I truly thought I was dying...
I got a really bad migraine yesterday and I really thought I was dying of a stroke or something. It didn't even start with pain, I lost vision in both of my eyes. Carolina said that I probably was just tired and should go to sleep, but my roommate's lady was making dinner so I thought I'd stay up and have a beer and wait for dinner.
Wrong idea. I should've just made myself some microwave-something and put myself to bed!
I ended up getting really severe pain about an hour later (9:30 or so) and felt like, "oh it's just a migraine, I'll take some excedrine." Then I started feeling the nausea and the pain just kept on getting worse instead of better. My entire neck was completely stiff and I was starting to mess up my words. Like, I would want to say something and completely different words than I intended ended up coming out. I went and laid down and thought I'd try to rest and that it'd probably get better, but it didn't. It just kept on getting worse. I tried to eat dinner but almost vomited it up right in front of my roommate and his sweet sweet lady. They said they were really worried and we left and went to the hospital.
At the hospital they gave me meds for the migraine and IVs and they did a CT scan and all of these neurological tests. At first I wasn't responding to the tests because I was so debilitated by the pain and they were worried something worse was happening. I ended up vomiting like 3 times and was shivering for hours. Jessica ended up staying with me the entire time and helped me go to the bathroom and change and everything and was so so sweet.
I felt like these 2 people that I have just met a week ago are completely willing to accept me and be my friend and are really interested in my life. It's so nice! Wesley always offers me some of his dinner if he's cooking. He is probably one of the most thoughtful people I've ever met so far. Same with Jessica.
I know it wasn't a real near death experience, but it at least felt that way. I feel like I really need to try to take better care of myself. I just wasn't doing a good enough job at all if that happened.
Here's to a future with no migraines so bad.
Wrong idea. I should've just made myself some microwave-something and put myself to bed!
I ended up getting really severe pain about an hour later (9:30 or so) and felt like, "oh it's just a migraine, I'll take some excedrine." Then I started feeling the nausea and the pain just kept on getting worse instead of better. My entire neck was completely stiff and I was starting to mess up my words. Like, I would want to say something and completely different words than I intended ended up coming out. I went and laid down and thought I'd try to rest and that it'd probably get better, but it didn't. It just kept on getting worse. I tried to eat dinner but almost vomited it up right in front of my roommate and his sweet sweet lady. They said they were really worried and we left and went to the hospital.
At the hospital they gave me meds for the migraine and IVs and they did a CT scan and all of these neurological tests. At first I wasn't responding to the tests because I was so debilitated by the pain and they were worried something worse was happening. I ended up vomiting like 3 times and was shivering for hours. Jessica ended up staying with me the entire time and helped me go to the bathroom and change and everything and was so so sweet.
I felt like these 2 people that I have just met a week ago are completely willing to accept me and be my friend and are really interested in my life. It's so nice! Wesley always offers me some of his dinner if he's cooking. He is probably one of the most thoughtful people I've ever met so far. Same with Jessica.
I know it wasn't a real near death experience, but it at least felt that way. I feel like I really need to try to take better care of myself. I just wasn't doing a good enough job at all if that happened.
Here's to a future with no migraines so bad.