Monday, July 18, 2011

ER

Double vision, tunnel vision, loss of balance, an intense desire to close my eyes....

All this came about shortly after I arrived at work today, and I somehow ended up in the ER at Swedish (Melinda drove me, but all I remember of the trip is streets and cars zig-zagging in front of us, in my ocularly-challenged state.

Once I laid down on a gurney, all I wanted to do was sleep. Intense snippets of dreams: floating on a lake on giant cucumber rounds. No pain, lots of needles, cuffs being fastened and unfastened, a CT machine, and then the obnoxious banging and clanking of the MRI machine ("a clinking, clanking, clattering collection of coliginous junk!") Felt as if I'd woken up inside an off-key marching band with half the instruments missing, and no one with any real knowledge of how to play a damn thing.

Anyway, the diagnosis was Diplopia, most likely caused by a Silent Migraine. (All the symptoms except pain.) NO tumors, blockages, or any evidence of a stroke, thank-you Jayzus!

And, uh, stress, which I've got in spades.

And when the bill comes for this four-hour adventure.....

10 comments:

  1. O, Jaysus!

    I suppose your appetite has been way off these last weeks, and you're not eating much. At least keep hydrating, honey.

    I'm really sorry to hear this.

    Love, C.

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  2. oh T...you poor broken bird...this life needs to cut you some slack.

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  3. Honey, are you OK? Is there anything I can do? Sounds like you need another dose of Becki and Gregg TLC. Love, love, love you

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  4. Yikes! Glad you are ok, that would have been scary. Thanks to Melinda for driving you to get checked out!

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  6. STRESS and WORRY. WORRY and STRESS. You really do need that holiday. What about Yoga? Dr Cro prescribes serious relaxation and pampering. Hope you're feeling better. Nasty shock!

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  7. Oh, T - alarming. Relieved to know you're okay. You've had too much stress to manage, for too long. I wish we could whisk you over here for some time away from it all. . .

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  8. Oh goodness, as if you haven't been through enough! Take a few days off, T! You owe that to yourself. Stop worrying...just remember, it's all good!
    You have LOTS of friends who love you, remember that, too!
    Ima

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  9. glad you're okay, t. please take care of you.

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  10. Oh, dear. I'm so sorry to hear of this. Stress is wicked -- how we handle it paramount. It doesn't go away, though -- I wish you relief and time to care for yourself.

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