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What a nightmare, my ongoing saga with the Dr. Well, some of you know I went to the ER last week for shooting pains in my head.
This past Wednesday, I went home sick from work because my head starting hurting so badly I became violently ill. I had to stop the car four times on the way home to vomit out the car door. Went to the doctor yesterday, I'm now going to see a neurologist because they think that I might have something wrong with one of the large arteries in my head, either swollen or inflammed. So....merry fucking christmas to me, I'm worried I might drop dead at any second from an aneurysm.  | |
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 Don't make it anything bad before you know what's going on please.
I've had major migraine attacks a few times, they are also horrible, made me panic. Maybe it is not as bad as you imagine. I hope you'll find out soon what's going on, and I hope you'll be fine, hang in there and try to relax, it will probably be better for you if you relax a bit anyway. | |
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Think positive!
Hoping you will be good as new by Christmas.
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gemini13 said: Well, some of you know I went to the ER last week for shooting pains in my head.
This past Wednesday, I went home sick from work because my head starting hurting so badly I became violently ill. I had to stop the car four times on the way home to vomit out the car door. Went to the doctor yesterday, I'm now going to see a neurologist because they think that I might have something wrong with one of the large arteries in my head, either swollen or inflammed. So....merry fucking christmas to me, I'm worried I might drop dead at any second from an aneurysm. OMFG!!!!! Hope you feel better soon, that doesn't sound like much fun.[Edited 12/16/06 17:29pm] RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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Have the doctors take a look at the alignment of the bones of your neck.
Take care of yourself and I hope and you feel better soon.
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gemini13 said: Well, some of you know I went to the ER last week for shooting pains in my head.
This past Wednesday, I went home sick from work because my head starting hurting so badly I became violently ill. I had to stop the car four times on the way home to vomit out the car door. Went to the doctor yesterday, I'm now going to see a neurologist because they think that I might have something wrong with one of the large arteries in my head, either swollen or inflammed. So....merry fucking christmas to me, I'm worried I might drop dead at any second from an aneurysm. Is your physician Family Practice? Internal Medicine? Headaches, along with nausea and vomiting can be caused by stress. There are other conditions with that symptomology that are treatable. Unless you had a CT scan it's difficult to assume anything. Did you have bloodwork that was out of range, a lumbar puncture? Not knowing the cause is reason enough to have a headache. At least you weren't referred to a neurosurgeon! | |
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Sounds like there's a lot of weirdness going on your life right now. Take care. Take it slow. | |
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Oh my goodness, take care of yourself. There ARE a lot of things it could be besides what the doctor thinks might be possible. Hopefully the neurologist will be able to find the cause and fix it."Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"-Dr Seuss
Pain is something to carry, like a radio...You should stand up for your right to feel your pain- Jim Morrison | |
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| hope you're recovering | |
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doomsday scenario, just like me.
you're not dying Karla, keep us updated though. | |
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I know I'm sometimes a drama queen, but this shit hurts day and night. | |
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gemini13 said: I know I'm sometimes a drama queen, but this shit hurts day and night.
For patients with severe migrains, an intramuscular injection of Demeral breaks the cycle and it goes away.That's what many ER docs prescribe. Too bad you didn't get a prescription for pain meds until you could get seen by a neurologist. Did you try Advil or Naproxyn?? Caffeine helps some people. If worse comes to worse, call your primary care physician and see if he/she can call a prescription in to a pharmacy. There should always be someone on-call to cover weekends. | |
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xplnyrslf said: gemini13 said: I know I'm sometimes a drama queen, but this shit hurts day and night.
