great time was had by all survivors! I can't say enough about staff, they made sure all the survivors needs were taken care of promptly! 

I got hit with a bad migraine last night! So bad I had to make myself throw up by sticking my finger down my throat. I took a med first and that didn't help so then I had to make myself get sick! So today I was junk! I couldn't do anything at all! I'm just getting my whit's about  me now but I'm still groggy that's gonna take a night of good sleep to come back from!

Tonight turned in to bingo night and there were prizes for the winners! I got bingo twice! I got two scratch tickets:)! I'm gonna have to call Lisa and have this blond babe come over and scratch them :)! Tomorrow I'm going to the Brockton Rocks baseball game :).

I'm getting real confused about were I've gutta be day to day! I've got another medical appointment on Friday and I'm getting anxious weather I did my rides right! Just another thing this tbi survivor must find a way to deal with! Today I've got an around 3pm pick up time to go to hics (rec) for game night. That's where we all play games at the office, and order out for dinna! Tomorrow I'm going to the Brockton Rock's baseball game :)!

I dodged a bullet this morning! KJ made a home visit to help me get started with the preparation for a colonoscopy and I remembered when I called to get the address the guy said it's a two day prep! I need to get an over the counter supplement to do this right! We ended up cancelling tomorrows appointment and making it for next month!