Warning: This is boring and basically an update for the people who know what's been going on and background for those who don't.
Cliff Notes: I'm fine and will be fine. Current diagnosis: Migraines....the numbness and vision is my "trigger"....? Great. Love that.
Doctor. Co-Pay. Doctor. Co-Pay. Bill. Doctor. Co-Pay. Bill. Hospital scare. Co-Pay. Bill. Bill. More Bills. Doctor. Co-Pay. Bill........never ending.
I grew up in a family where you only went to the doctor if your leg was falling off. Literally.....my brother once walked around for 3 days with a hurt ankle before he went to the ER to take care of it. If you were sick, you needed to drink more water, eat better, and weren't getting enough sleep. That was the cure and answer for it all. Times seem to have changed though and back in February I finally visited the doctor for what seemed to be some nerve issues. I had been experiencing excessive shaking and tingling in my hands and arms, sometimes with rapid heart rate. Most of the time I tossed it off as nothing, but on a few occasions it gave me a slight scare. I had never needed a doctor while living in Greenville before so I asked around my office. I went to this guy who was pretty reputable, so I was told. Disaster. Either I blacked out while I was in there or he made stuff up. I left and called my mother and told her he nor a nurse took my blood pressure or listened to my heart, which was weird because that seemed pretty routine at most places, and because one of my 'symptoms' was rapid heart rate. He also prescribed some pretty 'legit' drugs without really running any tests at all. I'm no pill popper, but how did he not know that within the 30 second conversation he had with me. Good to know I don't throw off that vibe...Prescriptions, yet no diagnosis and another appointment 2 weeks later. When I went back, suddenly they had record of my blood pressure. Actual numbers. Hmmm. Sketchy. I didn't confront the doctor but the guy just seemed like a.... well, a big wiener....if you will.
I called around and a good family friend recommended somewhere else and I got in quickly. With a few changes the hand issues went away, but with those changes came intense migraines and a trip to the ER with a HUGE scare. This was the weirdest/coolest/scariest experience of my life. Along with a migraine that made me sick to my stomach, my entire left arm was so numb that when I sat up it literally dragged. I couldn't open my hand. Literally told my brain to open my fingers from its fist and could not do it. Cool, yea, for about 5 seconds, then when I touched it with other arm and didn't feel it, sudden panic set it. I literally started shaking it violently with the working arm and after about 30 seconds some feeling came back. To the ER I went at 3 in the morning. Nothings worse then being there alone......oh wait, there is. Hearing a 70 year old woman whaling and moaning in pain with no one paying any attention to her during a 90 minute wait. The occasional spit up to follow each moan. The fluorescent lights are enough to keep me from going back.
Within the last few months I have had multiple blood tests (not afraid of the needle anymore), an EKG, and a CAT scan. All normal....thank goodness. Reassuring, yes......an end, no. I have follow up appointments and take an orange pill for the migraines as soon as I feel one coming. Hopefully, as annoying as it is, that is all that it is. Crossing my fingers. I've been told/asked to keep a "Migraine Journal" with all the details of each occurance. Isn't that cute? I've always wanted to carry around a mini notebook.
Dear Diary,
Today my migraine was a total bitch. Knocked out my vision in my left eye. FML
LYLAS,
Lacey
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