My Eyes cont.
Treatment has been started on my eye now. I seen the neurologist and he said that I do indeed have Ocular Neuritis. For all those out there who don't speak doctor, that's inflammation of the optic nerve. They don't know why. I'm having an MRI of my brain done tomorrow night so we can check for the presence of plaques which would indicate the presence of Multiple Sclerosis. I'm really hoping that they are not there, but I just have a funny feeling. Perhaps that's all the steriods coursing through my veins right now. That's my treatment. Steroids, in mass quantities. I'm getting 1000mg of steriods via IV daily right now. Again, for those who don't speak doctor, that's a hell of a lot (we typically give patients who are in respiratory distress 125mg ONLY). I miss part of a dose because that wonderful place that I work for couldn't not get a vein and the miserable man that they call 'doctor' refused to get up out of bed to even come help us look for a decent vein. I was less than happy. So, as if I wasn't under enough stress, he only added to it. I'm not sure if I should just get the last half dose IV tomorrow or start my oral steroids to taper my body off the juice. I've tried to call the doctor about 5 times, and he never called back. The doctors that I work for don't really want to treat me without doctor's orders because of how rare my case is. 40% of people who develop the condition that I have develop MS. That scares me. On a better note though, my teachers have been awesome because all of them are going out of their way to help me and make sure that I not only get my health taken care of, but that I can still stay in school and succeed. Well, all except for one that is. My teacher today told me I should consider withdrawing from the program and starting again once my health is in order. Fuck that! School is really the only thing that I can think that is offering distraction so that I don't dwell on what is really going on. I'm not happy about this situation. I really don't want to be in it, but for some reason this is where I find myself.
Again I'm lost and I don't know what to do or to think. All I know is that I'm here and I'm going to fight. Should I go down, it will be fighting but that's a totally different story. I should go do some homework since I have 3 papers due next week, not to mention a test that I have to make up because I missed it on Monday.
Thank you to everyone out there who has kept me in your thoughts, energy and prayers. I'm still in need becuase I'm not out of the darkness yet, I just one step closer to the light.
Again I'm lost and I don't know what to do or to think. All I know is that I'm here and I'm going to fight. Should I go down, it will be fighting but that's a totally different story. I should go do some homework since I have 3 papers due next week, not to mention a test that I have to make up because I missed it on Monday.
Thank you to everyone out there who has kept me in your thoughts, energy and prayers. I'm still in need becuase I'm not out of the darkness yet, I just one step closer to the light.