Official airhead

Had some follow up visits today.

At the first one the doctor asked me the kind of anti-seizure medication I'm on! What?! Anti-seizure medication? Turns out I didn't just break bones in my head I broke my head open a little. That allowed air into my brain. The doctor saw it in the x-rays and radiologist report that came from the hospital. Apparently air on the brain can lead to seizures and anti-seizure medication may be prescribed as preventive therapy. I need to follow up and find out whether I should be getting anti-seizure medication. Now I'm a bit concerned.

Aside from that somewhat worrisome revelation the visit went well. Additional x-rays were taken to look at the condition of my neck, spine and hand. Finally got some clarity on my right hand. Turns out I have two fractures in it, the long bone in the index finger and the knuckle of the little finger. The one in the knuckle even has a common name, a boxer's fracture.

I was more confident in this doctor than any of the others so far. He was familiar with my chart, he brought up the the air issue which was news to me, and he listened while I described conditions and concerns in layman's terms. He then translated to medical terms and explained the terms. And he provided some guidelines for things like the neck brace and physical activity, e.g., squat only no bending at the waist, maximum weight I should lift 10#, eight weeks in the brace.

The other visit was for physical therapy. Went pretty well I thought. Was given a number of different sorts of tests. One written test was to compute in my head the total value of groups containing varying quantities and denominations of coins. Got a few totals wrong but, according to the therapist, all the most difficult were correct. She gave me finger exercises to do too. They're meant to work my right hand and improve range of motion. Strength work is next.

For therapy I had to write three goals. One, which will certainly be the last accomplished, is ride my bicycle.

Doing just those two appointments did make for a long day for me and wore me out. Got back to my chair at home and slept about three hours.