Ok one quick question before I get into my doctor appointment....
WHY do all waiting rooms feel like you stepped into an icebox (freezer for you younger peeps)??
I mean seriously I would like the answer to the above question. You see I went to the place that did my MRI today so that I could get a copy of the films. It was freezing in there!
Then... I drove to thebraindoctor and that office was freezing too. The longer I sat there the more I wondered if my nipples were straight. I immediately thought of my good friend GP and a night in an Austin hotel room. She simply said "Are those your nipples??" Yup they were pretty much dragging the ground at the time and she was amazed at how low and alert they were!
So as I sat in the freezing waiting room, listening to the loud ticking clock and thinking that I could smell chicken, I hoped my nipples were straight since they were obviously "awake". I think the man reading his book was hoping he could hit himself in the head with that clock after noticing me trying to "adjust the old girls" nonchalantly!
Back to my appt.....
My blood pressure was elevated again (148/99). Dr. N came in to go over the x-ray and MRI results.
My neck pain is caused from TENSION!! You see, a normal person's neck is suppose to be "c shaped" from a side profile and mine is pretty much straight. She said it is straight because all the muscles in my neck are pulling on the top of the spine.
My migraines are "more than likely" caused from my vitamin deficiencies. She thinks that once my B12 and D are straightened out then all will be ok on the migraine front.
The MRI films that had my physician and the radiologist thinking ms....
Yes, there are some lesions in the brain. However, she does not feel that they are ms. She said they are just something that we can monitor for now.
So we got good news today!
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TENSION??? What in the hell do I have to be stressful about?
Oh... waiting on MRI results that showed "abnormalties"?
Wondering if my migraines will ever quit?
Worrying about a friend in the hospital?
Not knowing if my husband was going to survive the current round of layoffs?
Worrying if my son, who had so many problems last year, is having good days?
Worrying if we will ever find the right ADHD meds for my other son?
Worrying about my hormonal daughter and hoping she doesn't act at school the way she acts at home sometimes?
Worrying about my other daughter that seems to be getting meaner everyday?
Worrying about if I will ever be able to sit at a computer screen long enough to finish something that was due weeks ago?
Wondering if I will ever get out of my depression funk and be more productive during the day?
Worrying about if I am being a good enough wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend that I can be??
On second thought maybe I should just go suck it up and get a massage.... even though I hate them and constantly think about other things while I'm getting one...... OR maybe I should just have a glass of wine and call it an early night!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
R E L I E F? Is that how you spell no more pain??
Relief?
Not yet... I honestly think it might be time to take me out back.
Yesterday I went to the Neurologist. As I waited in the waiting room there was an old couple rustling papers, a chatty cathy that didn't know how the hell to shut up, a lady reading a book and a really weird chic that kept staring at me. She finally said that she liked my flip flops. Then she said she liked my shirt. Then she said I was pretty. (In the words of my children... AWKWARD!) Do you know the best part of the waiting room?? The loudest ticking clock on the planet. Part of me wanted to pull the clock off the wall and hit the weird chic in the head with it.... I did refrain..... this time.
Are you wondering about the MRI?? My fucking doctor didn't send the film over like he said he was going to do so we didn't get to discuss that too much.
She asked if they did an MRI on my neck as well as my head and I said no. She asked if I had complained about my neck and I said YES. She took a deep sigh and said she wanted me to get it xray'd because she felt something in my neck. I did that today and I wish I could read xrays because these pictures are pretty cool.
She also saw that my bloodwork showed extremely low levels of vitamin B12 and vitamin D. Yeah the bloodwork that was done a month ago that my fucking doctor didn't bother to call in prescriptions for. On top of everything else my blood pressure was way high today (138/101) and I am normally 118/78. I did end up with a shot in my neck (that hurt like hell!) that brought me minimal relief for about 30 min yesterday afternoon. She did say that I handled the shot very well. She said in her India accent "Most of my patients jump off the table during this so you are doing very well!" I told her that I didn't think that would be a good idea since she had a big ass needle in my neck. That made her laugh! :)
Oh the abnormalities?? Yeah turns out they are lesions that might show ms but we wont know that for sure until my follow up appt in 3 weeks or when/if I come in to discuss my xray findings. You can be sure that if they call me to come in to talk about the xrays I will have those damn MRI films IN MY HAND!
