Thursday, December 29, 2011

Random bullet point list

I love lists.  Listy list lists.

  • For a couple months after surgery, I'd get this thing where when my heartbeat is elevated, it pounded super hard in my head.  It's very uncomfortable and kept me from wanting to work out or even walk fast up hills.  Then it got better.  Well... it's been doing it again.  A lot.  It just about stops me in my tracks.  It's bizarre and quite annoying and slightly painful.  :(
  • When I get home at night, all I do all evening long is run my hands through my hair.  It gets all puffed up and looks QUITE gorgeous, and it feels good on my head.  Plus it feels cool to my hands, since my head feels so different than it has my whole life.  So, needless to say, if I see you after 7pm, my hair is probably looking REALLY good.  I'm currently taking volunteers for head rubs and hair puffing.
  • The cleaning out and cleaning up of my life continues.  I turned in probably around 75 CDs to Easy Street today to sell back to them, and they took all but 3 (that were scratched).  It earned me $162 in store credit!  Yessssss!  And got some old clutter out of the way.
  • I'm thrilled and relieved to have gotten such great feedback on my new haircut!  I knew my girlfriends would like it, but I've received (very unexpected) compliments from heterosexual males ("stunning," "amazing," "supermodel," "better than before").  I'm amazed and VERY flattered.  And I'm sooo glad that my short 'do isn't a turnoff!  ;)
  • I talked to Dr. M a bit at my last MRI appointment about my tumor, what he expects, brain cancer, etc.  I'll post a separate update to include the information I received.  It was reassuring.
  • My new haircut gives me the best bedhead EVER!  I've been tempted many mornings to take a picture.  Maybe I'll do it one of these days.
  • I recently finished some pretty badass crafting.  I'll share results soon...
  • I never posted anything about my appointment at the sleep clinic (which was sandwiched between the days of my MRI and haircut... it was a busy few days!).  I met with a new neurologist, Dr. B, and talked to him about my sleep issues.  Most I've had all my life but some have been even worse since surgery.  He was really nice and seemed intrigued by my situation, so I have a sleep study scheduled for tomorrow night.  I'll go to Harborview around 7pm, stay the night there in a special hotel-like room with lots of monitors hooked up to me (lights out at 11pm), and they'll wake me up at 7am.  I can shower there in my private bathroom to get the goo out of my hair and then I'll get the results from Dr. B a couple of weeks later.  Should be interesting!!
That's all.

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