Ausborne Blog

I’m frustrated by what I perceive to be a lack of real progress that I’m making in my efforts to heal from my accident.  I’m struggling with my vision in my right eye being consistent.  Sometimes I can see really well but other times it just doesn’t focus correctly.  Also, things seem brighter in that eye than in my left (uninjured) one.  I still have a bunch of swelling in the right side of my face, though my black eye is starting to fade (just a little).  The swelling is worse in the mornings and seems to reduce a bit during the day.  Then, the next morning, it’s swollen again.  Below the eye is still really sore, though it’s not the skin that’s sore.  In fact, I can’t feel the skin beneath that eye at all.  It’s completely numb from below the eye and all the way down to my upper lip.  It extends from the middle of my nose to just below my cheekbone.  My gums are also numb from the two front teeth and about halfway back to my back tooth.  It actually feels exactly like I’ve been to the dentist and he’s numbed the whole thing in preparation for a filling.  I visited the dentist on Friday because I’ve noticed a little pain in that back area when I eat.  Nothing obvious shows up on X-rays but it doesn’t mean that it’s not going to be a problem going forward.

The worst part about this whole experience, though, is the headache that came on on Friday night.  It felt like somebody was digging some sort of instrument into my skull and twisting it with every beat of my heart.  Every pulsation of the blood through my veins made my head feel like it was going to explode.  It has finally subsided to a large extent today but I still don’t feel good.

I can’t wait until I’m cleared to drive or do any sort of heavy lifting.  Honestly, I’d really like to go to work tomorrow but I don’t have my doctor’s appointment until Tuesday, so the earliest I can get cleared to go back to work is then.  Hopefully, everything will go well between now and then.