Where to start?....

There is so much that has happened since I started my blog, let alone since last year when I was diagnosed and started down yet another new road.  My life road seems to have lots of cross roads, hills, bumps and curves. Life is an adventure!
This picture I took during my trip to Colorado last March.  I love Colorado! I just love the mountains!

So, I'm thinking I'm going to catch you up to speed as to what the current status is on my condition. In the future I will go back in time and share certain stories as I have time.

I have now been off work since February 6, 2011.  Crazy how time flies by!  Off over a year and a half and I'm still waiting to get the insurance company to pay for treatment.  That's what's crazy!!  Getting closer though. They called and said I'm approved for ten visits (that's not near enough, but I'll take it), however the amount they approved will not pay for the ten visits. Gotta love them! :)  So, I still wait...

Oh, the treatment I'm needing?  I need cognitive brain retraining.  The Rehab Institute of Kansas City does this treatment.  Think of a person that has had a stroke and part of their brain gets damaged and suddenly they can't speak, or feed themselves. Those areas of their brains were damaged. They can get brain retraining in an attempt to train different cells to do the jobs of the damaged cells.  That's the hope with me. Although my brain cells damage was not do to a stroke, it was do to meningitis, it still damaged specific brain cells. So, my hope is retraining the brain in order to get a better functioning brain. It's not a quick fix and not easy. It's like physical therapy for brain. Starting from scratch. A long process, but I'm not afraid of the hard persistent work it will require...I say bring it on! Headaches are part of the game... that's okay. A goal is my drive!