Things I discovered today:
(1) I'm addicted to the Internet, because I missed y'all!
(2) When the network is down at work, ain't nobody getting anything done.
(3) I should always keep a book in my purse for days such as today, so I have something to do, because it only took 30 minutes to clean off my desk.
(4) My company is strangely optimistic about their IT department's ability to get the network up again, at least until they find out that the replacement part needed to do so won't be delivered until 6:30 pm. Only then (at 3:00 pm) do they tell the managers to send people home.
(5) Early rush hour traffic is a bitch, even at 3:00 on a Wednesday afternoon.
Can my neurologist please call me back?
Oh cool! Yahoo just posted the story of the project that I've been slavishly working on for the past 16 months.
If any of our California teachers have any involvement with the Head Start program (I think Kat's and Kristin's kids are wayyy older than that, right?), you may be seeing some of the stuff I worked on this week at the Sacramento conference.
Go you, Matt! I know nothing at all about pre-K (or, really, much education before they get old enough to be Buffistas) but I'm completely pro-well-designed-instructional-materials!
What kind of sushi should I have for dinner?
Cool, Matt! Yeah, Kristin and Kat have older charges.
Finally spoke to the neurologist. I don't think it's going to be a slam dunk, but at least she needs written permission from me before she speaks to the krav people.
Basically, her assessment is that I had a moderate/severe concussion (which I hadn't realised, but that doesn't bother me, since I no longer have most of the post-concussive syndrome (although I'd pay
cash money
to get rid of what I have left)). Cognitive impairment is a cumulative thing, she says, even way after the concussion. So that's my call. As for time off after a concussion of my severity, she thinks a couple of months is medically recommended.
Check! Done that!
I firmly believe that:
a) I'm not at a significantly higher risk of suffering an injury that compromises my cognitive function
b) I'm not the only post-concussive person at the centre, and if I'm going down for the long term, he needs to boot out some other people too, which will never happen
c) They're exempt, legally
d) I'm willing to gauge how much discomfort I'm in and mitigate my actions accordingly
Now I need to send her my release info, and then schedule a conference call. She also recommended I get evaluated by a sports medicine doc, because they're a) more related b) more liberal.
She also recommended I get evaluated by a sports medicine doc, because they're a) more related b) more liberal.
From everything I hear, b) is totally true. The standard sports med consult seems to be "You really shouldn't do things where you get kicked in the head!
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... but we both know that's never going to be an option, so here's what you need to do."
I won't be able to get a sports med consult before the brown belt test, so I'm going to let him talk to her anyway--I think if she doesn't convince him, the sports med person would be able to override. But I need to give something a shot this coming week.
I hope you do find something this week -- but I also hope you'll find something that works better for you, even if it's after.
(Also? KILL!)
c) They're exempt, legally
That's probably the shakiest of them, but knowing you and your family, not really an issue.
She also recommended I get evaluated by a sports medicine doc, because they're a) more related b) more liberal.
This is totally true. When I first went to a sports med clinic, the doctor commented was his role was to find way to help people get better with the understanding that they fully intended to keep right on doing whatever landed them there in the first place.
