Okies! I think I may have jinxed myself...
In my previous post [on Thursday], I briefly mentioned my current headaches. These headaches, although daily and severe enough to warrant being referred to Neurology, have been manageable. They've been going on for about 8/9 months so far and when they first appeared, where sometimes accompanied by slight dizziness, as well as nausea and palpitations. The dizziness didn't make many appearances I have to say but when it did, it was scary.
Friday, the dizziness returned. :O(
I just made it into work, having had to bail on the train the stop before mine as I didn't feel quite right. I thought maybe I just needed some air - I'm not so hot at that time in the morning anyway ;O) Not so; I didn't even make it to my own desk in the office. One of the few colleagues who were about said I didn't look so good....she's a good friend and for once I thought it best not to play it down. I usually tell them I'm ok when I'm just feeling a bit off - usually though, I do just feel a teeny bit light-headed. This was major wibble. Sooo for the next two hours (!) she made me sit at the desk next to her and not move, she brought me tea and generally wouldn't let me do a thing :O/ I felt like such a freak. She wouldn't even let me go to the bathroom alone incase I collapsed. It's nice that they care so much but man it was embarrassing. Finally, and only when there was someone to come pick me up, I was sent home...to an emergency appointment at the Doctors. Joy!
Ok, so I've back and forth to the Doctors about 5 times with the headaches etc and it's only just (at Christmas) got me referred to the Hospital. My emergency appointment was with a doctor I'd not seen before about the issue so I could've probably guessed how it would go. You could say that whenever I first go in and mention headaches, they tend to latch on to it and ignore whatever else I might be saying. This was the case again. Despite me saying a number of times that the headaches, although yeah I could do without, weren't the issue as I'd been suffering with them for that long that I'd kinda got used to them. The issue on this particular day was the light-headed/dizziness. He asked about my eyes and was told I'd been to the optician not a month ago and he ruled out any eye problems...then he went and examined my eyes anyway. He went on and on about what might be causing the headaches; even mentioning that weight can sometimes cause headaches ...if I wasn't in pain I would have laughed. There is nothing more frustrating as when someone doesn't listen. His whole manner, especially when he more-or-less said the issues had been going on for months, and I'd been referred so what was the beef with today. Erm...that would be the DIZZINESS that you're failing to hear me stressing about!
It was a struggle to keep my cool and it took all my will not to cry...that said, I cried all the way home, then when my stepdad asked what happened the flood gates opened and I just broke. Not a good day. I think I frightened my mam. My stepdad wanted to take me to A&E to make them do something. I just wanted someone to listen. My mam was so shaken, she telephoned NHS Direct for advice - to go A&E or not. A nice lady ended up calming me down over the phone. Can you say 'idiot' - as that's what I felt like. She gave me a few tips to try to make it easier to last the next 6 weeks til my appointment but really there's nothing more to do except wait.
6 weeks isn't long - right?!
Friday, the dizziness returned. :O(
I just made it into work, having had to bail on the train the stop before mine as I didn't feel quite right. I thought maybe I just needed some air - I'm not so hot at that time in the morning anyway ;O) Not so; I didn't even make it to my own desk in the office. One of the few colleagues who were about said I didn't look so good....she's a good friend and for once I thought it best not to play it down. I usually tell them I'm ok when I'm just feeling a bit off - usually though, I do just feel a teeny bit light-headed. This was major wibble. Sooo for the next two hours (!) she made me sit at the desk next to her and not move, she brought me tea and generally wouldn't let me do a thing :O/ I felt like such a freak. She wouldn't even let me go to the bathroom alone incase I collapsed. It's nice that they care so much but man it was embarrassing. Finally, and only when there was someone to come pick me up, I was sent home...to an emergency appointment at the Doctors. Joy!
Ok, so I've back and forth to the Doctors about 5 times with the headaches etc and it's only just (at Christmas) got me referred to the Hospital. My emergency appointment was with a doctor I'd not seen before about the issue so I could've probably guessed how it would go. You could say that whenever I first go in and mention headaches, they tend to latch on to it and ignore whatever else I might be saying. This was the case again. Despite me saying a number of times that the headaches, although yeah I could do without, weren't the issue as I'd been suffering with them for that long that I'd kinda got used to them. The issue on this particular day was the light-headed/dizziness. He asked about my eyes and was told I'd been to the optician not a month ago and he ruled out any eye problems...then he went and examined my eyes anyway. He went on and on about what might be causing the headaches; even mentioning that weight can sometimes cause headaches ...if I wasn't in pain I would have laughed. There is nothing more frustrating as when someone doesn't listen. His whole manner, especially when he more-or-less said the issues had been going on for months, and I'd been referred so what was the beef with today. Erm...that would be the DIZZINESS that you're failing to hear me stressing about!
It was a struggle to keep my cool and it took all my will not to cry...that said, I cried all the way home, then when my stepdad asked what happened the flood gates opened and I just broke. Not a good day. I think I frightened my mam. My stepdad wanted to take me to A&E to make them do something. I just wanted someone to listen. My mam was so shaken, she telephoned NHS Direct for advice - to go A&E or not. A nice lady ended up calming me down over the phone. Can you say 'idiot' - as that's what I felt like. She gave me a few tips to try to make it easier to last the next 6 weeks til my appointment but really there's nothing more to do except wait.
6 weeks isn't long - right?!