I have been back at work for about 6 weeks. I have slowly been easing myself into it and am still not doing a full 40 hour week. I began by just doing two hours each morning which I felt fine with, allowing me to see what was happening in my department, nut not actually taking on much work. Though I never really did 2 hours because was hard to get away on time. I then been increasing the amount of hours I have been doing, depending on how I feel. Two weeks ago by mistake I did a full day, a lot on and a stressful day, I was now back managing and creating images. It did hit me the next day, but I have managed 3 full days and two six hour days last week. It is extremely tiring at the end of the week and may have pushed myself a bit too far.
My scar and head have felt pretty good, I have had some bad moments, some really bad pains (like someone stabbed me in the head and twisted a knife in it). Sometimes I will get headaches, it was not a great day yesterday, but some ibuprofen sort it out as log as I keep them up.
I have not had any fits, I am still on the medication which has stopped me having them but I would still get the odd funny feeling but they have stayed away.
Since my last entry I have had a MRI scan, the first since the op. This is what will all my scans will be compared too to see if anything grows back. Today was the appointment with my surgeon. We discussed the scan I had and said nothing bad appeared wrong. i will be having scans every 6 months to make sure there are no changes. Six months gave me some confidence as I once thought it was going to be every three months.
We discussed my eyesight, it has not improved one bit, my right eye is only slightly working though my eyesight is clear, just not a full vision. The Doctor said it was strange how it seemed to start to come back when I was first recovering but after a couple of weeks, went to its current state, usually it either doesn't come back for a long time after op or does comeback quickly (like I thought it was.) I have got used to my eyesight, I am still bumping into things, but my wife has said that she forgets my eye is not working as I do not let it affect my life. I am used to bumping into things now.
So that is the update, I will add more as I get more towards getting back to working full time. In a previous entry I mentioned about pictures which were taken while I was being operated on, I saw the cd with them on at the hospital today, though I am not allowed it until they have been cleared by the legal department. I have not even seen them myself as the computer was not logged in.
So keep your eyes peeled for pictures of my brain, I know you all want to see them! For the moment a few pics I got of when I was in hospital, a few days the operation.
