The doctors advised us to avoid using Tylenol for an extended period of time.  Veronica wants to minimize her pain and minimize her use of Tylenol.  Last night was tricky, the pain kept her from sleeping well and early this morning we decided to take some of the prescription pain medication.  She was able to rest-in through some of the morning while I worked.  I say rest-in because she wasn’t really sleeping.

Later in the morning she got up and had some cereal.  After breakfast, she contacted the PT back home that she found a few weeks ago with vestibular therapy training.  Finding providers and reviewing medical coverages is challenging enough without a horrible headache and persistent dizziness, but she got it done.

We are very thankful for many of the side effects that Veronica hasn’t experienced, but the list of things that she is affected by is still very real.  One of the side effects that Veronica is dealing with has to do with taste, she doesn’t really taste much on one side of her tongue.  She says that food has a metallic taste.  Knowing this, when Veronica awoke from her late morning nap and asked for Mexican food, I jumped into action finding a place.  We are in Southern California, so it was more a problem of narrowing down the choices.  I found 4 places within short talking distance.

We walked to a place called Galaxy Taco in La Jolla Shores.  The food was good, and the sun was warm, and the breeze was nice.  Veronica is beginning to be able to handle more sensory input like this with less discomfort.  Right across from our table was a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe.  On the walk home after lunch, we stopped to look at this interesting flower.  Dr. Suess must have been inspired by these.