Intracranial Hypertension
When it began
ONE DAY IT STARTED WITH A NORMAL HEADACHE SO I THOUGHT TOOK SOME PANADOL AS YOU DO AND BLOW IT OFF DON'T THINK ANY THINK OF IT THEN THE SAME HEADACHE WAS THEIR THE NEXT DAY AND AGAIN SEVERAL DAYS LATER SO I TOLD A FRIEND OH I'VE HAD THIS HEADACHE FOR ABOUT 7DAYS NOW AND I'M SEEING DOUBLE WHICH IS ODD SO WE WENT TO THE DOCTORS AND THE DRS SAYS DID A EYE TEST RECKONS MY EYES ARE FINE GO HOME TAKE SOME PANADOL AND REST SO HERE I AM THINKING MUST BE IN MY HEAD ANOTHER WEEK GOES BY HEADACHES HAVE GOTTEN WORSE DOUBLE VISION WORSE AND ONLY TIME IT FEELS BETTER IS TO SLEEP ONLY PROBLEM I WAS A SOLO MUM AND MY DAUGHTER WAS SUFFERING IN THE PROCESS SO I GO BACK TO THE DOCTORS BALLING MY EYES OUT CONVINCED SOMETHING WAS REALLY TRULY WRONG AT THIS STAGE NOW BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER FELT THIS WAY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WAS KILLING ME SO SHE DOES ANOTHER EYE TEST SAID MY EYES WERE FINE AND I BROKE DOWN CRYING BEGGING HER SOMETHING WAS WRONG A HEADACHE FOR 2WEEKS DOUBLED VISION I'M NOT CRAZY AND I'M SLEEPY THREW THE DAYS CAUSE OF PAIN I'M SCARED I COULD DIE WHO WILL LOOK AFTER MY BABY SO SHE GIVES ME MIGRAINE PILLS WHICH ONLY MADE ME DOPED UP EVEN 10TIMES SLEEPER ANOTHER WEEK WENT PAST I ENDED UP HAVING BOOKING A APPOINTMENT AT SPEC SAVERS TO GET MY EYES CHECKED MYSELF THINKING THAT MUST BE THE PROBLEM THE DR IS NO HELP BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT I HAD LUNCH WITH MY BROTHER AND TOOK MY BLACK GLASSES OFF AND HE NOTICED MY RIGHT EYE HAD TURNED IN TOWARDS MY NOSE AND IT LOOK LIKED I WAS CROSS EYED I COULDN'T BELIEVE CAUSE I COULD SEE IN A MIRROR ANYWAES CAUSE MY DOUBLED VISION WAS SO BAD SO I WENT INTO SPEC SAVERS HAD MY EYES CHECKED ALL TO BE TOLD TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL ASAP TO THE EYE DEPARTMENT THEIR BECAUSE ITS SOMETHING BEHIND YOUR EYES CAUSING PRESSURE I WAS SCARED I HAD NEVER BEEN SICK IN MY LIFE TO END UP IN HOSPITAL DROVE THE 3IN HALF HOURS GOT THEIR WAITED 3HRS TO BE SEEN GOT DIAGNOSED WITH RIGHT 6TH NERVE PALSY THEN GOT SENT FROM THAT DEPARTMENT TO NEUROLOGY WHICH I WAS FREAKING OUT MY FRIEND WHO DROVE ME DOWN WAS HOPING IT WASN'T A TUMOUR AND I WAS JUST ASKING MYSELF WHY ME WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS SO AFTER ALL THE MRI THE EYE TESTS THE QUESTIONS THE BLOODS THE EXAMINATIONS ETC THE NEXT DAY I HAD A LUMBAR PUNCTURE AND MY PRESSURE WAS 54.2 THE HIGHEST SHE HAD SEEN I STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WHAT THEN SHE SAID IT UNDERSTANDABLE WHY I WAS SO UNCOMFORTABLE THE LAST FEW WEEKS I WAS SO GLAD TO FINALLY GET ANSWERS FINALLY MEDS AND A LOT OF LPS AND DR APPOINTMENTS FOLLOWED AFTERS THAT DAY MY LIFE CHANGED IT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE FROM THAT DAY ONWARDS BUT IT WAS APART OF MY LIFE I WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE TRAVELLED THREW AND I'M GLAD I'M STILL LIVING
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