I know it's been a couple of weeks since I have posted. After the last time I posted I got some sort of stomach bug. I threw up for 3 days and felt sick for another 2.
Last Monday I finally saw a neurosurgeon, Dr. Ciricillo. He has been the first doctor to believe everything I said. He wants to do a brain decompression. Here is a little info on that. A posterior fossa decompression is a surgical procedure performed to remove the bone at the back of the skull and spine. The dura overlying the tonsils is opened and a patch is sewn to expand the space, similar to letting out the waistband on a pair of pants. The goals of surgery are to stop or control the progression of symptoms caused by tonsillar herniation, to relieve compression of the brainstem and spinal cord, and to restore the normal flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The surgery takes about 2 to 3 hours and recovery in the hospital usually lasts 2 to 4 days.
Except he is only doing the first part of the surgery. He doesn't feel I need the dura patch done. This will be a 4 to 8 week recovery. He feels this will help with my headaches, pain, tingling, and numbness. He also said my lack of weight loss could be caused by my chiari too. He thinks that should improve after surgery too. I have decided to wait until June to have this done. That way I will be off work for the summer and have a full 2 months before worrying about returning to work.
I have been exercising. This month at work the focus for PE is aerobics. Last week we did 20 to 30 minutes of Sweating to the Oldies. I worked out along with the 5th grade classroom I work in. I am trying to get my student to participate but so far I haven't been successful.
I still weigh the same. I seem to be at a stand still with weight loss. I am trying very hard though. I am hoping that the aerobics jump start my weight loss.
