I am freeeeeeeeee

You guys:  There has been some SERIOUS recovery in my little ol' brain the last couple of months, and all of this hectic work travel has really shown me how much has changed from even just a few months ago.  My sense of direction?!  ALMOST BACK TO PRE-SURGERY NORMAL!!!  I cannot even express how excited I am about this.  I posted recently about how it was starting to improve and oh man, it just continues to get better, full speed ahead.  I said it had gone from an 8 out of 10 before surgery to a 2 afterwards, recently improving to a 3.  Today I'd estimate it's at a 7.  A SEVEN!!!!!!  777777777777!!!

With no sense of direction and amazing ability to disorient myself by merely blinking, traveling to somewhere new (or even somewhere familiar, for that matter) was kind of scary.  I haaaate being lost and it was guaranteed to happen nearly anytime I went somewhere that I hadn't been to at least 10 times since surgery.  But I went to San Francisco a couple weeks back for work and was able to successfully navigate Lindsay and I from our hotel to the office, every day, only using my map on day 1.  Got us home too!  And as we walked and explored, that intuition that had been missing for over a year started to creep back in.  I knew that if I went out that door, I needed to go left.  I knew that if I stepped off the elevator, I should turn right.  That feeling just seems so natural and ingrained in you when you have it, and it seems crazy to think about ever NOT having it.  Now that my directional intuition is back, I am soooo thankful for it.

And it continues to restore my confidence!  I'm in London this week (cheerio and pip pip, whatever those mean) and was able to successfully navigate myself to Topshop on Monday, to Covent Garden to meet my friend Emily for dinner on Tuesday, to Covent Garden again last night for Thriller Live (talk about a fun show!), to and from work on 2 tube (subway) lines, to the Specialized bike shop and to more shopping tonight, all by myself.  And if you've ever been to London, you know that their streets are cray cray crazy and the complete opposite of a grid system.

PYT, if I do say so myself ;)

This new confidence in my ability to get around successfully (and to get myself back en route if I get lost) feels so stinking good.  I've missed my intuition sorely.  I'd resigned myself to feeling lost forever.  Dr. M had made it sound like my sense of direction was probably gone for good.  And here we are, seeing (major) improvements in those deficiencies in my brain more than a year later.  Brains are so amazing!!!!!!  I think mine is especially kickass, but I'm a little biased... ;)

I'm having a lovely time in London and it's only multiplied by my sense of confidence (and accomplishment) as I'm able to get around successfully.  This is big.  And I love it.  :)