Hey folks! Just thought I would quickly share that I am finally getting some testing done! I went in for a Functional Capacity Evaluation a few months ago, and now I am scheduled for some sort of Cognitive testing and I have an appointment with a neuro-opthomologist. I am really excited about all of this!
The Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) showed that I do really have excessive fatigue, but the guy doing the report was a little wishy-washy as to whether he thought I could work a 40-hour week. Of course, I "completed" the 3-4 hour eval. in less than three hours, if you count the time it took to fill out the intake paperwork, and I wasn't good for anything the very next day, but hey, whatever!
The cognitive testing is very exciting to me because I feel I have lost some functionality in my brain. I don't remember things like I used to. I can't compute math problems in my head, and I used to be very good. I have trouble finishing my own sentences. (This blog helps that, as I can sit as long as I need to to find the word, or I can ask someone, and you don't know if I had trouble or not!) Anyway, this will give me a baseline from which to work later on.
The neuro-optholmologist will look not so much at my ability to see, as what goes on between my eyes and my brain. She (it is a she) will look at the physical realities of the eyeballs as well as the physical and operational properties of the optics and the nerves leading to the brain. As you can see, I am not really up to speed, so to speak, on what is all done, but it will be fascinating. This and the cognitive stuff don't happen until March, so it is a few months away, but I am still excited. Stay tuned to see what comes of it all!
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