Adventures in head injury

[algeh]

This is going to be stupidly long and rambly post about how my week has been going. Since I know not everyone has time (or interest) to read such a thing, I'll summarize the important parts above the cut

Comments

[two_star]

Eep. I'm glad you're mostly okay. (But not as glad as I would be if you were more okay.) I need to make a point of seeing a Doubleclicks show again some time.

[algeh]

Thanks!

I would also like to see a Doubleclicks show again, but I suspect they spend most of their time at the kind of venues I hate so it may be a while.

[djonn]

Whoa. I officially echo everyone else's "eep".

Congratulations on being home and mostly feeling better. I will say, though, that based purely on this account I am inclined not to stop being worried yet, as it sounds as if most of the treatment you've gotten is for the (mostly undocumented) head injury rather than for whatever caused the original Really Impressive Pain[TM]. If this is not already on your and your doctor's radar for further investigation, I'd definitely encourage a follow-up consultation to properly confirm and address the original pre-concussion issue, just so it doesn't surprise you by deciding to rear up and strike again.

[By sheerest coincidence, I also spent Wednesday afternoon in a hospital, though in my case as a visitor rather than a patient. One of my parents got a brand new artificial hip on Monday. Recovery has been very impressive, so that hospital stay is ending tomorrow morning.]

[algeh]

Thanks!

Yeah, none of the hospital people even mentioned a possible cause for the fainting (although I think the CT scan, MRI, and MRA were probably done partially to rule out possible causes). My doctor said the initial pain was probably an ovarian cyst, and the problem is that there isn't much that can actually be done about that. They just happen sometimes, and it hurts a lot when they rupture. I'm pretty stressed about the whole thing because my mother had both ovarian cysts and ovarian tumors, and that eventually lead to her needing her ovaries removed when she was only a year older than I am now, and I haven't had kids yet and want them so that wouldn't exactly be optimal. My doctor didn't have a ton of time to talk about it with me in the ER, but she said not much can be done to discourage cysts except that birth control might help. I suppose I need to do more research. I'm supposed to see my doctor again in about a month, so I'll talk to her about it more then.