Fair warning, there's copious amounts of complaining in this post, so please don't read if you don't want to listen to me bitch and whine.
I saw my doctor again today after three months of vision therapy. The visit was short, and all he did was tell me "let's continue the therapy that hasn't helped you at all for three more months, and also you can't have all this shit anymore"
If I could, I would just give up. Stop trying to heal and just live with it, even if it never goes away. I don't even care anymore. I don't care that I'd have to be in constant pain. I've dealt with it this long, why not longer? Everything that I've given up has done nothing to help. I'd rather just stick it through than go to all this effort.
Just like the many other doctors I've seen, this one is starting to grasp at straws. He was so certain he could help, and now he's simply trying anything he can. It won't be long before he sends me to someone else who performs the same routine.
Here's the current list of things Girraffalope isn't allowed to do:
Have dairy (especially no cheese)
Drink tea
Have chocolate
Play video games
Soccer
Amusement parks (probably for the rest of my life)
Reading
Concerts
Eat processed foods
Any activity that requires lots of movement
Any activity that includes lots of sound
Road trips
Large amounts of screen time
Play piano
And here's a list of things Girraffalope can do:
Listen to music quietly
Play guitar quietly
Sketch
Sit alone in a dark room doing nothing
That's it. That's all I've been doing for the past 2 months. And if you're about to say "but it's better to be unhappy and heal than to be happy and make your concussion worse" listen, I don't even know if what I'm doing is helping, neither does my doctor, and I've already stated that if I could, I'd rather just deal with the pain. It's not worth it
Thanks for listening to me complain. I could go on but I'm not supposed to be on screens for very long
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You sound like my mom. She absolutely HATES doctors that have to do with the brain. She has been stuck in a state of no-energy-depression for the past two years and she got fed up with doctors, because all they did was prescribe medicines that did nothing but make it worse. (p.s. feel better soon plz)
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Edited by SlyRawnic: 3/15/2019 10:43:32 AMI’m not a marijuana guy, but I know it can definitely help with a variety of medical conditions, have you asked your doctor about maybe using medical marijuana? I understand the negative stigma it has, but as a medicine it’s a very viable option. You don’t necessarily have to smoke it, you can get edibles or use marijuana products like CBD, which will not get you high. Though availability will depend on what city/state/country you reside in. I understand you may or may not want to, but I feel you should at least look into it.
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1 ReplyIf you are allowed to, grab some Legos! They can waste time and be fun. I used to play with them all the time as a kid, and I still have a full basket of pieces.
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There's one thing we can still do, build a miniaturization gun shrink us to microscopic size enter into your head through the ear canal go to your brain and use brain soup to heal your concussion
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1 ReplyMaybe Jerry thinks his bites heal you.
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Did you try my holistic recommendations?
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Wow. Are you sure you're not already dead?
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I didn't know you play drums.
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Edited by LiftedElf235165: 3/10/2019 1:53:17 AMI would suggest sticking with it, but I can't relate completely. Sorry that you're having to go through this.
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I feel for you, bro. I got a concussion cuz some idiot didn't know how to play football in a tackle football league. I was out for a month and a half, making me miss playing in the championship game. Moral of the story is, concussions suck A LOT. Sorry that your doctor isn't helping you get better, either. Give him a concussion and see how he likes it.
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Eat a pickle
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I hope you get better soon, Girraffalope! That's a terrible thing to go through
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9 RepliesWait wait wait.... you can’t eat processed foods? Why not!?!
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9 RepliesMust have been a really bad concussion if you've been out for 2 months. My cousin once had one but she only out for 3 weeks
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Hope you get better, concussions -blam!-ing suck
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1 ReplyNot allowed to read?!?? That would drive me insane!
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Can’t drink tea. What in thr bloody ‘ell kind of doctor is this? That must suck.
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Darn, that sounds awful. I hope it gets better. :(
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Well f@$&* that doctor right up the exhaust port with a fire extinguisher, one of those huge ones too, not the teeny tiny ones! I mean, this is obviously stressing you out and it seems to me, that stress can't be helping you and it sounds like they are just giving you more and more of it. Have they considered that? Maybe a nice Valium aperitif would be more beneficial (I know I want one, I mean....wut?) Make a list of everything the doctors have done that has not helped. When you move on to the next, look them in the eye and tell them that here is a list of all you have done, you will not repeat these failures.
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Dayum 0-0
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2 RepliesYou know what I say: for every doctor that’s not managed to be helpful; knock em out with a block of cheese and leave em in a field full of cows. Also get better soon lass.
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You poor, poor thing. This almost seems like the doctor is grounding you, like he's telling you to go sit in the corner.
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Jeez, sounds horrible.
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2 RepliesOne thing i will say. It is quite possible that if it goes untreated it will worsen
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I couldn’t help but think of this when I read no cheese https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/06/11/skyrim-very-special-edition-amazon-alexa-trailer-e3-2018 takes a while to get to it but it’s there
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1 ReplyI knew you were limited on what you could do but f#$k, I can't blame you for getting fed up.