So, Eric and I live in an apartment, in a complex filled with little four-apartment buildings. We're on the top floor of ours, so we have neighbors directly below us and to the side (and the ones to the side have people directly below them). The neighbors downstairs (both apartments) have rotated through a few times - I think we're on family #3 ( Read more... )

So, last week I eneded up nearly falling asleep at work a couple of times. i decided that, since the work I was doing was fairly mindless, I could get away with drinking a cup of black tea (actually, vanilla chai...SO GOOD) because it would wake me up (hello, no caffeine tolerance!) and, even if it did trigger a Headache of Doom, I would be able ( Read more... )

Con was much with the goodness, if I did get awfully peopled out fairly early into the weekend. I enjoyed the masquerade ever so much (I got to be a mime exterminator! Hee!), and I got a couple of hair pretties and to hang out with many neat people. This year's stitch 'n' bitch was bigger than last year's, and everyone seemed a bit more friendly ( Read more... )

A question for you science-types out there ( Read more... )

Saw the new neurologist today - he is a HUGE improvement over Dr. Wants-a-Boot-Up-Her-Ass. he seemed pretty shocked when I told him what the last doctor had said, which helped a lot. Unfortunately, after looking at the films and results of all the various tests from before, it still looks like he's ruled most everything out. The best he could ( Read more... )

Home from work today. I'd made a promise to my supervisor and manager at our last meeting (first week of October, I believe) that I would do my best not to miss any more work until the end of the year. well, waking up with lack-of-sleep nausea, headache of DOOM, and having a panic attack is apparently all too much for me to deal with, because I'm ( Read more... )

I wish I could put into words what's wrong. I feel myself sliding down that damned slippery slope of depression - well, it's been five years or so since my last major depression, apparently that's as long as I can go without starting up again. I can't tell if a big part of my problem is my job, or if I'm having trouble with my job because of the ( Read more... )

Dear new apartment manager ( Read more... )

Got a call from the doctor's office today. They found a spot of "luminal irregularity" on the MRA I had on Friday, so I'm scheduled for a CT angiogram for next Tuesday. It *could* be nothing, but it honestly sounds more like the doctor wouldn't order the test unless she thought there was something there. With luck, it'll be something minor and ( Read more... )

Well, I survived the spinal tap. Can't say it was an experience that I'd EVER want to repeat, but it's done. Next Monday, I'm meeting with my neurologist to go over the results and see if this will actually give us any answers regarding these stupid headaches ( Read more... )