Head Bonking

I think I'm still having seizures, but they've very little kinds. I really can't describe them, but it's more of a slight jerking around, mostly in my houlders and head. It kind of reminds me of Brother 1 Fox. I kind of look like that.

My mom told me that I'm going to look back at what I've written to her and laugh because I'm not my usualy good typist. Even spell checkc isn't helping me very much, buecause It's not making a whole lot of sense to me.

Now I know what being dumb feels like I guess. I'm just going to go with it and yope that you understand what I'm writing. It's probably a good idea to keep a record for the doctor anyway.

Gah- I hope this isn't permanent.

Net time I bop my head, please forcem e to go to the doctor, will you? I'm so stupid.

When I was in the observation room before seeing the doctor, there was another woman and her mother in the room. The mother (who later said that she was a nurs) kept rying o find a doctor for me because she said I was having seizures. The nurse told her that I wasn't having seizures. All I know was that I tensed up so much aht I almost broke the feet of the whellchari. Eventually the lady and her mom left teh hospoital bacause of the care (or lack of) I was getting. BER said that he never wants to go to that hospital again because they were ignoring me for so long.

I ohpe this goes away soon. It's veyer annoying to have to keep retyping things because is'ts not coming out right. Maybe I should just stop.

I took the day off from work today, so that’s a good sign that all things aren’t right in my head. (it’s a joke, people)

I slept for a solid 16 hours and feel beaten down today. I don’t remember a lot about yesterday, in fact don’t even remember posting until I went to post this. Wow- posting while not totally conscious- that’s dedication.

Today I feel super ‘foggy’ and am really thankful for spell check.

The only person I remember talking to yesterday is Cosy , but apparently I called my parents and my boss too. AND, wrote in my blog. Wow.

Today I keep getting what I call ‘zingers’. You know when you get those involuntary shivers that happen just once? That is happening to me frequently. My right hand is trembling just a teeny bit and I don’t think I’m seeing double. I can’t tell.

The neurologist’s office just called to make an appointment with me for tomorrow at 9am, so hopefully I’ll have more information then.

I can’t stop crying- and I don’t know if it’s because I’m scared or it’s just a weird symptom of what’s going on.

I don’t look very pretty today, that’s for sure.

Good thing I can’t drive- or I’d probably cause lots of accidents.

See? I can be funny even when I have weird and scary things going on. 

I woke up this morning feeling blah, which was par for thourse these days, but had some tingling in the bottom of my feet. I thought about it for more than a minute and moved on to starting my pile of projects.

Sometime around 11, I noticed my vision going double adn my hands were really tingly. The tingle went all up to my elbows.

I called my doctor who, again, told me to go to the ER.

By the time I got there, the tingling turned into mild shaking, and then violent shaking. It scared the hell out of me because I had no control over my body. Apparently I was having seizures for over 2 hours, and poor BER sat by my side and held my hand no matter what grip I was giving him.

It was really scary, you guys. Really scary.

By the time the doctor gave me something in my IV, I was drenched with sweat and crying my eyes out. I probably freaked out my poor husband. He really didn’t sign up for this, yaknow?

The drugs did the trick, kept me from seizing and kept me calm. Right before we left, I started up again, so they gave me another round.

I’m dadgum tired everyone. My clothes were wet through and trough from the non-stop seizures, so that was quite a workout.

I’m now home with new anti-seizure meds and a referral for a neurologist. Hopefully, I can set this up for tomorrow.

The real drag? I am no unallowed to drive a car until Ive been seizure free for six months.

Buzz kill..., but it’s one that I understand.

Just wondering.... will this EVER end? 

I was in the ER for 7 hours. SEVEN hours!

Based on a few neurological tests (you know- with the lights, the eye-hand coordination, etc.) and the swelling I still had going on in my head- the doctor sent me for a CT scan.

Good news! I have a brain!

More good news! I have nothing more than a moderate concussion.

Bad news! I spent 7 hours in the ER.

No treatment, except to "take it easy" and take meds for the nausea. Oh- and I'm not supposed to bump my head anytime soon.

Gotta go- I need to go shopping for a special helmet.

Yeah, so maybe I shouldn't play doctor on the Internet afterall...

I was (ummmm, how do I say this politely?) tossing my cookies last night, but still ignored that it could possibly be due to the head banging from Friday. I went to work this morning, and was fighting nausea and headaches (not where I bonked my head), and pretty much every co-worker that saw me asked if I was OK. I was told that I look 'spacey', tired, and a number of other unflattering things.

I decided to cave in and call my doctor. She left me a message (because I was on the phone when she called) and told me to go to the E.R. immediately.

Did I do that? Nope. I called the Dr. back and asked if she realized that I bonked my head on Friday- it wasn't THAT much of an emergency that I should go to the ER.

I was then invited to come to the doctor's office so she could tell me in person to go to the ER.

Ohhhhhhkayyyyyy, I'm tracking now- maybe this head bonking thing was a little more serious than I thought.

So, now I'm in the 'observation' waiting room where they can keep an eye on me.

I'm willing to bet that I'm just fine, but I guess I'd better let the doctor decide that for himself.