Jan 06, 2019 at 02:49 AM
I'm in Lenox Hill hospital right now. ICU.
Yesterday, JRA in CP, my head started to throb. I figured it was just a weird thing that would pass. I was at W85th at the time and could glide down to W72nd.
But by the time I got there, I was woozy. Sat down on the wooden raiiling, but because it's easier to be seen and because it was close to my internist on W72. The pulsing went from my head to my arms and then hands, felt like I was seeing auras around stuff. I was kind of hoping migraines were hitting me for the first time, that I had finally inherited them from my father.
I walked to the internists with the help of a friend. There I got much worse and they called 911. Ever want to get into an argument with an EMT? He as theorizing it was because I was dehydrated. Not like I pissed clear just before going and I've never had this issue before. At the hospital, they cut off my clothing, including my new long sleeve jersey and tights. Old vest, base layer and shorts went as well (how do you tell them?). Saved the HR strap, and the shoes--which they needed help figuring out.
Turns out, after a CT scan and an angiogram, and way more drugs than I ever take to bring down the pain that I had a blood clot in my brain. Apparently, these things can spontaneously happen. and once done, just pass through your body. I guess like a kidney stone.
It seems that people don't necessarily die from these. I didn't and all they gave me were drugs for the pain. I guess people must be incapacitated for several hours as they pass through the worse of it
I also learned that I'm at the average age for this sort of thing.
Now my neck hurts--this is supposedly common after such episodes, and I'll be herein ICU for at least a few days, and have another angiogram probably on Friday. They need to take another inside look at the brain to make sure nothing else is going on.
So many plans thrown out the window. can't sleep in my own bed, will be woken every hour overnight for the near future, and am hooked up to multiple machines--my right index finger has a pulse oximeter on it, making typing hard.
One. Full recovery shouldn't be an issue.
Two. Can't wait to get outside--they probably won't let me out until I'm discharged. even if they let me sit on an exercise bike or walk on a treadmill I'd be stoked.
But by the time I got there, I was woozy. Sat down on the wooden raiiling, but because it's easier to be seen and because it was close to my internist on W72. The pulsing went from my head to my arms and then hands, felt like I was seeing auras around stuff. I was kind of hoping migraines were hitting me for the first time, that I had finally inherited them from my father.
I walked to the internists with the help of a friend. There I got much worse and they called 911. Ever want to get into an argument with an EMT? He as theorizing it was because I was dehydrated. Not like I pissed clear just before going and I've never had this issue before. At the hospital, they cut off my clothing, including my new long sleeve jersey and tights. Old vest, base layer and shorts went as well (how do you tell them?). Saved the HR strap, and the shoes--which they needed help figuring out.
Turns out, after a CT scan and an angiogram, and way more drugs than I ever take to bring down the pain that I had a blood clot in my brain. Apparently, these things can spontaneously happen. and once done, just pass through your body. I guess like a kidney stone.
It seems that people don't necessarily die from these. I didn't and all they gave me were drugs for the pain. I guess people must be incapacitated for several hours as they pass through the worse of it
I also learned that I'm at the average age for this sort of thing.
Now my neck hurts--this is supposedly common after such episodes, and I'll be herein ICU for at least a few days, and have another angiogram probably on Friday. They need to take another inside look at the brain to make sure nothing else is going on.
So many plans thrown out the window. can't sleep in my own bed, will be woken every hour overnight for the near future, and am hooked up to multiple machines--my right index finger has a pulse oximeter on it, making typing hard.
One. Full recovery shouldn't be an issue.
Two. Can't wait to get outside--they probably won't let me out until I'm discharged. even if they let me sit on an exercise bike or walk on a treadmill I'd be stoked.
