My leg is feeling much gooder now, but still needs improvement. Haven't hit the gym yet, still have to do preliminary exercises (still yet to do those too), but I'm walking a lot, so that's good.
I'm still officially unemployed for next term, and I do plan to do a co-op term. So far, no response from Mansci (previous employer), CS said that they aren't going to hire for the spring, and Engineering Computing will probably hire, but I'm not sure if there's a place for me. So it looks like I will be using the crappy Jobmine to hunt.
OverPower collection, still 39 cards away from completing the set of OverPower. Working out a few trades with the community to try and get it down to ~5 cards. Negotiations are happening right now, so I can't divulge anything.
Looks like I'm on my way to a full recovery. Just completed my first week of classes with minimal issues and only skipping one class (on purpose). The only difficulty is walking around campus with a bag and textbooks. Granted, I don't need to walk long distances for my MWF classes, I still get a bit tired if I do need to sway from my path. Mainly upper body strength since I'm carrying around 5 lbs on my back at any given time.
Getting around campus has been an interesting adventure too. Finding new "shortcuts" that don't involve big hills has been a challenge. And trying to avoid stairs is also a pain. I will talk to OPD (Office for Persons with Disabilities) and see if I qualify for any of their services.
I've been out of rehab for the majority of the month, but I was stricken with an array of headaches that I couldn't bother to post anything. My first set of headaches probably came as an ill effect of the H1N1 vaccine. The other batch of headaches came with the season flu shot, which my doctor gave me, knowing that I had a bladder infection, so I was pretty much in bed for the better part of 3 days to recover. I hope that my headache troubles are past me and I should only be getting symptoms of my low pressure headache.
... which are caused by a loss of pressure in my spinal column that the CSF flows across, or something. Not to put any blame on my doctors, but the lumbar puncture they did is the culprit. Oh well, it's just more Advil for me.
I should be back in Waterloo sometime this week. My parents are hesitant to send me back because of the headaches, though I think it's religion that's preventing them from making the trip. As for work, I don't think it's the right thing to do. I still have my 2 hour "naps" during the day to "reset" my CSF in my spinal column, so I think I'll use December to rest up for the school year.
So, what will I be doing in December? I'll probably drop by campus a bit, see some people I haven't seen for a while. Visiting my past and "current" offices to let them know I'm okay. And for the rest of the month, probably catch up on my personal project, which is pretty much a huge database and a very ambitious project for only about 100 or so people that care.
Speaking of December, any Mac people want to get an e-mail thread going about the year-end dinner, please do so. Probably hard to organize things during 4th year for most people, so I'll probably work on the thread by the 12th if nobody starts one.
7 weeks of rehab, but I'm finally out. This makes it officially 2.5 months under OHIP's wing. But I'm free after next Friday. To celebrate, I am going to... do nothing special. Heading back to Waterloo in midweek of 16-20, then heading back to work. Because the truth is, I'm broke. I'm desperately applying for all bursaries and loans (not so much loans) to get some monies back. My calculations were thrown off course by this emergency, I am now looking for a way to pay tuition, but I should have just enough if I get November's remaining pay and December.
I hope I'm 100% in terms of functions by the end of the year. I cannot control these things but I going to find a way. Acupuncture is not an option because I don't like it, the risks far outweigh the benefits mainly because all doctors are saying I will regain the function, it just takes time.
I've reached a new milestone in Tetris, I am still 6th place (and 7th and 8th) but I have broken the 900 point mark on three occasions and now have a high score of 936.
I'm on a new cell phone plan with Fido, because I kinda text like a maniac, at least while I'm hospitalized. Unfortunately, I don't have call display with my new plan because they want $7 for it. So, unless I'm in Waterloo, I will not pick up calls from people that aren't in my address book.
Nobody has really visited me at Lyndhurst yet, the only people that kinda count are Felix and Mayur, and Jennifer Brunner. Though, her visit was coincidental because her Exercise Science class just happened to be on a field trip and in the area where I was doing my Physiotherapy. Brian tried but couldn't make it, so that leaves no official human, not blood related, that has visited me here.
I'm still at rehab when my doctors said that I will be there for only 2-3 weeks. It's now my 4th week and I'm still here. Recovery has been slowed thanks to stupid headaches and whatever that follows it. I'm trying my best to work with the headaches but nothing seems to work out. Though, it looks like I'm finally cleared of the headaches, maybe just a few more ibuprofen tabs and I will try my luck. Otherwise, I am going back to Western for an MRI and hoping for the best.
I'm supposed to be making friends here, and that I have done. Though, I can safely say that most of them are dinner friends, or people that I try to bring out my mother tongue and speak it.
Which I don't like.
I do get to go home on weekends and I take full advantage of it. You will probably never see me here on a weekend wasting away valuable oxygen from the old people here. I am at home, playing games and just trying to soak back some normal life into me. I'm still waiting for the green light to try Waterloo.
The downloads in Waterloo has been lacking, and I can probably see how much I contribute to the total due to my absence. Brian has been trying, and the new roommate Katherine is supposedly a bandwidth addict, but I've yet to see proof. We're at 300GB and it's almost time to call it a month. Our normal totals are near 500GB, and we haven't dipped down this low for a year. Then again, at least we aren't capped at 60GB.
Tetris scores have been improving, getting 850+ a few times during my hospital stays. Aiming for 900 but it seems to be very tough as getting to 500-700 is a challenge. But, I'm still ranked 6th in the world, so no complaints.
I'm taking 4 courses starting in January 2010, I will be out of there by then and hopefully will be able to take those courses. Otherwise, I'm dropping to 3. My co-op term seems to be pretty much dead. The doctors here say that I will probably be here till end of November. Though, I don't want to listen to them and hoping for an early November leave. I am pretty much broke without the 2 months of pay for September/October and if they take November away, I'm pretty sure I can't pay rent and tuition without digging deep into OSAP/EI.
Overpower, that amazing card game that I can't seem to win at and can't seem to stop collecting, is nearing completion. Just 2.35% of the collection to go. Though, unless I see something huge on sale, my card buying days are over until I reach Waterloo.
Nobody has yet to really visit me at Lyndhurst...