I came home with 6 prescriptions and I woke up this morning feeling MUCH MUCH better.
Are my headaches gone?
No
Are they bearable?
Yes
In fact I didn't cry one time today while the kids were in school so I feel like I have already gotten better.
The bummer part is that I get to give myself shots again to help my B12 deficiency. (SHIT! I thought I was done with that crap when I stopped fertility!)
Not yet... I honestly think it might be time to take me out back.
Yesterday I went to the Neurologist. As I waited in the waiting room there was an old couple rustling papers, a chatty cathy that didn't know how the hell to shut up, a lady reading a book and a really weird chic that kept staring at me. She finally said that she liked my flip flops. Then she said she liked my shirt. Then she said I was pretty. (In the words of my children... AWKWARD!) Do you know the best part of the waiting room?? The loudest ticking clock on the planet. Part of me wanted to pull the clock off the wall and hit the weird chic in the head with it.... I did refrain..... this time.
Are you wondering about the MRI?? My fucking doctor didn't send the film over like he said he was going to do so we didn't get to discuss that too much.
She asked if they did an MRI on my neck as well as my head and I said no. She asked if I had complained about my neck and I said YES. She took a deep sigh and said she wanted me to get it xray'd because she felt something in my neck. I did that today and I wish I could read xrays because these pictures are pretty cool.
She also saw that my bloodwork showed extremely low levels of vitamin B12 and vitamin D. Yeah the bloodwork that was done a month ago that my fucking doctor didn't bother to call in prescriptions for. On top of everything else my blood pressure was way high today (138/101) and I am normally 118/78. I did end up with a shot in my neck (that hurt like hell!) that brought me minimal relief for about 30 min yesterday afternoon. She did say that I handled the shot very well. She said in her India accent "Most of my patients jump off the table during this so you are doing very well!" I told her that I didn't think that would be a good idea since she had a big ass needle in my neck. That made her laugh! :)
Oh the abnormalities?? Yeah turns out they are lesions that might show ms but we wont know that for sure until my follow up appt in 3 weeks or when/if I come in to discuss my xray findings. You can be sure that if they call me to come in to talk about the xrays I will have those damn MRI films IN MY HAND!
I came home with 6 prescriptions and I woke up this morning feeling MUCH MUCH better.
Are my headaches gone?
No
Are they bearable?
Yes
In fact I didn't cry one time today while the kids were in school so I feel like I have already gotten better.
The bummer part is that I get to give myself shots again to help my B12 deficiency. (SHIT! I thought I was done with that crap when I stopped fertility!)
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Migrainegate
Ok so most of you probably know that I consider myself to have a pretty high tolerance for pain.
Well almost 4 weeks ago I woke up with a migraine in the front of my head. It was a Saturday, G went in to work and I was alone with the kids. It was a pretty laid back Saturday, no soccer games yet and I had planned to take the kids to the pool. We didn't make it to the pool because I spent most of the day crying on the couch. You see I don't get migraines EVER. So I have never understood the pain that people talk about until now.
Sunday was worse because this migraine traveled to the back of my head. So now it was hurting in the front and the back all day! It got so bad I actually considered driving myself to the ER, with all 5 kids in tow. Instead G came home from work and took the kids to the pool... I went to bed!
Monday was a nightmare. I wanted so badly to go to the doctor but KL&D had their 9 year appointment that day.
Tuesday I go to my doctor thinking I am going to get some relief after nearly 4 days of misery. They suggested that I get the shot in the hip. You see this shot "instantly relieves all migraines, but it does sting a bit". A bit? Who the hell are they kidding. That shot was worse than the strep throat shot! I ain't gonna sugar coat it for you... That fucker HURT! Then came "after you leave here, I would suggest going home and relaxing in a dark and quiet room". REALLY?? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?? Have I not been here for YEARS? Do you not know that in less than 1 hour I will be picking my 5 children up from school?? (The only dark quiet room I can kinda be alone in is the "water closet", although I like to call it the toilet room!) The doctor also suggested I call to tell them how I was feeling. I called later on in the day and said the following... "That shot you gave me? Did it help? NO!In fact, now my head and my ass hurt!!"
