Angela's Blog

Hello.

Not too much up here. Just keep doing the do. Only a few little things to talk about.

First things first, I think I made a pretty big step back to normalcy today. I worked this morning had a pretty stressful day because I felt like I was in a rush and not terribly productive all day. Now I kinda see this as a good thing because I actually got stressed about something non-accident related. Not a fun step to take but still a step in the desired direction. I just felt like I was late all morning and was perpetually chasing my tail. Always working hard but never quite accomplishing anything. Grrrrr.

On another not quite so nice note I sorta feel like I'm moving in the wrong direction recovery-wise. Over the past four days or so I've noticed my pins and needles actually becoming more pronounced. I don't know if they're actually getting worse or if I'm just paying more attention to them. Either way not something I want. They were so much better for the last month and a half that I was really not being bothered by them until I was lying in bed at night. But not any more. Now they bug me constantly like it was before. Especially in my face. And I can't put my finger on anything that's really changed to go along with this. Bummer. Oh well, I have another TBI checkup next Wednesday so we'll see what the doc says about it.

Also in the land of wrong direction - I feel like my walk is actually getting tougher. I feel like my left knee is a lot more wobbly. Like the clonus is kicking in and my leg is bouncing with pretty much every step I take. In case you're up for it and wondering, here's a reasonable definition of clonus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonus. At any rate it is just feeling a lot sketchier to walk around. My mom suggested that maybe I should go back to using my cane. That is something I certainly don't want to do but maybe it's a good idea. Better than falling. I have an appointment with my PT on Tuesday. If it's still harder then I'll definitely talk to him about it. Hopefully it's just a temporary thing and will be gone by then.

I think that's about it.

I signed up to give a talk at work today. I made a slide deck on brain injury for my speech pathologist when I first came home. Don't know when I'll actually get on the schedule. But I did practice it last night.

Really, that's all I've got.

Talk at ya soon.

And I am still soliciting questions so send away.

Ang