Good Monday Evening, September 24, 2018 @ 22:49:40. Today is a special day! Fourteen years ago today D left So Cal for Colorado Springs, CO. for a new job. We reunited months later and truly had a wonderful adventure there. It was the beginning of our best adventure as Colorado residents. I am so happy to be a Coloradoan. We left the Springs for the Boat in 2014.
I absolutely love NW Colorado. It’s still got the ruggedness of western living. I love hearing the cows, horses, coyotes and even the feral cat fights in the middle of the night. We moved from Steamboat Springs a year and a half ago to a laid back community along a state highway. Our new town has no stop lights except for the one on the highway that is used by fire and emergency vehicles on occasion. We have the Merch as our grocery store and a small Ace Hardware. It’s such a cute place to live.
I am in my chamber. I have been here for about a half hour already. The time goes so quickly. I am totally sold on hyperbaric treatment. I am sleeping better! Yahoo! I used to average 20 hours sleep per week (on good weeks) and now I am getting 6-10 hours sleep a night. I still need to take melatonin a few days a week to sleep but even when I get up to use the bathroom I am able to get right back to sleep. It is true that D falls asleep easily and I fidget and stir for a few hours before I sleep soundly but I am fine with that. D doesn’t complain. I still get my best sleep once the dogs have been fed in the morning. I am typically up and out of bed by 10am whether I fall asleep at midnight or three.
Since the TBI a symptom that I have lived with is constant headaches. I have described them earlier in a blog. I can truthfully say that the headaches are not as bothersome as they were. I know the hyperbaric is helping me in that way too. I often wake up with a headache but within an hour it is gone. I am wondering if it is related to my neck that was never addressed in physical therapy much. My TBI Dr has already told me that he is going to examine my neck and possibly inject it with protein rich plasma when I see him in mid October. He will also look at the ongoing difficulty I have with my left knee since the TBI. I think that I will see a therapist who will do some cranial work on me. That’s good because I have lots of pain at the point of impact (right forehead) and especially paine in my right eye orbit and maxilla. Its been 2.5 years since my fall at work and all of these aches and pains are real.
My left foot is healing. I have an appointment for the dressings to be removed. Yes! There is a lot of dried blood at the top of my foot that is so irritating. I really look forward to a good report!
I’m The Dive Queen is tonight’s theme. I took it from my precious friend Nancy. Thank you Nancy. I was thinking back on my mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health that has improved since I have been doing these dives. I am pretty sure that I am at or near 30 dives and with the accumulated hours, I am at or over 50 hours to date. The extra oxygen is awesome. I am totally loving this experience. Thank you D for giving up part of your office space for my chamber to occupy the NE corner of the room. D assists me in and out of the chamber. He comes in the room to check on me periodically. I am sitting in a chair so I suppose I can call it my throne. It’s also my realm. I possess it. I occupy it. I am The Dive Queen!!
I’m ending now. Thank you for joining me tonight. MOM: I LOVE YOU BUNCHES!
Hugs,
Suz
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