I'm definetly learning from my mistakes. I always seem to think i am doing so much better and push the envelope and realize after the fact the what i did was making me feel worse.

When i went to watch football a few weeks ago, i didnt think there would be so many tvs right in front of me....i pictured there would be one tv i would focus on. I know now that the sportsbar i went to is not conducive to my needs. This week my game was on national tv, so i stayed in my pajamas and watched it at home on the couch.

I also would get the ok from doctors about my trips, but with the disclaimer that if its too much, i need to rest...which i did every day. Needless to say....i will not be going to Las Vegas or Disneyworld again for many many years!!

You will be happy to hear that i am home resting from now on, not going out to restaurants that are noisy or crowded or have too much stimulation, no more trips, and focusing on physical as well as cognitive rest. I am listening to my body. This past week, i have had less headaches, and it seems my resting is helping. So i will just keep on resting and not push myself anymore. Thanks for the tips!!

Hello fellow Nurse ))
I'll have you know, we are very much alike lol!!! After my injury, I drove myself home from the ER as well (seeing I worked in the hospital, you would've thought they would have been more proactive??)...I actually pulled over on the interstate under an overpass during a thunderstorm to take a "nap"...I had no idea there was a Tornado warning and my family was calling my cell constantly!!! I also stopped for gas!!! I remember coming home, crawling in to bed...and then......nothing. My accident was in July and my next memory is late August...apparently I drove myself to MD appts. as well....:/ I'm ashamed, I would never purposefully put anyone else's life at risk for my own stubborness...:/ I also went to Yankee Stadium (awful!!!) and the grocery store in the beginning was very scary to me....now, I can not multi task to save my life and my grammar seems to be slipping...I just know that this is a very frightening and often times, lonely diagnoses as people can't "see" what's wrong, they figure you're "normal"....-__- I'm in the midst of a bad episode...headaches and horrible fatigue...and the mood swings...ugh. I pray this is the darkness before the dawn.....We Nurses are not easy patients...lolol...

UGH! Nightnurse! Just the mention of dizziness or vertigo makes my stomach upset. Yeah, guilty of trying to do too much too soon.