I was fine for a morning dentist appointment at 9 a.m. and when I got home at 10 decided to grab two hours of much needed sleep before traveling to physical therapy. I woke up later than I wanted, seven minutes after my PT appointment officially started at 1, but when I tried to get going I felt weak and wobbly and dizzy--my head swimming and my ( Read more... )

When I walked outside today I smelled the air and it was "Ah, Spring!" But then my face and sinuses started to ache, turning it into "Augh, Spring!" Which helped me realize that my recent days of feeling weak and shaky might be a bout of my old Spring thing, which, like so many of my other physical problems, I'd optimistically hoped would be fixed ( Read more... )

It's so very hot here today rather suddenly, so I am so sick: increased and raw-feeling pain, throbbing head and neck, nausea, pain and radiating heat from my elbows down to my fingertips. I'm drinking a ton of water and not getting much done. Goddamn Chiari. Body temperature regulation is one of the many things the affected part of my brain fails ( Read more... )

I waited nearly four hours to see my neurologist today, but it led to getting a Sunday appointment for a new brain MRI and for the first time getting an MRA to check my head and carotid artery, more testing that may hopefully reveal something to help me. Hopefully. We're doing the MRA because of my bouts of weakness in my legs and some of the ( Read more... )

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