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Migraine Update 9000!
11 years ago
UPDATE
So far I've seen:
-optometrist
-general practitioner
-neurologist
-ophthalmologist
I have had my eyes dilated twice, have had an endless battery of tests, scans, and have been prescribed a plethora of different medications. No one has found anything physically wrong with me - no strokes, aneurysms, tumors, etc., which is GOOD, but that also leaves a big fat ??? as to what's actually wrong.
I'm still blind in one eye. I'm in migraine pain every single day, constantly, except for the hour or so after I take a Fioricet. I have to be driven everywhere. I've pretty much lost all of the independence I was used to. I'm sure there are people out there who will read this and think I'm being a whiny cunt-lip who should be happy that I'm still alive, that I can still walk, that I still have this n' that, etc., but you know what? Fuck you. I went from being perfectly fine to suddenly being blind in one eye, and I believe I can bitch about that a little if I want to.
I've also lost some of the ability to properly identify colors - some reds and yellows look orange to me, some greens look teal, and some blues look green. It's kind of weird, and it's made me scared to dare to try and draw again, although I want to :{
The neurologist I saw seemed pretty confident that the vision/hearing loss are related to the migraine and will clear up completely when the migraine goes away, whenever that is. So that's pretty encouraging!
So basically it's a waiting game - wait out the pain, wait to see if my vision ever comes back, wait to see if anything changes.
I'll say other one thing - you really find out who your real friends are when something happens to your health. As far as some of my "close friends" know, I could be dead right now - they never bothered checking.
So far I've seen:
-optometrist
-general practitioner
-neurologist
-ophthalmologist
I have had my eyes dilated twice, have had an endless battery of tests, scans, and have been prescribed a plethora of different medications. No one has found anything physically wrong with me - no strokes, aneurysms, tumors, etc., which is GOOD, but that also leaves a big fat ??? as to what's actually wrong.
I'm still blind in one eye. I'm in migraine pain every single day, constantly, except for the hour or so after I take a Fioricet. I have to be driven everywhere. I've pretty much lost all of the independence I was used to. I'm sure there are people out there who will read this and think I'm being a whiny cunt-lip who should be happy that I'm still alive, that I can still walk, that I still have this n' that, etc., but you know what? Fuck you. I went from being perfectly fine to suddenly being blind in one eye, and I believe I can bitch about that a little if I want to.
I've also lost some of the ability to properly identify colors - some reds and yellows look orange to me, some greens look teal, and some blues look green. It's kind of weird, and it's made me scared to dare to try and draw again, although I want to :{
The neurologist I saw seemed pretty confident that the vision/hearing loss are related to the migraine and will clear up completely when the migraine goes away, whenever that is. So that's pretty encouraging!
So basically it's a waiting game - wait out the pain, wait to see if my vision ever comes back, wait to see if anything changes.
I'll say other one thing - you really find out who your real friends are when something happens to your health. As far as some of my "close friends" know, I could be dead right now - they never bothered checking.
But really, I can't imagine what you must be going through even though I have read it. I really hope that your health returns quickly and everything goes back to normal.
Like I said, the worst part is losing the ability to drive, as stupid and petty as that sounds. I sell things on Amazon occasionally, like my old manga volumes and some of my stuffed animals and things like that, and I used to be able to just drive on over to the post office to mail them off. Now it's like "HEY CAN SOMEONE DRIVE ME" and I have to wait until it's convenient for someone in my family etc. etc. :/ I can't even ride a bike around for the same reasons I can't drive - loss of peripheral vision, loss of balance, dizziness, etc.
I've taken to writing things IRL in ALLCAPS too because I can read it better as I'm writing it, which is kind of funny XD because, of course, allcaps is YELLING! So when I see my own writing at work, I'm like "OH CRAP I'M YELLIN" XD no one else in my family gets it, of course >_>; Ahaha. Oh well XD Trying to find some humor in my situation!
I don't think that's petty at all. Driving is a big part of one's personal independence. I don't even like driving but I know I wouldn't like being unable to get places on my own. I went through three years of college without a car, and even that wasn't any fun--I always felt like I was being a bother needing rides places and could never just go somewhere on a whim. So, I totally get it. I'd find it really frustrating too : (
STOP YELLING OKAY JUST CALM DOWN lol
Sometimes finding the humor is the most you can do!
Try to do stuff that helps you relax, and again, I hope you get feeling better soon!
I'm really sorry your life took such a sharp and sudden turn... I really hope this migraine passes soon.....
I REALLY want to be better by Anime Expo in a month though :{ I was looking forward to going this year!
just best of luck!! take it easy ;m;