Well, I haven’t really mentioned anything about Cranium Calamity 2007 in a while, but I feel it’s time for an update.

Things have been progressing. Not positively. Headaches have increased in both intensity and frequency, moving from “a lot of days” to every day. The pain, which is hardly affected by over-the-counter drugs often leaves me feeling queasy, but I can’t bring myself to getting prescription pain meds, because I’m already working slowly enough because of it all.

I’m having trouble concentrating on just about anything that requires a whole lot of thought because all my thoughts these days are just fragmentary. These blog posts that I’ve been actually writing (which it’s been a while, what with the pictures and stories and poems and whatnot) have taken inordinate amounts of time. (Just to give you an idea, these 150-200 words I’ve written so far in this post have taken me about 45 minutes. Coherence? It comes not naturally now.) And reading and whatnot for school has become equally slow. I’m behind, plainly put.

I’ve spoken with my adviser, and at her suggestion, I’ve decided to take Incompletes in two of my classes, but I’m going to continue going to class and whatnot, finishing as much as I can for them. The hope is that all I’ll have left are the term papers, and those so I can give them ample time and thought, since they will be part of my senior portfolio when I’m done. The idea is that I can focus more intently on fewer classes, and finish up the other two a bit later, when I’m feeling better.

The later will be the beginning of next semester, after I’ve had my surgery, which is scheduled for December 19. I’m both dreading it and looking forward to it. I mean, I don’t want to have surgery, but I can’t wait to have it all at the same time to relieve myself of all this nonsense.

So, that’s where I stand. I’ve had to make concessions I haven’t wanted to, and with only a month left, quitting is not an option. That, I’m firm on.

Wish me luck.