Medical

[unixronin]

The bad news:  I just spent seven hours in the ER at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center with a blinding, skullsplitting migraine.  IV, CAT scan, spinal tap, vomiting, the works.  I had to have cymrullewes stop the car four times on the way home so that I could open the door to throw up.

The good news:  It wasn't either an aneurysm or meningitis.  The various tests found no organic cause.  (Which of course means we don't know what caused it.)

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Oh, GARBAGE!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't start having them regularly. If you start having even serious headaches regularly, please consider limiting your tyramine intake. Even if tyramine-containing foods haven't seemed to be problems for you in the past, they can begin to be a problem for you if something else is going on. I don't seem to be sensitive to all of them, but I no longer drink wine (even one glass at Thanksgiving was a problem), can't eat bananas, almonds or peanuts, and avoid all preserved meats like the plague. Admittedly, there are viruses that can cause migraine. Did your temperature rise or fall at all?

I recommend an icepack for the after-effects. You may want to keep one in the freezer for emergencies. We always keep a cold bag ready for me.

If you can stand Gatorade, it might not be the worst idea. I find it's good for the insult to the system after a really bad migraine. Your vagus nerve was apparently involved, which is not uncommon. If you find you don't want to eat at all for the next day or two, don't worry, but for the gods' sake, DRINK!

Re: Oh, GARBAGE!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

My temperature dropped about one degree, to 97.4. I hadn't eaten anything out of the ordinary. I have a slight headache left today, and I'm very dehydrated, and setting about a project of re-hydration.