Calm down, brain....
Oct. 8th, 2002 01:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheYesterday morning, I awoke with a splitting headache. I first took two ibuprofen. Four hours later, I took one maximum strength acetaminophen, which cut through some of the pain for about an hour. Seven hours later, I took two(!) Aleve, which did nothing for the pain--in fact, it seemed to enhance it.
Through the night, my headache reached into my slumber. I awoke at least four times, wincing and sometimes crying out.
This morning, my companion was still right there with me. I told my father, and we resolved to go to the hospital. However, this being a huge, conglomerate structure, we decided, after waiting for over three hours, that we could find help elsewhere. We made an appointment for me with a general practitioner for later this week.
In the meantime, I bought more acetaminophen. I don't quite understand why that and none of the other painkillers could dampen the pain so much. But mine is not to wonder why.
F says he's worried. He says that, coupled with my vision-related HPPD symptoms, what I'm exhibiting now may be indications of a brain tumor. I shrugged and said that that was an idea I'd entertained several months ago; he was telling me nothing new.
The funny thing was, I went downstairs to speak with my father (who'd heard nothing of this private conversation), and he proceeded to tell me about a friend of his who had been complaining about headaches and soon ended up dead--the cause of death, a brain tumor. The fact that two independent sources used that phrase seems more than a coincidence to me. But as much as I think God speaks to us through ordinary channels, I know I can't chalk anything up as fact until I see a physician.
You never know what a good thing health is until you lose it.
Through the night, my headache reached into my slumber. I awoke at least four times, wincing and sometimes crying out.
This morning, my companion was still right there with me. I told my father, and we resolved to go to the hospital. However, this being a huge, conglomerate structure, we decided, after waiting for over three hours, that we could find help elsewhere. We made an appointment for me with a general practitioner for later this week.
In the meantime, I bought more acetaminophen. I don't quite understand why that and none of the other painkillers could dampen the pain so much. But mine is not to wonder why.
F says he's worried. He says that, coupled with my vision-related HPPD symptoms, what I'm exhibiting now may be indications of a brain tumor. I shrugged and said that that was an idea I'd entertained several months ago; he was telling me nothing new.
The funny thing was, I went downstairs to speak with my father (who'd heard nothing of this private conversation), and he proceeded to tell me about a friend of his who had been complaining about headaches and soon ended up dead--the cause of death, a brain tumor. The fact that two independent sources used that phrase seems more than a coincidence to me. But as much as I think God speaks to us through ordinary channels, I know I can't chalk anything up as fact until I see a physician.
You never know what a good thing health is until you lose it.
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Date: 2002-10-08 08:23 pm (UTC)Glad to hear your head is feeling better. Sorry to know you've had an arrhythmia. The thing about taking both aspirin and acetominophen is useful to know. They each have a 24-hour max, but those are independent of one another, so you can pretty much double the amount of painkillers you can take if you take both kinds or swap back and forth. (though maybe you should check that with your doctor).
Meeting someplace, like at a bookstore, sounds nice. As a matter of fact, this weekend on Sunday the Stilyagi book club is having a discussion of American Gods - a book I've been meaning to give to you for nearly a year. It's at 3 pm at a bookstore over here in Ann Arbor in the westgate mall just east of the Jackson Rd exit from I-94. Details are at the club website. I'll be there. I think you might find the discussion interesting, too.