I just got out of the hospital and am slowly recovering. I'm not exactly sure what was or is going on, I'm still kind of out of it.
What began Sunday night as the worst migraine of my entire life, a #16 on the 1-10 pain scale, dry-heaving vomiting and extreme dizziness ended up with me being admitted to the Hospital with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension or Pseudo Tumor Cerebri, which I will refer to as IIH in the labels section of my blog.
I met an excellent Neurologist who has agreed to take my case. Under his recommendation, I will have a new Eye Doctor that will need to see me every two months to monitor the pressure via my dilated eyes. (I'm not looking forward to that, I dislike having my eyes dilated!) (Does anyone else who has sugar issues have a spike in blood glucose during/after having eyes dilated? Or is that just me?)
The treatment is a lower lumbar spine tap type thing - which is very painful! Oh and a 1000gm daily dose of a heavy duty diuretic that gives me muscle cramps will keep the fluid from coming back as quickly. But according to the Doctors, another lumbar puncture will be in my future. :(
Anyway, fast forward several days, and here I am.
So I will be researching and learning as I go, much like we all do from time to time.
Please keep me in your prayers/good thoughts.
Thanks!
What began Sunday night as the worst migraine of my entire life, a #16 on the 1-10 pain scale, dry-heaving vomiting and extreme dizziness ended up with me being admitted to the Hospital with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension or Pseudo Tumor Cerebri, which I will refer to as IIH in the labels section of my blog.
I met an excellent Neurologist who has agreed to take my case. Under his recommendation, I will have a new Eye Doctor that will need to see me every two months to monitor the pressure via my dilated eyes. (I'm not looking forward to that, I dislike having my eyes dilated!) (Does anyone else who has sugar issues have a spike in blood glucose during/after having eyes dilated? Or is that just me?)
The treatment is a lower lumbar spine tap type thing - which is very painful! Oh and a 1000gm daily dose of a heavy duty diuretic that gives me muscle cramps will keep the fluid from coming back as quickly. But according to the Doctors, another lumbar puncture will be in my future. :(
Anyway, fast forward several days, and here I am.
So I will be researching and learning as I go, much like we all do from time to time.
Please keep me in your prayers/good thoughts.
Thanks!
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