"And the Memory of You Walking..."

[rainbowjehan]

WARNING there is some gross stuff in this post.

The doctor at school is magic. MAGIC. She has accurately diagnosed me with half a dozen things since I came here that baffled the hospital (which is not, admittedly, a very good hospital, but still

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[brieboo]

School clinic people are usually awesome! My favorite school clinic story is how I once went in for a sinus infection, and the doctor, after looking me over and everything, pulls out his prescription pad and goes, "How do you feel about an antibiotic called a Z-Pack?" I said, "Well, it's okay, but I feel like amoxicillin works better." He replies, "Okay, then," and wrote the scrip for amoxicillin! There are so many doctors who a) wouldn't even have asked for my opinion, and b) would've given me a Z-pack anyway just to spite me.

Also, yeah, like canadabear said, no sense of balance, fever, congestion, ear pain, and someone actually told you, "I dunno what that could be!"?? That was the first thing I thought of (second thing I thought was meningitis, because of the headache, neck pain and spasms, but I would've checked for an ear infection first)! Of course, my brother once had an ingrown toenail that four doctors couldn't diagnose (he'd probably still have it if I hadn't taken a look!), so maybe I just have a talent, lol. I am impressed by the B12 thing, though.

[brieboo]

Or possibly mastoiditis, rather than meningitis, which is usually caused by a really severe ear infection that's left untreated, so I'd imagine it wouldn't be unusual to see a patient presenting with both.

[rainbowjehan]

is that really similar?

[brieboo]

Nevermind, I figured out which comment you were replying to, lol. Anyway, mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone of the skull, which happens to both be just behind the ear and very porous, so bacteria that are in the ear can get into it and have a freakin' party in there; so I'd imagine that it probably feels like somewhere between a really bad ear infection and meningitis.

But you are apparently lacking the classic sign of swelling and/or redness behind the ear, so I wouldn't worry about it unless you develop that and/or if your symptoms don't clear up after you finish the course of antibiotics the doctor presumably gave you.

[rainbowjehan]

Duly noted!

[rainbowjehan]

I was thinking meningitis, and I was really confused because I've had vaccinations for that, but I had all the symptoms! Otherwise I actually wouldn't have gone back to the doctor to-day, so I guess that's a good thing.

But yeah, I've gone to people in town here and I am WAY more confident with the school's people. There's a good therapist and a bad therapist, but I just see the good therapist, and admittedly the doctor is only in once a week, but she's brilliant, so I can live. They're so competent and professional, which the hospital here is definitely not.

Also, that is so true about the doctor. >_ I can't believe how many of them are secretly evil, which is why I wanted to post about how awesome this one is.

[brieboo]

Good thing you did go back!!

And yay, awesome doctors are awesome!

[rainbowjehan]

I know! I'm really glad.