Apparently that was a one sided laughing phone conversation....... (Note to self, doctor offices have no sense of humor.)
Wednesday I called again and they called in a prescription (Imitrex). I took it and instantly threw up and felt like my big ass van was sitting on my head.
So you get the pattern... I call complaining, they call in prescription, I call complaining, they call in something else.... A CT was ordered and the results came back normal.
The next step was an MRI. In the meantime, I had to "wait it out" until the MRI. So basically, NO RELIEF after nearly 2 weeks. So I did the MRI and less than 2 hours later the doctors office called me.
This time the results weren't normal...
"Your MRI showed some abnormalities that require the assistance of a neurologist. We will call you in a strong pain reliever and work at getting your referral in order. Once your referral is done, we will call you with an appointment time. Oh and you should probably limit your driving."
Ok... what do you think your reaction would be??
Honestly my first reaction was relief!
No the migraines haven't affected my thinking yet... I was hoping they would find something so that they can fix it. Did I expect them to say abnormalities and neurologist in the same sentence? Hell no. Oh and the "limit your driving"... yeah we had soccer practice that night in Crowley so I didn't really follow that one either.
So now here I am 3 1/2 weeks in with the worlds worst migraine...
I got some pain medicine.
It is in the form of a nasal spray.
It makes me feel like someone just shot the inside of my nose with a blow torch.
Maybe that is why I start to feel a little less pressure... because I am crying from the pain up my nose!
The good news about the nasal pain medicine...
I can take it every 8 hours.
The bad news is...
I can only take it at night because it pretty much makes me completely useless before it knocks me on my ass for the night.
I did finally get me an appointment with a neurologist.
Yup it is NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Oh goody... another week of total misery.
ON a positive note, the person that said "limit your driving" was apparently drunk at the time because I don't have to do that.
Although it is kinda hard to drive down the road with a bag of frozen peas on your head..........
Well almost 4 weeks ago I woke up with a migraine in the front of my head. It was a Saturday, G went in to work and I was alone with the kids. It was a pretty laid back Saturday, no soccer games yet and I had planned to take the kids to the pool. We didn't make it to the pool because I spent most of the day crying on the couch. You see I don't get migraines EVER. So I have never understood the pain that people talk about until now.
Sunday was worse because this migraine traveled to the back of my head. So now it was hurting in the front and the back all day! It got so bad I actually considered driving myself to the ER, with all 5 kids in tow. Instead G came home from work and took the kids to the pool... I went to bed!
Monday was a nightmare. I wanted so badly to go to the doctor but KL&D had their 9 year appointment that day.
Tuesday I go to my doctor thinking I am going to get some relief after nearly 4 days of misery. They suggested that I get the shot in the hip. You see this shot "instantly relieves all migraines, but it does sting a bit". A bit? Who the hell are they kidding. That shot was worse than the strep throat shot! I ain't gonna sugar coat it for you... That fucker HURT! Then came "after you leave here, I would suggest going home and relaxing in a dark and quiet room". REALLY?? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?? Have I not been here for YEARS? Do you not know that in less than 1 hour I will be picking my 5 children up from school?? (The only dark quiet room I can kinda be alone in is the "water closet", although I like to call it the toilet room!) The doctor also suggested I call to tell them how I was feeling. I called later on in the day and said the following... "That shot you gave me? Did it help? NO!In fact, now my head and my ass hurt!!"
Apparently that was a one sided laughing phone conversation....... (Note to self, doctor offices have no sense of humor.)
Wednesday I called again and they called in a prescription (Imitrex). I took it and instantly threw up and felt like my big ass van was sitting on my head.
So you get the pattern... I call complaining, they call in prescription, I call complaining, they call in something else.... A CT was ordered and the results came back normal.
The next step was an MRI. In the meantime, I had to "wait it out" until the MRI. So basically, NO RELIEF after nearly 2 weeks. So I did the MRI and less than 2 hours later the doctors office called me.
This time the results weren't normal...
"Your MRI showed some abnormalities that require the assistance of a neurologist. We will call you in a strong pain reliever and work at getting your referral in order. Once your referral is done, we will call you with an appointment time. Oh and you should probably limit your driving."
Ok... what do you think your reaction would be??
