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i'm so lazy about this thing anymore. and i don't even have an excuse, it's not like i have a full schedule or anything.
so i think i actually have some exciting news this time. i know why i'm sick every morning :). it has to do with my brain, it's all messed up at the bottom, something called a chiari malformation. anyways, it can cause nausea, and i'm not the only person who has the whole morning sickness thing either, the doctor that told me what it was has seen four other people like this. so that's somewhat exciting. anyways, he prescribed some drug called amatriptalline (that's spelled wrong, but that's how it's pronounced anyways), which seems a bit too good to be true. it's an old anti-depressant (no, i'm not depressed) that i guess has about a billion other uses. it relieves pain, helps allergies, takes away nausea, keeps you happy, helps you sleep and the side effects are no worse than what i get with the percaset, and they're all supposed to go away with time. it's like the wonderdrug, which kind of freaks me out cause i seriously haven't been able to find anything wrong with it. i even have had two doctors recommend it to me. kind of crazy that it took seven years to get to this point. anyways, if for some reason the drug just doesn't work for me, i have to go see a neurosurgeon and figure out something else. unfortunately, that something else is a serious brain surgery and i can't say that i'm prepared to let that happen. but it's okay, cause neither is my mom, which means it won't happen. the risks just outweigh the rewards on that one.
so yeah, didn't mean to go on for so long about that, but man, i can't even begin to tell ya how happy i am. it's nice to finally have an answer after just dealing with this for so long. kinda funny though coz to all those doctors that told me it was all in my head, well now i guess i can say that it sure is, just not in the way they're thinking. haha i'm funny. the thing that makes me frustrated about the whole thing though is that i've been telling doctors that this is the problem, like exactly what they told me, i've been telling them for like 4 of the 7 years, and now they finally believe me. so haha, i win, i should be the doctor, not them.
okay that's all about that now.
hm, so what else. monday i have to go and see doctor carey about probably setting a date for surgery since he's an idiot and caused me problems. but as long as he can fix them, it's okay.
other than doctors appointments though, i've been sitting around doing what i seem to do best lately, nothing :). unless painting, computering around and watching tv are counted as something. oh and kicking shawn's butt at tetris. but that wasn't hard :). i love tetris.
i'm trying really hard to think of other stuff to write since this is about the best entry i've written in awhile, but i seriously have nothing. i was supposed to go to sarnia this weekend, but my grannie has the flu now, so i'm not coz i don't need that too.
when i went to the doctors today they were going to give me my booster shot, but my mom wouldn't let them. haha i love my mom. she just doesn't want me to worry about a needle right now :).
so now do you all understand why i don't update very often? because then you end up hearing about all this crap. if you read to here, put purple cat in your reponse.
speaking of cats, i'm posting a couple pictures today, one of which will be of my new kitten (well, we've had her for almost two months now) which we named spice, but i think we should rename her to stinky coz she farts all the time (seriously, it's disgusting lol). but aside from that, she's adorable.
so i think that's about all for now. i should really go write beki's letter, although i can't send it until monday coz i just won't be out until then. unless i do it saturday when i go to the library. my mom is taking me. how nice :), eh?
oh guess what game i'm re-addicted to? diablo 2. i used to get up at like 5am to play it before i'd go to school, and now i'm back at it, just not at 5am. i'm level 31 right now, about to kick diablo's butt. just gotta get up to 70 so i can kick shawn's butt. come to think of it, i could probably just do it now :). haha i wish.
okay, so that's all. here are the lovely pictures.
haha me, in the sky. i like this picture for some reason. it was last summer.
also last summer, just before i left for calgary.
aww little jess. i really like this picture of her.
kristen and my baby :)
quake wearing an example of how evil my sisters are.
that's my baby! my tylenol addicted sleepy baby :) who is currently attacking my arm while i'm typing :|
i love pictures.
so i think i actually have some exciting news this time. i know why i'm sick every morning :). it has to do with my brain, it's all messed up at the bottom, something called a chiari malformation. anyways, it can cause nausea, and i'm not the only person who has the whole morning sickness thing either, the doctor that told me what it was has seen four other people like this. so that's somewhat exciting. anyways, he prescribed some drug called amatriptalline (that's spelled wrong, but that's how it's pronounced anyways), which seems a bit too good to be true. it's an old anti-depressant (no, i'm not depressed) that i guess has about a billion other uses. it relieves pain, helps allergies, takes away nausea, keeps you happy, helps you sleep and the side effects are no worse than what i get with the percaset, and they're all supposed to go away with time. it's like the wonderdrug, which kind of freaks me out cause i seriously haven't been able to find anything wrong with it. i even have had two doctors recommend it to me. kind of crazy that it took seven years to get to this point. anyways, if for some reason the drug just doesn't work for me, i have to go see a neurosurgeon and figure out something else. unfortunately, that something else is a serious brain surgery and i can't say that i'm prepared to let that happen. but it's okay, cause neither is my mom, which means it won't happen. the risks just outweigh the rewards on that one.
so yeah, didn't mean to go on for so long about that, but man, i can't even begin to tell ya how happy i am. it's nice to finally have an answer after just dealing with this for so long. kinda funny though coz to all those doctors that told me it was all in my head, well now i guess i can say that it sure is, just not in the way they're thinking. haha i'm funny. the thing that makes me frustrated about the whole thing though is that i've been telling doctors that this is the problem, like exactly what they told me, i've been telling them for like 4 of the 7 years, and now they finally believe me. so haha, i win, i should be the doctor, not them.
okay that's all about that now.
hm, so what else. monday i have to go and see doctor carey about probably setting a date for surgery since he's an idiot and caused me problems. but as long as he can fix them, it's okay.
other than doctors appointments though, i've been sitting around doing what i seem to do best lately, nothing :). unless painting, computering around and watching tv are counted as something. oh and kicking shawn's butt at tetris. but that wasn't hard :). i love tetris.
i'm trying really hard to think of other stuff to write since this is about the best entry i've written in awhile, but i seriously have nothing. i was supposed to go to sarnia this weekend, but my grannie has the flu now, so i'm not coz i don't need that too.
when i went to the doctors today they were going to give me my booster shot, but my mom wouldn't let them. haha i love my mom. she just doesn't want me to worry about a needle right now :).
so now do you all understand why i don't update very often? because then you end up hearing about all this crap. if you read to here, put purple cat in your reponse.
speaking of cats, i'm posting a couple pictures today, one of which will be of my new kitten (well, we've had her for almost two months now) which we named spice, but i think we should rename her to stinky coz she farts all the time (seriously, it's disgusting lol). but aside from that, she's adorable.
so i think that's about all for now. i should really go write beki's letter, although i can't send it until monday coz i just won't be out until then. unless i do it saturday when i go to the library. my mom is taking me. how nice :), eh?
oh guess what game i'm re-addicted to? diablo 2. i used to get up at like 5am to play it before i'd go to school, and now i'm back at it, just not at 5am. i'm level 31 right now, about to kick diablo's butt. just gotta get up to 70 so i can kick shawn's butt. come to think of it, i could probably just do it now :). haha i wish.
okay, so that's all. here are the lovely pictures.
haha me, in the sky. i like this picture for some reason. it was last summer.
also last summer, just before i left for calgary.
aww little jess. i really like this picture of her.
kristen and my baby :)
quake wearing an example of how evil my sisters are.
that's my baby! my tylenol addicted sleepy baby :) who is currently attacking my arm while i'm typing :|
i love pictures.