Update on health
May. 26th, 2009 07:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
divinemadamI have been absent for a month or so from LJ because of RL, so I am going to try to do some updates based on categories. The first will be to one that seems to be most pertinent which is my health. If you have read my LJ, you know that this year has not been a good year for me health-wise. I have had every cold, flu, and respiratory issue that you can imagine outside of pneumonia and bronchitis. I have also been dealing with more and more migraines. I finally was put on Topamax for that, which had some interesting side effects for about six weeks, and then no more migraines since. Yay!
Once the headaches were gone, I noticed that the aching in my neck that I always felt with my headaches was still there. I went to the doctor about it. She said that it was an inflamed muscle and gave me anti-inflammatories, told me to ice it once or twice a day and do stretches. I have been doing that for a couple of weeks. However, over the weekend, my neck has been aching 10 times worse then before, and my fingers started tingling. I also started having a weird visual effect, not the aura that comes with migraines, but more of a shadowy trail when things move. Last night, I could barely move and almost went to the ER because I was in so much pain. However, I took enough medicine and lay on an ice pack that I was able to go to sleep. When I woke up this morning, I couldn't move much more than last night and my neck was still in as much pain. I went to the Emergency Room. They did a CT scan, which came back clear, so that is good. The down side is that we don't know what is causing this. I went home on some serious percocet with a referral to a neurologist and a prescription for muscle relaxers. I am supposed to take the muscle relaxers 4 times a day, and I have no idea how I am going to work like that. I thought that I would forego taking them, but once I woke up after the percocet wore off this afternoon, there is no way that I can function with this pain still throbbing in my neck without the medicine. I guess being woozy at work is better than being non-functional and in pain. I can only hope that I can get into the neurologist quickly and figure out what is going on. What are the odds of that? With my luck, not good.
Once the headaches were gone, I noticed that the aching in my neck that I always felt with my headaches was still there. I went to the doctor about it. She said that it was an inflamed muscle and gave me anti-inflammatories, told me to ice it once or twice a day and do stretches. I have been doing that for a couple of weeks. However, over the weekend, my neck has been aching 10 times worse then before, and my fingers started tingling. I also started having a weird visual effect, not the aura that comes with migraines, but more of a shadowy trail when things move. Last night, I could barely move and almost went to the ER because I was in so much pain. However, I took enough medicine and lay on an ice pack that I was able to go to sleep. When I woke up this morning, I couldn't move much more than last night and my neck was still in as much pain. I went to the Emergency Room. They did a CT scan, which came back clear, so that is good. The down side is that we don't know what is causing this. I went home on some serious percocet with a referral to a neurologist and a prescription for muscle relaxers. I am supposed to take the muscle relaxers 4 times a day, and I have no idea how I am going to work like that. I thought that I would forego taking them, but once I woke up after the percocet wore off this afternoon, there is no way that I can function with this pain still throbbing in my neck without the medicine. I guess being woozy at work is better than being non-functional and in pain. I can only hope that I can get into the neurologist quickly and figure out what is going on. What are the odds of that? With my luck, not good.
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Date: 2009-05-27 12:31 am (UTC)you'll let us know when you see the neurologist, won't you? i'm crossing my fingers that you get in quickly to see him and he can help you. ♥
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Date: 2009-05-27 03:02 am (UTC)I honestly think a lot of it is from stress and repetitive movement at work. I have a feeling that I need to find one of those special laptop coolers that sits up higher, so I am not looking down all of the time. I'm just not sure where to get that and how to set it up.