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I didn't go back and read what I have written in here for the past few entries so if I repeat something, sorry :(
I got a job. FINALLY!!!! The best part about it is I get to pick my schedule. I can work Monday-Friday from 7:30-7:30. If I don't want to go in one day, I don't go. It's as simple as that.
Alisha (my cousin), drove up to Virginia this past week with Samantha (her daughter) and left her there. Manth is spending a few weeks with her father and grandmother in Roanoke. But, when Alisha goes back to get her I'm going with and I am so excited about it. I can't wait to see what cold weather is like again!
In other news, I had a seizure this past Friday. It was caused by the medicine they have me on for my headaches. I don't remember any of the actual seizure but I'll fill you in on what I do remember. Alisha came in the bedroom to say hi to me and as I reached my arm around her to give her a hug I remember thinking "I don't feel right". The next thing I knew I was sitting in an ambulance and they were hooking all these wires up to me and I kept thinking "I have to wake up, this is just a dream and I need to wake up". I was fighting the ambulance guy and I kept pushing him away from me thinking the more I moved the more likely I'd be to wake up. I remember seeing my mother at the end of the ambulance as they were closing the doors and she kept saying "it's o.k. Tiffany. I'm right behind you. I'll be right behind you the whole way. It's o.k. I'm coming with you baby. I promise it's o.k.". When they shut the ambulance door is when I realized it was reality and not a dream. It was kind of scary. The paramedic asked me why I was so mean and why I would act like that to him. At the time I didn't know what to say to him or what he was talking about but now looking back I can kinda see where he was coming from. I was just trying to "wake" myself up but to him I was just pushing and shoving him off of me. I want to apologize to him but I have no idea who he was or even which fire station he came from. If I'd have known it was all really happening I wouldn't have fought him at all.
Anyways, I went to my neurologist (my migraine doctor) today and told him what happened. He explained to me pretty much what I already knew, but my mom wouldn't let me out of her sight until she got the o.k. from him. She was afraid I was going to have another seizure either from staying on the medicine or abruptly stopping it, which is what I did. My doctor put it to me this way. Epilepsy can be described by three things.
1. Reoccurring
2. Unprovoked
3. Seizing
First, since this was my first seizure ever, I don't have the reoccurring part. Second, my seizure WAS provoked (by the medicine). So, in conclusion, without #1 and #2, I won't get #3 again. My mom is so cute though. She was so worried about me that the next morning I actually woke up and her fingers were under my nose and she was inspecting me to make sure I was breathing. 23 years old and my mommy still checks to see if I'm breathing while I sleep. I love my mom.
I also love my doctor. I know you're probably thinking that he can't be that great if he put me on a medicine that would make me have seizures, but I was fully warned that seizures could be a side effect and I decided to try the medicine anyway. Here's how cool my doc is though... Our insurance doesn't cover visits to his office because he's not on "their plan" so it's $150 every time I visit the office. He gave me today for free! He is seriously the best doctor I have ever had. The maximum time I have ever waited in the waiting room to be seen is MAYBE 5 to 7 minutes. And as soon as you get put into a room in the back it's maybe a 1 or 2 minute wait until you seen him. He told me he limits his patients to be seen in a day for that reason specifically. He wants the patient to feel like they had time to talk to the doctor and not just be rushed in and out so he can maximize his profits.
Next, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!!!!!! As of Sunday, October 17th I am officially 23. The big plan for my b-day was to go out on "The Palm Beach Princess" (a gambling cruise), on Sunday night. It was supposed to be me, my mom/dad/brother, my neighbor Larry, Alisha, my grandma, and Aaron. My mom didn't want to leave the shoreline though, knowing that I could have another seizure at any moment, so we postponed it until 2 weeks from now, so I could get the o.k. from the doctor. It's really fun though, so I can't wait to go on it. You pay $15 and you get an all you can eat buffet that is in my opinion 4 star quality. It's seriously the BEST food I ever had. Then the rest of the night you can play the slot machines, poker, blackjack, go out on the deck, see a show, watch a comedian, etc.
In other news, I got really, really FAT in the past year! But, luckily lately I started to drop some of that weight. So far, I have lost 25 pounds off my heaviest weight. The best part is people actually noticed too. So far I've had 5 or 6 people notice and say something to me about it. WOO HOO! Unfortunately, I am still 30 pounds heavier than I was in High School :(
P.S.
Thanks Dustin for the email and phone call on my birthday!
I just got the message today, so sorry for not calling you back.
