And It Begins... Again.
I feel like I should have kept my mouth shut, not told mom or Sandra or anyone, and that I would have dove at All-Stars and maybe even gotten top 5, or higher, and that that would have made me happy. Or something. Or maybe I wish that when I told people about my headaches returning and stopped diving again and started going to the doctor about it again I would have gotten less terrified about it, or somehow felt like something was being done. But no one has told me anything to do, they've just told me what not to do: Don't dive, don't excersize, and don't do anything crazy. Like have fun.
And what I really shouldn't have done, although probably I really needed to do, was talk to the athletic trainers about it again. Them being the ones who kept me from diving the first time.
Elizabeth,
I have forwarded your e-mail to Holly Benjamin, one of our team physicians at the U of Chicago, asking what you should do at this time.
In the meantime, I would follow the orders of your physicians at home until we hear back from Dr Benjamin as well as limit yourself to activities that do not reproduce your symptoms (headache and after images).
Re: being cleared and being able to participate in varsity Swimming & Diving @ U of C - Please get copies of any radiology reports and doctors notes from your office visits regarding their evaluations, diagnoses and treatments.
You will need to get a written note from the treating physician stating the condition you were seen for and that you are cleared for diving.
I will forward to you Dr Benjamins' recommendations.
best wishes,
Mary
In other news, looking over my schedule at work this week has proven to me that I have maybe a 2% chance of finishing the project, since it went from being a "totally mappable", "teeny tiny" region to being a 26 gene region with no polymorphic markers inside. Admittedly, 26 genes isn't much compared to, say, the 200 I started out with. But be that as it might, I'm 0 for 2 on compelling reasons to come back to Maryland, those being diving and finishing up the Athena project. And my head really really hurts.
Ain't life grand.
And what I really shouldn't have done, although probably I really needed to do, was talk to the athletic trainers about it again. Them being the ones who kept me from diving the first time.
Elizabeth,
I have forwarded your e-mail to Holly Benjamin, one of our team physicians at the U of Chicago, asking what you should do at this time.
In the meantime, I would follow the orders of your physicians at home until we hear back from Dr Benjamin as well as limit yourself to activities that do not reproduce your symptoms (headache and after images).
Re: being cleared and being able to participate in varsity Swimming & Diving @ U of C - Please get copies of any radiology reports and doctors notes from your office visits regarding their evaluations, diagnoses and treatments.
You will need to get a written note from the treating physician stating the condition you were seen for and that you are cleared for diving.
I will forward to you Dr Benjamins' recommendations.
best wishes,
Mary
In other news, looking over my schedule at work this week has proven to me that I have maybe a 2% chance of finishing the project, since it went from being a "totally mappable", "teeny tiny" region to being a 26 gene region with no polymorphic markers inside. Admittedly, 26 genes isn't much compared to, say, the 200 I started out with. But be that as it might, I'm 0 for 2 on compelling reasons to come back to Maryland, those being diving and finishing up the Athena project. And my head really really hurts.
Ain't life grand.