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MY PLAGIOCEPHALY JOURNEY

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DONT KNOW ,THE REASON I AM WEARING THAT HELMET IN SOME OF THE PHOTOS IS THAT I HAVE WHAT IS CALLED PLAGIOCEPHALY WHICH IS WHERE THE SKULL DEVELOPES A FLAT SPOT (YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT IT ON THE PLAGIO WEBSITE )AND WHAT THE HELMET DOES IS ENCOURAGE GROWTH ON THE FLAT SIDE .IT IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE ABOUT 4/5 MONTHS ,I AM DUE TO FINISH ON THE 12TH OF JULY.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PLAGIOCEPHALY OR BRACHYCEPHALY LOOK AT www.groups.msn.com/plagiouk

THIS IS ME BEFORE I HAD MY STARBAND HELMET FITTED ,AS YOU CAN SEE MY HEAD IS NOT COMPLETELY ROUND AND MY EARS ARE OUT OF ALINE ,I AM NOW 14 WEEKS INTO MY TREATMENT AND THE IMPROVEMENT IS DRAMATIC ,I WILL PUT MORE PHOTOS ON WHEN I GRADUATE (HOPEFULLY IN JULY BECAUSE THE HELMET IS REALLY HOT)

THIS IS ME IN MY STARBAND ,IT DOES,NT BOTHER ME THAT MUCH BUT NOW THE SUMMER IS HERE ITS GETTING ABIT HOT SO I CAN,T WAIT TO FINISH .
ITS QUITE A NICE DESIGN THOUGH IS,NT IT

THIS IS WHERE MY JOURMEY STARTED ,I HAD MY 1ST MEETING WITH SAEED WHERE HE DISCUSSED MY OPTIONS WITH MUMMY AND DADDY WHO DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH MY HELMET ,SO I HAD MY HEAD MEASURED AND THEN HAD MY HEAD SCANNED WHICH WORKED OUT THE SEVERITY OF MY PLAGIO WHICH WAS 19MM ,SAEED SAID HE HOPED TO GET ME DOWN TO 10MM BY THE END OF MY TREATMENT .
MY HELMET WAS ORDERED AND WAS DUE TO BE FITTED ON 8.3.2006

D DAY BACK AT KINGSTON FOR MY HELMET FITTING ,IT WENT OK BUT I DID,NT HAVE TO START WEARING IT UNTIL TOMORROW .

TODAY WAS MY 1ST DAY IN HELMET ,BUT I ONLY HAD TO WEAR IT FOR 1 HOUR ON THEN 1 HOUR OFF TO GET ME AND MUMMY USED TO IT AND I DID,NT HAVE TO SLEEP IN IT .TODAY WAS A BIT HARD FOR ALL CONCERNED.

TODAY WAS A BIT EASIER ,BUT I HAD TO WEAR IT FOR 2 HOURS ON AND 1 HOUR OFF AND STILL NOT SLEEPING IN IT.

TODAY I AM NOW UPTO 4 HOURS ON AND 1 HOUR OFF AND I MANAGED TO HAVE A LITTLE NAP IN IT ,I MUST SAY IT WAS ABIT UNCOMFORTABLE (YOU GROWNUPS OUGHT TO TRY IT ).

TODAY IS 8 HOURS ON AND 1 HOUR OFF ,I,M GETTING USED TO IT NOW AND SO IS MUMMY .

TODAY IS A BIG DAY ITS NOW ON FOR 23 HOURS A DAY,SO IVE NOW GOT TO TRY AND SLEEP IN IT ,ABIT UNSETTLED I THINK .

I WENT TO KINGSTON TODAY FOR MY 1ST REVIEW WHICH WENT OK ,DADDY SAID HE CAN SEE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE SHAPE OF MY HEAD ,SAEED MEASURED ME AND SAID MY PLAGIO HAD REDUCED BY 1MM. BUT SAEED HAD TO TRIM THE HELMET QUITE ABIT AS IT WAS DIGGING INTO MY NECK ,IT WAS ALSO PUSHING MY EYE DOWN .