You're the BEST!!!!
I got a job. FINALLY!!!! The best part about it is I get to pick my schedule. I can work Monday-Friday from 7:30-7:30. If I don't want to go in one day, I don't go. It's as simple as that.
Alisha (my cousin), drove up to Virginia this past week with Samantha (her daughter) and left her there. Manth is spending a few weeks with her father and grandmother in Roanoke. But, when Alisha goes back to get her I'm going with and I am so excited about it. I can't wait to see what cold weather is like again!
In other news, I had a seizure this past Friday. It was caused by the medicine they have me on for my headaches. I don't remember any of the actual seizure but I'll fill you in on what I do remember. Alisha came in the bedroom to say hi to me and as I reached my arm around her to give her a hug I remember thinking "I don't feel right". The next thing I knew I was sitting in an ambulance and they were hooking all these wires up to me and I kept thinking "I have to wake up, this is just a dream and I need to wake up". I was fighting the ambulance guy and I kept pushing him away from me thinking the more I moved the more likely I'd be to wake up. I remember seeing my mother at the end of the ambulance as they were closing the doors and she kept saying "it's o.k. Tiffany. I'm right behind you. I'll be right behind you the whole way. It's o.k. I'm coming with you baby. I promise it's o.k.". When they shut the ambulance door is when I realized it was reality and not a dream. It was kind of scary. The paramedic asked me why I was so mean and why I would act like that to him. At the time I didn't know what to say to him or what he was talking about but now looking back I can kinda see where he was coming from. I was just trying to "wake" myself up but to him I was just pushing and shoving him off of me. I want to apologize to him but I have no idea who he was or even which fire station he came from. If I'd have known it was all really happening I wouldn't have fought him at all.
Anyways, I went to my neurologist (my migraine doctor) today and told him what happened. He explained to me pretty much what I already knew, but my mom wouldn't let me out of her sight until she got the o.k. from him. She was afraid I was going to have another seizure either from staying on the medicine or abruptly stopping it, which is what I did. My doctor put it to me this way. Epilepsy can be described by three things.
1. Reoccurring
2. Unprovoked
3. Seizing
First, since this was my first seizure ever, I don't have the reoccurring part. Second, my seizure WAS provoked (by the medicine). So, in conclusion, without #1 and #2, I won't get #3 again. My mom is so cute though. She was so worried about me that the next morning I actually woke up and her fingers were under my nose and she was inspecting me to make sure I was breathing. 23 years old and my mommy still checks to see if I'm breathing while I sleep. I love my mom.
I also love my doctor. I know you're probably thinking that he can't be that great if he put me on a medicine that would make me have seizures, but I was fully warned that seizures could be a side effect and I decided to try the medicine anyway. Here's how cool my doc is though... Our insurance doesn't cover visits to his office because he's not on "their plan" so it's $150 every time I visit the office. He gave me today for free! He is seriously the best doctor I have ever had. The maximum time I have ever waited in the waiting room to be seen is MAYBE 5 to 7 minutes. And as soon as you get put into a room in the back it's maybe a 1 or 2 minute wait until you seen him. He told me he limits his patients to be seen in a day for that reason specifically. He wants the patient to feel like they had time to talk to the doctor and not just be rushed in and out so he can maximize his profits.
Next, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!!!!!! As of Sunday, October 17th I am officially 23. The big plan for my b-day was to go out on "The Palm Beach Princess" (a gambling cruise), on Sunday night. It was supposed to be me, my mom/dad/brother, my neighbor Larry, Alisha, my grandma, and Aaron. My mom didn't want to leave the shoreline though, knowing that I could have another seizure at any moment, so we postponed it until 2 weeks from now, so I could get the o.k. from the doctor. It's really fun though, so I can't wait to go on it. You pay $15 and you get an all you can eat buffet that is in my opinion 4 star quality. It's seriously the BEST food I ever had. Then the rest of the night you can play the slot machines, poker, blackjack, go out on the deck, see a show, watch a comedian, etc.
In other news, I got really, really FAT in the past year! But, luckily lately I started to drop some of that weight. So far, I have lost 25 pounds off my heaviest weight. The best part is people actually noticed too. So far I've had 5 or 6 people notice and say something to me about it. WOO HOO! Unfortunately, I am still 30 pounds heavier than I was in High School :(
P.S.
Thanks Dustin for the email and phone call on my birthday!
I just got the message today, so sorry for not calling you back.
You're the BEST!!!!