For patients with severe migrains, an intramuscular injection of Demeral breaks the cycle and it goes away.That's what many ER docs prescribe. Too bad you didn't get a prescription for pain meds until you could get seen by a neurologist. Did you try Advil or Naproxyn?? Caffeine helps some people. If worse comes to worse, call your primary care physician and see if he/she can call a prescription in to a pharmacy. There should always be someone on-call to cover weekends. I've had migraines since I was about five years old. I KNOW what migraines feel like. I've taken everything under the sun for them, the only things that works is Advil (Ibuprofen). This is completely different. I argued with my doc for about ten minutes, trying to explain that this is not a migraine. She thought that the visual problems and facial numbness were an aura, until I told her that I don't experience auras ever, and the numbness and vision distortion is constant. I found a small lump above my ear, in my left temple, that when pressed, causes everything to hurt, and is the source of my pain. She then looked at her associate, and said hmmmmm, maybe you should see the neurologist. It could be an artery, better safe than sorry. She did give me Vicodin last week (which I stopped taking because I can't work in that state), so now she's given me some anti-nausea pill and Percocets (taken only at night). I don't like opiate prescriptions, so I'm back to square one with the Advil. | |
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TAKE A CHILL PILL YOU HAVE MIGRAINE.....YOU AINT DYING...STAY IN BED WITH IBUPROFEN AND YOU WILL B FINE. YOU WILL GET THEM FROM TIME TO TIME....DON'T BLOW IT ALL OUT OF PROPORTION | |
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cammille said: TAKE A CHILL PILL YOU HAVE MIGRAINE.....YOU AINT DYING...STAY IN BED WITH IBUPROFEN AND YOU WILL B FINE. YOU WILL GET THEM FROM TIME TO TIME....DON'T BLOW IT ALL OUT OF PROPORTION
It's not a migraine  | |
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cammille said: TAKE A CHILL PILL YOU HAVE MIGRAINE.....YOU AINT DYING...STAY IN BED WITH IBUPROFEN AND YOU WILL B FINE. YOU WILL GET THEM FROM TIME TO TIME....DON'T BLOW IT ALL OUT OF PROPORTION
You obviously never had a severe migraine, ibuprofen doesn't help, and from what she's telling us it doesn't sound like she is having migraine at all! | |
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gemini13 said: xplnyrslf said: For patients with severe migrains, an intramuscular injection of Demeral breaks the cycle and it goes away.That's what many ER docs prescribe. Too bad you didn't get a prescription for pain meds until you could get seen by a neurologist. Did you try Advil or Naproxyn?? Caffeine helps some people. If worse comes to worse, call your primary care physician and see if he/she can call a prescription in to a pharmacy. There should always be someone on-call to cover weekends. Hopefully you can see a neurologist this week. I've had migraines since I was about five years old. I KNOW what migraines feel like. I've taken everything under the sun for them, the only things that works is Advil (Ibuprofen). This is completely different. I argued with my doc for about ten minutes, trying to explain that this is not a migraine. She thought that the visual problems and facial numbness were an aura, until I told her that I don't experience auras ever, and the numbness and vision distortion is constant. I found a small lump above my ear, in my left temple, that when pressed, causes everything to hurt, and is the source of my pain. She then looked at her associate, and said hmmmmm, maybe you should see the neurologist. It could be an artery, better safe than sorry. She did give me Vicodin last week (which I stopped taking because I can't work in that state), so now she's given me some anti-nausea pill and Percocets (taken only at night). I don't like opiate prescriptions, so I'm back to square one with the Advil. | |
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any news ? hope you are feeling better | |
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| take care of yourself...I hope you get good news. | |
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Mach said: any news ?
hope you are feeling betterNo news yet, still have to see the doc. | |
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cammille said: TAKE A CHILL PILL YOU HAVE MIGRAINE.....YOU AINT DYING...STAY IN BED WITH IBUPROFEN AND YOU WILL B FINE. YOU WILL GET THEM FROM TIME TO TIME....DON'T BLOW IT ALL OUT OF PROPORTION
gee, how sensative of you. 
you added so much to this thread it's remarkable. 
Gemini, I hope you find out the source and solution to your pain asap. "not a fan"  yeah...ok | |
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