Saturday, July 9, 2011
Getting sick
I've had to think if i wanted to post this but have decided that i would like to be able to read this later so I'm going to put it up.... After the trip to NY/NJ got back and felt fine...returned to work and everything was going great until about 3pm when I started to feel like i was getting motion sickness. This progressed and by 5pm i was home lying flat in bed. Called my doc and started some meds.....on tues i got up and slowly got ready for work but had to call one of my girls to come get me and she took one look at me helped me undress and get back into bed. My doc actually came over and checked me out since I the meds didn't seem to be working and added some more to try. I couldn't sit or stand without holding on to something and i couldn't use a fork to eat and had to try to eat lying down......wed was no better and the scale showed i had lost about 7 pounds. I woke up at about 5am on thur and could neither sit nor stand on my own.....the scale showed i had now lost about 10 pounds or so and then the vomiting started.......we got me to the ER and they gave me iv fluids and meds, a CT showed i had a brain and no obvious stroke or tumor or bleed, my lab wasn't even too bad despite being clinically dehydrated. They admitted me. I had an MRI which was interesting....thought of Trish and hoped it would be alright.....it was and I can better understand the feeling of dread she and others have before theirs. It was finally decided to start some steroids......and they helped. They made my Blood sugars go wild but I "happily" was willing to start some short acting insulin rather than continue to feel so dizzy. I've been slowly getting better and I have returned to work and on Thur I was able to keep my eyes open in the car......last night i watched a little TV, I've had to listen to it until then as the movement would make me dizzy. When sick I couldn't read as I couldn't focus and would see double letters when trying. I'm still some unsteady when standing and walking but I'm no longer bumping into the wall though I'm not yet back to baseline. The steroids made me hungry and it and the blood sugars had me craving sweets and I did bloat up some but that is mostly gone and my weight this am is good. My sugars are still messed up but I'm hoping they will get better with time. I also hope the last of this strange feeling will go away. A funny thing was that I could not eat raw vegetables....when I would chew them I would start getting dizzy......I was having to eat soft foods that didn't require much chewing. So it's going to be a quiet weekend again. Sent my dh to Sam's with a friend so he can get some fruit and a chicken to use for this week.
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lv2, I'm sorry to hear you have been so ill. How scary to be unable to even care for yourself. Did they ever find out what the problem is? I hope you are much better soon and make a full recovery. Take good care of yourself and allow yourself to heal before you go back to work. You have been through a lot this week. I'm so sorry.
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