After coming out of surgery on Thursday, today has been focused on running motor skills and speech tests. I started the day off on neuro ICU before being moved to a regular private room where Laura could sleep bedside with me.
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Read MoreLast night was the first night not wearing the sling bumpers. I wish I could say it was a restful one. From 11:15p-2:30a I woke up every few minutes without feeling in my hands. I could again feel the nerve being pinched.
Read MoreIt was an early start to the day with a 7a MRI appointment at UCSF. While at Marin General they had completed two MRIs. I came to realize today that I didn’t remember either of them. That was probably due to the number of medications that I was on while admitted to the hospital. Fast forward to today, I’m not sure if not remembering was a good or bad thing.
Read MoreYes, you read that correctly. We are now under 60 hours before my brain surgery. Around 10p last night the neurosurgeon called to let us know that they were able to push up my surgery.
Read MoreOne month ago today. August 10, 2014 will be a date that I will never forget. Over the past four weeks I have felt more pain than I ever thought imaginable.
Read MoreDuring physical therapy yesterday we were discussing why I was having issues with losing feeling in my hands overnight. Since I have been home I have been sleeping on an angle with my head and upper shoulders on the same pillow.
Read MoreToday was the three week anniversary since my first shoulder surgery. This Sunday will be a month since I had the seizures and they discovered the brain tumor. It's odd because in so many ways it doesn't seem like that long ago but in other ways it feels like a struggle we've been going through for several months.
Read MoreAfter talking with a few friends over video and having my first passive PT session late yesterday, today’s goal was to completely rest with nothing on the agenda. No video chats with friends. No appointments.
Read MoreI had my first passive physical therapy appointment today. It was painful. It was hard. It was difficult for my arms to move in some of the directions the physical therapist wanted me to move. It was another fear conquered. And it was another step on my road to recovery.
Read MoreEvery night I wake up at 12:15a and 4:15a to take pain medication. This is better than the three times per night it was before I switched medications a few days ago. And even better than when I was in the hospital where I seemed to be woken up at least once an hour for medications, vitals, blood draws or any number of other things.
Read MoreToday has been a decent day for pain management thus far with the exception of when I first woke up. Every night I have only kept the blanket up to my waist where I have a pillow for my arms to rest on.
Read MoreThree weeks ago, on August 10, 2014, our entire life changed. After a fairly normal Sunday I was sitting on my couch while Laura was cooking dinner. I only remember a couple seconds of what happened next.
Read MoreLast night we changed my pain medication as we try to transition in preparation for the brain surgery. I slept well overnight with no issues but was awoken at 7:30a in the worse pain since coming home. We adjusted the pain meds, ate breakfast and was able to fall back asleep for a while.
Read MoreDoing pendulum swings as part of my shoulder recovery. It always seems easier than it actually is but every time is another step forward in my recovery.
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