EEG

I had my EEG appointment today.

After the regular small talk about the accident and my hospitalization time, they started measuring my head and marking some spots in my skull with red crayon. The doctors took around 30 minutes to finish pasting the electrodes in my head and complaining about how my hair and my collar made it difficult for them to find the correct spots.

Then, the tests started, first I had to open and close my eyes whenever they told me to. After that, they flashes a strobe in my eyes with different patterns. After that, they made me sleep for a wile.

I slept easily and I was dreaming happily when they came to wake me up and started asking questions.

- Where are yo, when is your birthday, who's the president, which month and year are we on.. pretty much the same questions that I was asked 10 times a day in Belfast but then they threw me a hard question

It was like this

Doctor- Five times five

Mel's mind - Ugh. I wasn't prepared for this one. I learned multiplication tables phonetically in Spanish...ok, "cinco por cinco = veinti..."

EEG machine = beep beep beep

Doctor- Oh, we are getting some spikes here

Mel's mind= Damn! why is it beeping. Stupid machine! shut up and let me think... veinticinco twenty five.. is that correct? 5x1 =5, 5x2 =10, 5x3 =15, 5x4 =20, 5x 5= 25.. why is that thing still beeping?

Mel = TWENTYFIVEEEEEE!

Now I just have to wait for the results and my next visit to the doctor. I hope that my lack of multiplication talent talent don't give me negative results

And I also hope they never find out that I am an Engineer and I take ten seconds to to figure out 5x5.

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Random Questions to keep me awake

I have to get a electroencephalogram tomorrow morning and I was ordered not to sleep more than 4 hours tonight in preparation. So, here I am doing another test about me to keep me awake

*Do you have any pets? I have a handsome cat named Kato
*What color shirt are you wearing? Pink
*Name three things that are physically close to you: Laptop, Iphone, fashion brace
*Is there someone you have been constantly thinking about? My Sister and Mother back in Belfast
*What is the last book you read? Finished City of Gass by Cassandra Clare. Now re-reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prinde
*Are you or were you a good student? I think I was
*What's your favorite sport? Anything that looks really hard like gymnastics or ice skating
*Do you enjoy sleeping late? I love sleeping all day but sometimes I feel that I am losing my time in bed so I try to avoid it
*What's the weather like right now? Super warm.
*Who tells the best jokes? mmh.. can't tell. I laugh very easily
*What was the last thing you dreamed about? I dreamed about having a hair saloon and making cool hair styles on people
*Do you drive? No since May 23rd
*Do you believe in karma? Yes
*Do you believe in luck? I really want to believe
*Do you like your eggs scrambled or sunny side up? I prefer omelets or quiche
*Do you collect anything? No. Maybe Jumping pictures and memories.
*Are you proud of yourself? Totally
*Are you reliable? I think so and no one has told me otherwise
*Have you ever given money to a bum? Yes, but only when I think my safety depends on it
*What's your favorite food? Crying tiger stake from Neisha
*Have you ever had a secret admirer? If I Knew it wouldn't be 'secret'
*Do you like the smell of gasoline? I don't hate it but I would definitely not wear it as perfume
*Do like to draw? I do like to draw but I am REALLY bad at it. I do doodle all the time.
*What's your favorite invention? Electricity. but it is more a discovery than an invention.
*Is your room messy? .It is a total annoying mess. Specially with Kato knocking everything to the floor and me being able to pck up the mess.
*What do you like better: oranges or apples? Apples are much easier to eat
*Do you give in easily? No, I am very stubborn.
*Are you a good guesser? I think so.
*Can you read other people's expressions? Only with people that I know very well.
*Are you a bully? No, and I tormented by an office Bully everyday (cough cough Rose)
*Do you have a job? Yes.
*What time did you wake up this morning? 12 pm. Yes 12 pm. In my defense I need the extra sleep to heal faster.
*What did you eat for breakfast this morning? Pitas with Hummus
*When was the last time you showered? Today around 2pm
*What do you plan on doing tomorrow? Electroencephalogram in the morning and then visit my doctor's office to pick up my disability forms and fax them and deliver them to HR. OR have Victor do it for me while I sleep.
*What's your favorite day of the week and why? Fridays because I get off work at 5.
*Do you have any nicknames Plenty . (melos, mel, lycees, lichiro, fyshiro, Cris, gatito, neko, melie)
*Have you ever been scuba diving? no.
*What's your least favorite color? light brown.
*Would you ever go skydiving? I did it once. I would do it again if it wasn't so damn expensive and scary
*What toothpaste do you use? Colgate Total because it fights gingivitis. I am so scared of gingivitis
*Do you enjoy challenges? Yes.
*What's the worst injury you have had? Pfff. . Right frontal subdural hematoma and concussions, fracture in T1 vertebrate, fracture in left clavicle, undisplaced fracture in right orbit. All in the same wondreful day
*What's the last movie you saw? Ice age 3 3D. I didn't like it that much, it didn't make me laugh that much
*Who was the last person you spoke over the phone to? I left a voice mail for Martha
*What's your favorite school subject? Control systems, digital system design, micro controllers
*What's your least favorite school subject? project management and that easy and boring stuff
*Would you rather have money or love? We all know that money can buy love! haha, JK, I think I would go for love.
*What is your dream vacation? My mom, my sister and me always wanted to get a RV and drive the entire continent (or as Americans would think, South America and North America)
*Do you miss anyone right now? My mom and sister
*What's the last sporting event you watched? Damn.. I dont remember
*Do you listen to the radio? Not recently but I used to listen to the radio on my 5 minute commute from my house to the office. For some reason they always played poker face by Lady Gaga in those 5 minutes and made me think of the song for the entire day
*Where were you when 9/11 happened? Sleeping at home. Lola woke me up and told me to watch the news on TV
*What do you do when vending machines steal your money? I get angry and tell everybody about it to make me feel better.
*Have you ever caught a butterfly? When we went to the monarch butterfly sanctuary in Michoacan we found some dying butterflies in the car and played with them.
*What color are your bed sheets? .Black with white flowers
*What's your ringtone? .Default Marimba in the Iphone
*Who was the last person to make you laugh? .Chino.
*Do you have any obsessions right now? .I want to go back to work
*Do you like things that glow in the dark? Most of them but I think firefliesare fugly
*What's your favorite fruity scent? .Coconut
*Do you watch cartoons? .only the adult ones lilke fimily guy and american dad. Black humor aked me laugh
*Have you ever sat on a roof? .We used to sit, dance and jump in my Mexico City house.
* Have you ever been to a different country? Yes.
*Name three things in the world you dislike: hypocritical Selfish people, the taste and smell of liver and going to the dentist
*Name three people in the world you dislike: I do dislike a couple of people but they already know and I'm sure that everyone else who knows me knows about it. So, no need to express my feelings on this one.
*Has a rumor even been spread about you? .Yes, bot nothing trully damaging
*Do you like sushi? . Love it! specially those rolls that are baked and warm. nom nom nom
*Do you believe in magic? .Google says that magic is "any art that invokes supernatural powers" I don't believe in supernatural powers so I would say I don't believe in magic per se
*Do you hold grudges? Heck yeah! I forgive but don't forget

