Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Possible Relapse, Moving On

On Sunday I had my first possible relapse. It started with my feet being numb for hours, then the headache came on like a freight train. I even too sleeping pills on Sunday night just so I could lay down and not have tears down my face from the pressure of the pillow. *Note-my doctor has moved to Tennessee and I currently have no neurologist. MAJOR PROBLEM!!!!* We called both the neurology clinic at UNC and Duke but neither could see me until next year. Yes you read correctly. Next. Year. It got so bad on Monday that Girlfriend took me to the emergency room after realizing I had been in pain for 18 hours. At this point I could no longer see straight, my left foot/leg was still numb and I'd give just about anything for the headache to go away. Two hours later they gave me some type of IV concoction that helped my head within the hour but left me completely exhausted and just feeling "weird." I slept the rest of Monday and all of Tuesday and could have very well slept all of today. I'm finally starting to feel like myself (don't tell Girlfriend that my head is starting to hurt again) but I've taken notes of the days/symptoms so that when I do get a new doctor at least I have kept up with what has been going on inside my body.

3 comments:

Erin said...

I can't believe they don't have emergency slots, well for emergencies. I'm sorry you haven't been able to find a neurologist out there.

I forget, did they officially diagnose you with MS? Usually they give an rx and for the life of me I can't remember the name of the rx injection, maybe solu-medrol for sudden relapses. Maybe it's for later more progressive cases.

I wish I could help =( I hope you feel better soon, glad you have Girlfriend to take care of you!

The Surprise Dyke said...

Erin-I'm with you on the emergencies thing. Apparently 2 weeks later is considered "helpful." The worst part is if my doctor was still there he would have called me within the hour, that's how great he was. I don't have an official diagnosis yet, still living in the gray zone of "suspected." Last time they gave me Solu-medrol and when I tried explaining that to the nurse her response was, "well that's not what this doctor ordered this time." So instead of them treating the actual problem they did a temporary bandaid fix for just my headache that is already hurting again. Got to love the bureaucracy of it all...

Erin said...

Well I hope you keep us posted. I'm only a lowly student, but if I have any revelations I will try and help. I am sending positive vibes your way! <3