I decided to blog about my weird experience on Saturday, but I am warning you, it's a long description, only for those interested... and you might think I'm crazy afterwards.
We were hanging out with some friends on Saturday, playing Rockband, when my head started to hurt and I got a little disoriented. My sister (who I've been having a fantastic time visiting with!) and I were talking about some people we both knew and I was having a hard time remembering people's names. Typical, right? I was trying to recall a certain person's name and all that could come to me was their last name. Then I repeated the last name like 5 times, because everytime I said it it didn't sound the same as it did in my head. I was having a hard time recognizing the names my sister was saying and it was like she was talking too fast for me to understand. So I sat back and watched the rest of the song on tv. After the song, everyone was getting ready to go. I was glad because I was feeling really weird and everytime I tried to talk it seemed like I couldn't formulate what I wanted to say or it wouldn't come out. I thought I was just tired or something. Then we stood around for 5-10 more minutes talking. I couldn't follow the conversation and was feeling nervous and sick. All I could manage to say was "Thanks, it was fun" and "bye" which I had to think about for like 2 minutes to make sure I could say it right. When I listened to everyone else talking it was like I understood the words they were saying but I couldn't put it all together to follow the conversation. By this time I was starting to get freaked out. When we walked out I was able to tell Steve and my sister that I was feeling sick. They let me lean on them to the car and then decided I should just lay down in the back. I kept trying to talk to them, but I was repeating words and could only get a few words to come out at a time. I knew in my head what I wanted to say, but I couldn't get my muscles to cooperate. We ended up going back inside, calling our doctor, and leaving for the emergency room. I was starting to feel a little better (thanks Steve and Jeff!), but I was also really freaked out so I was shivering and my feet, hands, and face were a little numb.
5 hours later I had worn my first IV, had my first MRI, and made my first visit to the emergency room. 5 hours later Steve and my sister had been sitting in hard hospital chairs for 5 hours and not complained a word! Steve did take a picture of me on his phone, but since a crazy man stole it from him on the metro on Monday I am pictureless for this post!
So, what happened? Who knows!!! I felt really stupid sitting in an ER bed once I was feeling all the way better, except for a lingering headache. The doctor and nurse were really nice and didn't treat me like I was crazy, even though I felt like it. I figured they would at least pull Steve aside and tell him if they thought I was having mental health issues, but they didn't so that's comforting I suppose. The MRI came back without any signs of a stroke and my bloodwork was fine. The doctor thought that maybe I had a migraine and that I was disoriented due to changes in the blood vessels in my brain. He gave me a referral to a neurologist who I need to follow up with. I'm not really expecting to figure anything out. I'm just hoping it doesn't happen again!
Thanks Steve and Marissa for sticking with me and helping me out!
9 comments:
How scary! Hope it was just the migraine and nothing more.
Yikes!! I'm glad that you're doing better, and I hope you stay that way!
Golly! That is scary. Glad you're feeling better now!
Wow Heather, what a scary moment in time for you. I'm glad you're doing better now.
Thats so crazy Heather! I'm glad you are okay!
You're so cute. What a "weird" experience. If it were me, I would be like "Early Alzheimer's! Lou Gehrig's Disease! A brain aneurysm!"
You're like "that's funny, hopefully it doesn't happen again!"
Agreed, glad you're okay and hopefully it won't happen again!
I had something similar to your experience happen to me when we were in DC for Easter last year, but I know the cause of mine. We flew red eye out there and I didn't sleep one ounce. That evening we were in Georgetown having dinner and everything started to get blurry and voices were so loud, and I couldn't process what anyone was saying to me. All I remember what that I felt like I was going to fall over and couldn't formulate any responses to anyone. I didn't have control over my body and kept feeling like I had to use the restroom. I then passed out on the metro and again at the apartment (something I've NEVER done!). It was a total out of body experience and I still don't remember much from those couple days of the trip... So, my question for you is, how was your sleep the night before??? Cause that was my problem! Glad you're ok! There must be something in the air in DC!!! :)
I know EXACTLY how you feel about being embarrassed. I had a similar experience awhile back going to the ER, but I was so embarrassed that it turned out to be nothing, I told Ally to keep it between us. It's funny, because you would think I would have been relieved, but I was embarrassed!
That happened to one of our friends. She thought she was getting Alzheimer's, but she went to the doctor and had those tests done and nothing was found to be wrong with her either. I'm glad you're doing better. :)
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