"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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[gileonnen]

^____^ Oh, I'm so glad she knew what to do with your symptoms! Now, take care of yourself. <33

[rainbowjehan]

I am takin' my pills!

[canadabear]

Yay!!

But really, "no sense of balance" and NO ONE ELSE immediately thought of an inner ear infection? THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU RULE OUT.

[rainbowjehan]

It didn't occur to me, and I was pre-med for two years. >_> AND was having ear pain, so idk. I was just kind of reeling around going "durr". Not that you mention it I am a little surprised Connie didn't pick up on it, since she usually catches stuff.

[perculious]

I have never had that positive of an experience with any doctor, ever. This is super encouraging.

[rainbowjehan]

Some doctors don't suck! And by "some" I mean "this one and my pediatrician at home". I think we're hiding them all in central pa. :P

[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

[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.

[nowgoesquickly]

Your doctor sounds like Wonder Woman. I want a copy of her.

[rainbowjehan]

She is mad awesome like Wonder Woman. I wish I could make one for you.