Resolution broken and changes
March 14th 2010 04:24
Well, I didn't keep that resolution very well. I would offer excuses but really, the only thing that got in the way was real life. Things changed rapidly for me in January. I ended up in the hospital with vertigo twice in the space of 10 days, the unexplained dizziness obviously has continued since the last time I posted about it. More tests, more confused looks by what are probably Sydney's best neurologists and ENT's and I still have no answers. Knock on wood, since the last incident, I have been feeling a bit better but the unbalanced feeling remains, often even when I am sitting still.
I have been prescribed Serc, half a tablet three times daily, now reduced to twice daily and I have been taking this without fail each day since it was prescribed to me in January. The neurologist doesn't actually seem to believe it works but told me I can continue taking it if it makes me feel better. Placebo effect or just his own opinion on the drug's effectiveness, I will continue taking it until my GP says otherwise.
Another huge change, I have now moved to the country, having taken up a position as a country lawyer as I like to call it. It's been a very good experience so far and I am gaining the necessary skills to make me more competitive in an area I have often regretted studying due to the lack of a suitable position after graduation. It's rather shocking to say it but now, years after graduating with a double degree in law and journalism, do I finally have a position I can call 'legal'. Not in private practice but in the public sector. The position was gotten exactly the way I have been saying the whole time I have worked in other fields due to no offers in the legal field that others get in...through connections. I didn't apply, it was offered to me and I am grateful for this chance to get my foot in the door.
The thing that has given me the most grief here is my fear of bugs/creepy crawlies and well, the country is full of them. My new co-workers/friends laugh and call me the city girl at every scream, all I can do is try to protect myself and not scream so much! The town I am based in is not too bad, it's larger than I had thought and has a lot to offer. When a country town has an airport and a cinema, it can't be all that bad! Add to that the experience I am getting working out here and it's been an interesting 2010 so far!
I have been prescribed Serc, half a tablet three times daily, now reduced to twice daily and I have been taking this without fail each day since it was prescribed to me in January. The neurologist doesn't actually seem to believe it works but told me I can continue taking it if it makes me feel better. Placebo effect or just his own opinion on the drug's effectiveness, I will continue taking it until my GP says otherwise.
Another huge change, I have now moved to the country, having taken up a position as a country lawyer as I like to call it. It's been a very good experience so far and I am gaining the necessary skills to make me more competitive in an area I have often regretted studying due to the lack of a suitable position after graduation. It's rather shocking to say it but now, years after graduating with a double degree in law and journalism, do I finally have a position I can call 'legal'. Not in private practice but in the public sector. The position was gotten exactly the way I have been saying the whole time I have worked in other fields due to no offers in the legal field that others get in...through connections. I didn't apply, it was offered to me and I am grateful for this chance to get my foot in the door.
The thing that has given me the most grief here is my fear of bugs/creepy crawlies and well, the country is full of them. My new co-workers/friends laugh and call me the city girl at every scream, all I can do is try to protect myself and not scream so much! The town I am based in is not too bad, it's larger than I had thought and has a lot to offer. When a country town has an airport and a cinema, it can't be all that bad! Add to that the experience I am getting working out here and it's been an interesting 2010 so far!
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