April 14, 2006

After Meetings the Doc

So I had a meeting with my neuro-surgeon, he says that it was good going to last 9 months without a seizure. He still hadn’t gotten the results of my cat-scan from the previous week so he said we’ll wait until after I have the mri-scan (next week) and then we’ll look and see where we are.

April 9, 2006

Tattoos

Well I’ve had them for about 2 months now so i think I should put them on display. In case your wondering what the hell they are, its an old irish script called ogham with each grouping being a single word. If you want to know what they mean just search on google for ogham :P

April 9, 2006

I Went Down

Well the simplest way to put it is “I went down” but not in a good way. On the 4th of April I was having my breakfast when akk of a sudden my tongue went into spasm, I gargled and then I blacked out. I opened my eyes to see the paramedics standing over me, next thing I remeber is coming too in the ambulance, then waking up in the Accident and Emergency Room.

March 18, 2006

How to Scan an MRI

So when I managed to get my MRI scans, I thought that if I could scan them I could send them to friends, and heh I was bored. After doing some searches on google and on newsgroups there were some suggestions, scan it with a mirror on top of the MRI (didnt work) and some other suggestions. So I found a way that works well, its quite technical: Scan the MRI with the top of the scanner open (do it in a bright room) Thats all I had to do, apart from stitching the images together.

March 17, 2006

Happy St.Patricks Day

Happy St. Paddys day, the day when everyones drunk and the streets are awash with piss. Whats not to like :P

March 13, 2006

Dunshaughlin Crannog

I live quite near this crannog, so heres a bit more information on it :) A crannog was a lake dwelling, a type of settlement quite common in Ireland up to the year 1000. The word comes from the Irish word crann (tree) since wood was one of the main materials used. First piles of stones were laid on the lake bed, and then wooden stakes were driven into the stones around the perimeter to form a wall.

March 13, 2006

The Story

It was the 6th of July 2005, a nice sunny day, just a regular day. I was in work and decided to head outside for a smoke, so I was standing near a wall when I felt something odd, instead of “feeling” something go down my arm I could taste it, this had happened a few times before but I just ignored it. Then I started to feel very tired, my eyes were getting heavy and I could barely keep them open, my eyes then started rolling about in my head, at this stage I thought hmm this isn’t right.