Honestly my first reaction was relief!
No the migraines haven't affected my thinking yet... I was hoping they would find something so that they can fix it. Did I expect them to say abnormalities and neurologist in the same sentence? Hell no. Oh and the "limit your driving"... yeah we had soccer practice that night in Crowley so I didn't really follow that one either.
So now here I am 3 1/2 weeks in with the worlds worst migraine...
I got some pain medicine.
It is in the form of a nasal spray.
It makes me feel like someone just shot the inside of my nose with a blow torch.
Maybe that is why I start to feel a little less pressure... because I am crying from the pain up my nose!
The good news about the nasal pain medicine...
I can take it every 8 hours.
The bad news is...
I can only take it at night because it pretty much makes me completely useless before it knocks me on my ass for the night.
I did finally get me an appointment with a neurologist.
Yup it is NEXT WEDNESDAY.
Oh goody... another week of total misery.
ON a positive note, the person that said "limit your driving" was apparently drunk at the time because I don't have to do that.
Although it is kinda hard to drive down the road with a bag of frozen peas on your head..........
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Oohhh La La
Ok, so I have to say a really funny story.
There is a guy on my street who is a snake. Literally. The guy had his wife & married girlfriend pregnant at the same time. SCANDELOUS!! Then his wife went ape shit crazy when he moved in with the girlfriend. Then she went real ape shit crazy and ran away with the kids. Girlfriend and Snake found the kids, moved them in with them, their son and her daughter. Mom? She is spending some vacation time behind bars....
So anyways, back to Snake...
I have recently taken up the hobby of walking 4 of my kids to school in the mornings. I figured I could get some exercise and the stupid crazy ass parents that drive won't piss me off as much. (I mean WHO honks at the people in a school drop off lane?? The idiot that was behind me one day!!!)
So Tuesday we were walking and I had a nice outfit on because I was scheduled to see the dr about a 4 day migraine. (about that later)
So nice outfit for me means... top that shows a little cleavage and some pants that look kinda cute.
Well we were walking and I don't think Snake has seen me lately so he took a second glance and said "Kim?". I replied back with "Oh hey Snake (said his actual name), how's it going?"
His reply?
"You look good!"
I giggled like a school girl and said "Thanks!"
I kept walking and felt like someone was staring at me.
I turned around to check on my slow walking child and noticed that Snake was STARING at me. Funny thing is Girlfriend noticed too and started giving him an earful.
I have to say that I giggled all the way to the school.
Ironically enough my beautiful friend PS yelled "Wooo whoo Hot Momma" out her car window at me as I was walking.
So for all my peeps that see me on a regular basis I will be wearing that outfit ALL the time now! HaHa!!
There is a guy on my street who is a snake. Literally. The guy had his wife & married girlfriend pregnant at the same time. SCANDELOUS!! Then his wife went ape shit crazy when he moved in with the girlfriend. Then she went real ape shit crazy and ran away with the kids. Girlfriend and Snake found the kids, moved them in with them, their son and her daughter. Mom? She is spending some vacation time behind bars....
So anyways, back to Snake...
I have recently taken up the hobby of walking 4 of my kids to school in the mornings. I figured I could get some exercise and the stupid crazy ass parents that drive won't piss me off as much. (I mean WHO honks at the people in a school drop off lane?? The idiot that was behind me one day!!!)
So Tuesday we were walking and I had a nice outfit on because I was scheduled to see the dr about a 4 day migraine. (about that later)
So nice outfit for me means... top that shows a little cleavage and some pants that look kinda cute.
Well we were walking and I don't think Snake has seen me lately so he took a second glance and said "Kim?". I replied back with "Oh hey Snake (said his actual name), how's it going?"
His reply?
"You look good!"
I giggled like a school girl and said "Thanks!"
I kept walking and felt like someone was staring at me.
I turned around to check on my slow walking child and noticed that Snake was STARING at me. Funny thing is Girlfriend noticed too and started giving him an earful.
I have to say that I giggled all the way to the school.
Ironically enough my beautiful friend PS yelled "Wooo whoo Hot Momma" out her car window at me as I was walking.
So for all my peeps that see me on a regular basis I will be wearing that outfit ALL the time now! HaHa!!
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