First off, I want to apologize if any of this doesn't exactly make sense, because I am kinda delirious with this headache.
My head has been constantly hurting, to the point of severe nausea, since I woke up this morning. It hurt before this, but for some reason it's a LOT worse now. So, I think I'm gonna b heading to the hospital this evening (again, man do I just luv those hospitals
). The crappy part is that I just saw one of my neurosurgeons yesterday and he made an adjustment on my shunt (it magnetic). He also had me get some x-rays of the shunt because I went 4-wheeling and was paranoid that I messed it up lol. The adjustment he made on my shunt was so small, not nearly enough to cause this drastic of a change so suddenly. The worst part is that my mom can't drive me until she gets off of work at 4. I sure as heck can't drive myself, and if I were to call an ambulance they wouldn't take me all the way out to the hospital where my neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, and all other doctors are (whenever I'm in the hospital they all come to see me so it's important that I go to that hospital). They would only take me to a local hospital where they would just pump me with painkillers and send me on my way. At least at the other hospital they will most likely admit me to the neuro unit (along with pump me with pain meds, thank god
). I have this gut feeling that something is wrong with my shunt again. Whenever I've had a gut feeling in the past, I've usually been right. The worst part of all of this is that if I get admitted, my doctor is going to have me get a cysternogram (it's like a spinal tap, but they do it in radiology and insert dye into the spine) and those hurt like a 'female dog'. I don't know what I'll do if I have to have another surgery for this dang shunt- I've had enough and I'm emotionally, mentally and physically drained. I could barely pour food into the cats' dishes this morning (they weren't too happy about that).
I don't know what I'm going to do until 4- I shouldn't take any more of my pain meds until these wear off, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it without. I'm already lying flat on the sofa with all the blinds closed, ice pack on forehead and/or on back of neck, and with TV in the background as a distraction. And my dad is in Cincinatti till Friday night, so my mom is the one that has to do everything and she is NOT good with any kind of stress at ALL.
I don't know how I'm gonna make it through the day! My head hurts so bad
*I'll just add that I have checked with some of my doctors and pharmacist in the past about doubling up on certain meds, and they have said it's OK in an emergency situation.
My head has been constantly hurting, to the point of severe nausea, since I woke up this morning. It hurt before this, but for some reason it's a LOT worse now. So, I think I'm gonna b heading to the hospital this evening (again, man do I just luv those hospitals
I don't know what I'm going to do until 4- I shouldn't take any more of my pain meds until these wear off, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it without. I'm already lying flat on the sofa with all the blinds closed, ice pack on forehead and/or on back of neck, and with TV in the background as a distraction. And my dad is in Cincinatti till Friday night, so my mom is the one that has to do everything and she is NOT good with any kind of stress at ALL.
I don't know how I'm gonna make it through the day! My head hurts so bad
*I'll just add that I have checked with some of my doctors and pharmacist in the past about doubling up on certain meds, and they have said it's OK in an emergency situation.