the adventures of a non-medical doctor-of-something with refractory epilepsy
And now, back to a post that I was working on before I was distracted by less-pleasant events. As the title of this post gives away, I recently had my first post–brain injury night away from the security of my husband and apartment in the form of a Saturday–Sunday trip to London, Ontario. I had … Continue reading First Post-ABI Night Away from Home: Major Anxiety, Major Success
Just a quick post to say that I was discharged from the neurology ward on Monday. I'm now back at home, settling into a slowed-down version of my routine. I left with increased doses of two of the three anticonvulsants that I was already taking and with a fourth—Brivlera, known as Briviact in the States—added … Continue reading Temporary Equilibrium: Home, Tired, Happy
Well, what was likely the inevitable happened: I landed myself back in hospital, in the same unit in which I spent most of the first two months of 2017. Let's hope that I’ve gotten it out of my system now. On Tuesday evening, I had a series of five tonic-clonic seizures at home in the … Continue reading Back to 5B
Last Thursday, my husband and I gathered with all of the specialists that I've been seeing at my neuro day-hospital program to discuss my progress, make a plan for the rest of my time in treatment, and set a tentative discharge date. Each member of my team had been careful to reassure me in advance … Continue reading Care Conference: Making Plans, Taking Names, Giving Myself Gold Stars
Wheel-Trans is the door-to-door accessible option of Toronto's public transportation system for those who qualify for the service. While it used to be only for people with physical disabilities, it recently "open[ed] up [its] eligibility criteria to include any person with a disability that prevents a person from taking conventional transit for all or part … Continue reading Wheel-Trans: How to Trans-form (Ha…) Your Life Using Public Transportation Alone
It's not often that I follow through when I write that my next post will be about a certain topic, but here I am, following through after writing in my previous entry that my next post would be about a certain topic, namely my newest accessory. Last Monday, my physiotherapist suggested that we go outside … Continue reading Walker Talk
Since starting a neuro day hospital program last week, I've been making a renewed effort to accept that there are things that I can't change about the current state of my brain. This isn't to say that I'm not being as active a participant as I can be in my recovery process. On the contrary, … Continue reading Current “Normal”: Knowledge, Acknowledgment, Acceptance (Alternative Subtitle: Ramble, Ramble, Ramble)
