As you might have read, Monday I decided to go for a bike ride in the snow and ended up slipping on some ice. The dents in my helmet were from my head banging against the ice covered pavement.
I had a splitting headache and was dizzy and nauseous but I drove myself home from the Greenbelt where I had been riding my bike. I went home and stayed away and texted my hubby all afternoon so he would know I was okay and still awake. That night we hosted poker at my house. One of our friends who plays poker is also a ski patroler up on our local ski hill. Tracy talked to him (since apparently I wasn't listening to my him) and convinced Stephen, our friend, to come talk to me about my apparent concussion. Stephen asked me, "If this had happened to your child, would you have taken your child to the doctor?" Well, of course, the answer was yes. So he made me agree to see the doctor on Tuesday if my head was still hurting.
Tuesday morning arrived, and my head was still hurting. At 5:00 am, I called the doctor and left a message. At 8:30 am, I had an appointment to see the doctor at 9:45. This is unheard of on a regular day, but in the middle of flu season? God must have been on my side! On the way to the doctor, my head got worse and the nausea increased. My head does not like driving in cars right now. Sure enough, I have a concussion. The doctor gave me a pain killer shot and an anti-nausea shot. I came straight home and slept. I slept all day only getting up to eat some; then would go right back to sleep. I ended up in bed at 9:30 that night. I slept all the way through the alarm clock the next morning. Then slept till 1pm when I decided I had probably get up and call Tracy and let him know I'm still alive. Then I ate some food and went right back to sleep. In 24 hours I was awake about 5 hours.
My speech has been slurred and very slow. My brain has been completely foggy. I don't do loud noises. If I am in the car, the radio has to be turned off. The TV has to be turned down low in the house. I am taking an anti-inflamatory medicine to help my brain unscramble.
I have had concussions before, but nothing like this. This is quite freaky. Here it is, Thursday, and I am still out of it. I tried driving today; decided that was not such a great idea. But I am feeling just well enough to be stir crazy in the house. So I decided to try my hand at sewing. I have costumes to work on for this season of belly dance performances. It felt like working on these "puzzles" (the costumes without any patterns or instructions) would be a good physical therapy exercise to help unscramble my brain. It worked! I was very pleased with the results.
I found an email from a friend asking me to call her regarding the Spring Ride and fundraising but I can't have long conversations right now. I emailed her instead. By the end of the email, my brain was all kinds of confused and even typing this I need to seriously concentrate to get my fingers to work properly. Not to mention the amount of thinking my brain is having to do which is causing a headache.
Even though I didn't want to go to the doctor on Monday cause I knew what he would say (which is exactly what he DID say) I am still very glad I went. At least I know that what I am feeling is still just from the concussion and nothing major and it could take me weeks (possibly) to completely heal. Let's hope not; I still have lots of training to do!
In the mean time, I decided to pop in the CD that Fuller Center for Housing sent me. It had 2 speaking engagements that Millard Fuller did. The first one was done just 2 years after Fuller Center for Housing had started and he was speaking in Shreveport, Louisiana. His speech/sermon has totally inspired me. We are here on this earth to be LIGHTS to the universe. We are here to do good: to do Jesus' work. We are here to make sure "the least of these" is taken care of and not turned away. That is WHY I am doing this Spring Ride. That is why I signed up. And even with this concussion, that is WHY I sit here typing in my blog.
During my training, I have been reminded in several different ways that I can't do everything, but I can always do SOME THING. I may not be able to train on my bike right now, but I can listen to Millard Fuller speak about his passion and get myself fired up because I realize this is my passion as well! You may not be able to EVERYTHING, but YOU CAN DO SOME THINGS!!! You can choose to donate to help me raise the $2000 to reach my goal. This $2000 will help restore a home that is in disrepair. You can choose to pass along this blog and spread the word so that maybe one of your friends or family members can donate. You can choose to pray for me and my fellow riders and keep us in your thoughts as we continue to raise awareness for the Fuller Center for Housing and ending poverty housing. You can do something. What do you choose to do?
Thank you for your prayers and well wishes. Please continue to pray that I heal quickly from my concussion so that I can get back on my bike and train. And thank you for donating at this link:
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