Yay! 3am. I can go to sleep now! There will be my best 4 hours of sleep EVER.

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CT Scan

After my Doctor's appointment on Monday I was supposed to get a CT Scan and a Electroencephalograph(EEG) to take to the next appointment for evaluation.

I thought it was going to be really easy to go to a lab and get the analysis but I was totally wrong.

When I called to schedule my CT Scan, I was informed that since this was a very expensive procedure, I could not get it until the insurance pre-approved it. It took me two days and several phone calls to get the insurance to talk to my doctor and approve the damn thing.

So, I finally went to get my scan today and I got my images in about 30 minutes. The images are super cool! They come in a CD where you can rotate them and zoom into the slices. I had a lot of fun watching the images but I couldn't really make a diagnosis or understand what was I supposed to look for.

Dante Cachetes (who assures that he is a neurosurgeon on his spare time) told me that I am fine to go to work right away. Barbara took a look at the images and identified my unborn conjoined twin who lives under my neck. Both theories sound acceptable but I am still planning to visit my real doctor next week.

I am still having a lot of trouble scheduling the EEG because neuro diagnostics facilities seem to be very busy these days.

I think they are taking this long to schedule my EEG because I am super annoying and I keep calling them several times a day asking for updates.

I kind of miss socialized healthcare right now.

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My best friends according to facebook

I usually hate facebook tests but today I tried the one called "your best friends according to facebook" and the results made me laugh so much


How does it know that 'El chupe' (the booze) is one of my best friends?

Kind of scary.

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4th of July

[-] My 4th of July was lazy and un-eventful but I actually enjoyed it. There were several plans from some friends to go to the beach or Pool and stuff like that but I associate the beach to activities like sun tanning, swimming and drinking.

I actually enjoy these activities a lot but right now I am medically forbidden to do all of them these days. Therefore, I preferred to stay home with Kato and watch Michael Jackson documentaries and 'The Tudors' non stop.

I did catch a glimpse of the fireworks while having dinner in a terrace.
The picture looks lame but it did look better in real life.

[Random extra note] I was able to recover 2 of my 3 piercings. They weren't completely healed. I am back to be a human antenna and I love it!

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Pajama Diner Party

I have realized that having my brace on distracts people from my appearance and outfit. To make use of this marvelous advantage, last night I went to diner wearing my pajama.

Other than being eaten by viscous mosquitoes the operation "pijama diner" was successful and nobody dared to talk about my weird outfit or give me evil glances.

I think I will keep this brace around after I don't need it just in case.

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Jumping Pictures

Now that I'm super lazy I got time to organize my pictures and I created a Facebook album with most of the jumping pictures.
It is kind of entertaining.

Go see it here

Ahora que no tengo nada que hacer con mi vida hice un album de facebook con muchas de las fotos saltando que estan en mis archivos

Vayan a verlo aqui

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Benefit #2

Other than losing weight, I got a second benefit from my month length stay in the hospital is that my nails grew super long due to the long weeks of in-utility. In regular situations when I try to grow my nails, they break because I do too much stuff or I end up biting them

I am so happy with my long nails that I stopped in a nail salon in the JFK airport to get a "10 minute manicure".

I have never had a manicure done before and I was impressed by all the steps involved and all the layers of different products used.

Now that I am almost back to normal life we'll will see how long does my beautiful nails happiness lasts.

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Mel Norris

Tristan made me the new Chuck Norris and I even have my webpage

Visit it here

and remember "Melissa invented all 32 letters of the alphabet"

It's all about the adamantium

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Kato-Prank

Some time ago, there was a prank in the office in which office-terrorists would change the rotation of the computer's monitor to confuse the owner.

It looks like Kato learned the trick and now every time he jumps on my computer the screen rotates 270 degrees.

I haven't figured out how he does it but he seems to be pleased with himself and takes a nap on my keyboard after his mischief.

Now I know why some people think cats are evil...

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