TODAYS REVIEW WENT WELL I IMPROVED BY 2MM ,WHICH IS GOOD HOPE TO CARRY ON AT THIS RATE .SAEED TRIMMED ABIT MORE OFF MY HELMET BECAUSE IT KEEPS SLIPPING DOWN OVER MY EYES AND PUSHING MY EYE DOWN.

ANOTHER GOOD REVIEW TODAY I IMPROVED BY ANOTHER 2MM ,SAEED IS VERY PLEASED WITH ME .

ABIT OF A STORY TODAY ,WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO KINGSTON FOR MY REVIEW AND MUMMY AND DADDYS CAR BROKE DOWN ,WE JUST GOT TO KINGSTON TOWN CENTRE AND THE CAR STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE POWER STEERING WENT SO DADDY SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE A BELT HAD SNAPPED (HE ACTUALLY SAID MORE THAN THAT BUT I CAN,T WRITE THAT DOWN )SO DADDY DROVE TO THE CLINIC AND CALLED THE AA ,WHO CAME OUT QUITE QUICKLY ,BUT HE SAID A PULLEY HAD BROKE AND COULD,NT FIX IT SO WE HAD TO BE TOWED HOME SO I GOT MY 1ST RIDE IN A TOW TRUCK WHICH WAS QUITE EXCITING ,BUT ONTO MY REVIEW I ONLY IMPROVED BY 1MM WHICH WAS OK BUT MAYBE I,M EXPECTING ABIT TOO MUCH ,SAEED SAID THIS DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES ,BUT AT LEAST THEIR WAS SOME CHANGE .BUT MY HEAD SHAPE IS GETTING SOOO MUCH BETTER IT NEARLY LOOKS NORMAL .

10.06.2006
THESE WERE TAKEN JUST BEFORE MY NEXT REVIEW ,YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH MY HEADSHAPE HAS IMPROVED.

I WENT TO KINGSTON FOR MY REVIEW WITH SAEED AND MY PLAGIO HAS REDUCED BY ANOTHER 2MM SO I AM NOW DOWN TO 11MM WHICH IS REALLY GOOD ,SAEED SAID I AM GETTING CLOSE NOW SO FINGERS CROSSED .

MY REVIEW TODAY WAS,NT VERY GOOD BECAUSE I WAS DUE TO GRADUATE BUT THERE WAS NO IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST TIME SO WE ALL AGREED TO CARRY ON FOR ANOTHER 6 WEEKS ,SO FINGERS CROSSED EVERYONE .WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO FINISH TODAY BECAUSE IT WAS NANNY COOPERS BIRTHDAY

Back at Kingston today for my review which went better today because my head improved by another 2mm ,so i am now down to 9mm which is better than my target so everything is now a bonus ,hopefully i will be finished soon .
After my review we went for pizza with Penny Mark and Mack who also has a Starband .

Back at Kingston for my review , not very good today as there was no change so i am still at 9mm .
I was hoping to graduate today but Saeed encouraged us to carry on for 1 more month ,so fingers crossed i will be graduateing on the 27th October .

GRADUATION DAY TODAY HOORAY GRADUATION DAY TODAY HOORAY

Graduation today we got to kingston for my last appointment which was such a relief after all this time ,
Saeed took my last measurements and found i had come down another mm so my final measurements were 8mm which was down from 19mm way back in march when we 1st started after this Saeed took my photos to compare before and after treatment .
After this we went to tgi,s for a celebration lunch with Penny Mark Maddie and Mack (a fellow starbander who is going to graduate next month )
All that is left now is for me to go for my final scan in Wimbledon on the 08.11.2006 and that will be the end of my Plagio journey ,its been hard but in the end it was well worth it .

Piczo