Having a neck again :)

Well, its official... I have a neck again *grin* and a chin and everything else. I saw the specialist last week and he said it was ok to take my brace off in all the places I do, but that I still need to wear a muscle brace for walking, exercising and so forth.

I am being very good about wearing the muscle brace when I need to, but it is so lovely to talk to people for work and other things and not see that curiosity in their eyes. I adore it... Doing my hair is fun again and so is wearing make up. I even felt like going out last night, which hasn't happened for ages.

I get a bit of pain, which he says is both the break and the muscles, but the doctor is confident I am now on the mend and the break is stable. He has also said I cant get my arm operated on for another month, which is OK because I was so scared of someone dropping me and ending up in a chair, or worse. I'm glad he is as careful as I am.

I saw the neuropsychologist yesterday and she says I am affected by either unconsciousness or concussion or stress. If its the first 2, it doesn't matter which one. She said I was a intelligent as ever but the paths to the knowledge were lost for some things, like when I say bandaid and mean bathers or when I say collander and mean collar. She said the main thing is to rest a lot and not be too hard on myself. She also thinks I should see the psychologist for ways to reduce my stress. She is coming back on Monday for more tests.

Boy, in the picture below, is a bird that fell from the nest when he was young and given to me after my accident when he was a few weeks old. I love him dearly. He is so bad tempered. More later.