In Thy Mercy

Don't ask about the title. It was the first movie quote I thought of and I'm not sure it fits. Ha ha.

So there's relatively good news and relatively bad news as a result of the scan (of which I get to keep the pictures, yes!!!). The good news is it's "only" a concussion, somewhat of a major one though, and muscle spasms. No breaks, fractures, etc. Yay! I just have to not do anything physical or strenuous until the symptoms are gone. I'm good with that. I also get to be on set tomorrow for my film and the important stunt scenes. If I start to feel crap I need to stop and let my AD take over again, she did for filming yesterday since I couldn't go. I'm stoked for it.

Now for the relatively bad news. My spine is a little straighter than it should be in my neck. C6 and C7 specifically are where the problems are. The tube that the spinal cord sits in is narrower than it should be. The straight and narrow issues are from all my years of playing contact sports and the whiplash from a car accident years ago. Probably other things as well that I don't remember. So I am not allowed to play contact sports (no more rugby, you guys should feel lucky) and no more nephew attacks/wrestling/hanging off of me. I also have to avoid any whiplash as much as possible. If I do any of those things it could cause the tube to narrow even more and start pinching the spinal column. The scan also showed up some calcifying on those vertebrae, which means I am beginning to get osteoarthritis there. The good news about that one is that excercise and activity will help slow that process down. It does explain some things that I've been noticing but couldn't explain or pinpoint. So basically the only reason these things were found was because I gave myself a major concussion that required a scan. They were also found relatively early so I can work on preventative things as opposed to down the road when major problems would have occured. I was wondering why this had to happen, well now I know. More life lessons, character building, and physical things I need to look after. Got it.

I've been looking at some of the footage from yesterday's filming session I missed. So far so good. I can't wait to put it together. I have to finish watching it tomorrow morning before we shoot. That means I should head to bed, but I thought I'd update as this is the easiest way to do it. I'm also surprised that when I woke up yesterday I was ok with not going to set. I must have felt rough and I felt peace about it. I can't wait until tomorrow. Goodnight.