Tag: encephalitis
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Day Seven of Encephalitis and New Directions
Thursday, February 2, 2017 On Thursday, the doctor I didn’t like, the one who thought I’d had a seizure, sent me for a CAT scan of my brain. I think it was around the time of the seizure the day before that my memory started to get a little sketchier, so a fair…
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Day Six of Encephalitis and New Directions
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 When I look back on the entire experience, Wednesday morning was, to me, the turning point. That was the day when everything changed. My wife and I sat at the table together eating breakfast. We homeschooled our boys, so they were not only home, but within sight, offering them…
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Day Five of Encephalitis and New Directions
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 By Tuesday, the pain was horrible. I struggled a lot with it and had to have repeated naps. Dealing with the pain was one thing, but when the exhaustion hit so hard, we knew we faced something bigger than pink eye. We still didn’t have an answer as…
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Day Four of Encephalitis and New Directions
Monday, January 30, 2017 On Monday, the optometrist fit me in for an appointment. She took a good look at my eye and even called another optometrist to get some advice, but in the end, they simply prescribed some more medication for pink eye. They even tested again for Eye Herpes (shingles), but it…
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Day Three of Encephalitis and New Directions
Sunday, January 29, 2017 Two days after the pain showed up in my eye, we still had no answers. My memory of the time is patchy and foggy. It’s no wonder. Despite what I understood about my situation, the truth was I was in the middle of a major brain trauma. There are…
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Day One of Encephalitis and New Directions
Friday, January 27, 2017 I woke up with a pain in my eye. It hurt… a lot. I don’t want to be melodramatic, nor do I want to upset anyone with this description, but I also want to share with you what it was like so you can know where I’m coming…
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Encephalitis and New Directions
Hello, It’s been a few years since I’ve posted something here. Coming up on three, actually. I’ve missed the interaction with all of you, but due to health issues, I haven’t had the energy to keep things going on this blog. However, in the coming days, I want to show up again and share…
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Day Fifteen (and beyond) of My Encephalitis Journey
Day Fifteen and Beyond of My Encephalitis Journey This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. Friday, February 10, 2017 and Beyond The last two years have been difficult. There have been many challenges—a lot of them have involved simply…
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Day Fourteen of My Encephalitis Journey
This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. Thursday, February 9, 2017 Today I woke up with my normal pain, but no fear of belly needles. It was shaping up to be a good day. I had nurses scheduled to…
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Day Thirteen of My Encephalitis Journey
This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. Wednesday, February 8, 2017 The day finally came. They were comfortable opening the door and releasing me back into the general population. They felt I was no longer a threat to public…