Journal Entry for April 17, 2007
April 17, 2007 9:18am
ok not cool VA tech. god
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About Me
aside from being completely nuts? ...i am married to a wonderful, supportive man, the mother of a beautiful, intelligent 17 year old daughter, currently only have 3 cats...but the dog and cat numbers change all the time as new members of our family are adopted. I was an air traffic controller for 22 years and loved the job. 9/11 was the day my life turned to hell. My workplace was the one involved with working both AA and UAL when they were hijacked and turned toward NY. I was very active in the "background". And there are so many things that happened that day that i'm still not sure i'm allowed to talk about. Maybe that is a part of the problem..maybe not. But on 9/11/2002 my seizures started...and my life has been so damn difficult since...the terrorist won...at least they did with me...i lost my job when the seizures started...i lost my independence...i've had many times when i've lost my will to live...but i'm trying to come back..i'm trying hard...i just wish i could make it all go away sometimes
aside from being completely nuts? ...i am married to a wonderful, supportive man, the mother of a beautiful, intelligent 17 year old daughter, currently only have 3 cats...but the dog and cat numbers change all the time as new members of our family are adopted. I was an air traffic controller for 22 years and loved the job. 9/11 was the day my life turned to hell. My workplace was the one involved with working both AA and UAL when they were hijacked and turned toward NY. I was very active in the
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hypnotherapy...both as a subject and as a hypnotist in training
hypnotherapy...both as a subject and as a hypnotist in training
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Journal Entry for April 17, 2007
April 17, 2007 9:13am
this is so cool well...i'm still vacuming water out of my basement. chris and i are on shifts and it's really hard that's not what's so …
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Journal Entry for April 16, 2007
April 16, 2007 7:27pm
last May our basement flooded and we've spent about $25,000 rebuilding it. chris has his sound studio all set up. and it was looking so nice we …
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Journal Entry for April 15, 2007
April 15, 2007 9:53pm
hi all! none of you would believe the difference in my life today compared to 6 weeks ago i'm taking NO medications i'm only in bed when it's …
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Journal Entry for April 3, 2007
April 3, 2007 5:33pm
my dear friends March was my darkest month yet...and it was my most healing. i've dove into a new type of therapy called 'changework'...it …
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Hey! My first time on here in ages and wanted you to know I'm thinking of you. I sincerely hope and pray you and yours are in good health and spirits.
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a present full of hugs for you hope u have a very blessed new year gerri
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Hey, I am still awaiting your return, I hope so much your doing well. Take Care Big Hugs
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Support Groups
Close Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I was an air traffic controller working on 9/11..PTSD hit one year later on the 1st anniversary...my life was turned upside down when the PTSD hit
Close War & Terrorism
terrorism, war & violence...seems to be the focus and mainstay of my life
Open Epilepsy & Seizures
seizures started on the 1st anniversary of 9/11...they show up on EEGs...so they're real seizures...but they seem to have been brought on by the emotional trauma of 9/11
Treatments
- Klonopin Somewhat Helpful
- made me too tired
- Keppra Working / Worked
- maybe it works...maybe it doesn't...i still seize daily...but it's the only medication my body seems to tolerate
- Topamax Not Working
- horrible...horrible...horrible...this drug made me retarded...i forgot to eat...i slurred my words...i couldn't walk because i'd forget to lift my legs....
- Writing Working / Worked
- writing out my sensations and feelings i remember have helped me recognize my auras and some of my triggers
- Hypnotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- when stress is a trigger..and i recognize that it is..sometimes i can use self-hypnosis to calm down some....might/might not help th4e seizure itself...but it helps me deal with the after-effects and embarssment
Open Migraine Headaches
first diagnosed with migraines in kindergarden...i had cluster migraines for years while an air traffic controller...now they seem to hit only when my seizures are under control
Treatments
- Acupuncture Working / Worked
- helped...but i just don't like the idea of it
- Aspirin Not Working
- like putting a bandade on a recently amputated arm
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- god yes...the list is long though
- Fiorinol Somewhat Helpful
- better then nothing
- Imitrex Working / Worked
- when i used it as an injection, it helped....the pill form doesn't seem to do much for me
- Zomig Working / Worked
- another "form" of imtrex...but helps me more
- Hypnotherapy Working / Worked
- if i can catch the migraine in it's beginning phases...self-hypnosis can help
Open Military Families
my step-son is a Navy corpsman with a Marine unit in Iraq...aside from my own feelings of fear for him...my husband is so depressed it's tearing my heart out and i don't know what to do to help him..my father is a Vietnam vet with Agent Orange syndrome and PTSD
