Holy Migraines Batman

I've been dealing with vertigo for the past six months or so.  It was the "I just got off the three hour tour and getting my land legs back" type of vertigo.  Well last Thursday morning, early morning, I rolled over in bed and the whole room started spinning.  Dammit.  I had a neurology appt the following Tuesday and I was hoping to make it there before it got worse.

No luck.  So I called my GP and got in.  I got the usual there's nothing we can do for you but give you some Anti-vert.  Great.  Went home and took Anti-vert. Well that made it worse.....nice.  I was spinning every which way and not sleeping at all.  And got very panicky with it.

Called the GP back on Friday, telling him I was worse......so he sent me for a CT scan at 3:30 (in the afternoon, on a Friday before a long weekend).  He ever so nicely managed to leave me a voicemail on the wrong phone (we asked him to call the cell phone as we were picking up the boy) and said the scan was normal and to hang on til the appt on Tuesday.  Well how nice was that? He managed to leave the message late on Friday and was gone before we could call back.  I had to spend the nice, long weekend spinning and avoiding vomitting all over everything and everyone.....not to mention I had to sleep on the couch, propped up, couldn't even get in my own bed!!!  My neck was killing me too.  I was a big baby too, spent several nights, panicked, sobbing to my husband that no one could help me and I can't live my life this way.........wah wah wah.  Of course the weather was gorgeous most of the weekend and I was stuck mostly in the house. I did manage a few minutes in the sun, but the light was hard to take. 

Finally Tuesday arrives.  I can hardly wait to get to the neurologist. I told hubby (did I mention I couldn't drive either?) if he pulls the "nothing we can do blah blah"  we're driving across the street to the ER and they will have to deal with me, I just can't do this anymore....(insert more pity party here).

This guy was a miracle worker.  Right off the bat he said I'm having migraines.  Now I never really believed in migraines, I had the misconception of people with migraines were slackers, looking for some time off. Suck up the headache and get to work right?  WOW! Was I proved wrong....this guy gave me 12 shots of nerve blockers and within 10 mins I was soooo much better!!! It was amaze-balls!  I couldn't believe it.  The room was clearer, the fog had lifted and the pain in my neck was gone!  I couldn't believe how much better I could see, I wouldn't have told you I wasn't seeing clear before those shots!

I'm off all caffeine, all OTC pain killers and no chiropractor and he put me on PT.  I am taking 5 different meds right now......and I've got shots too.  The shots hurt like a you know what....but man do they work quickly!

I'm back at work. Still got some whoozy times but it's good to be back. I haven't slept in my own bed since last Wed and haven't driven a car either.  So weird to get back behind the wheel.

This was one debillitating illness....I can't believe the GP let me go so long.  I now have to get past this crisis and start to prevent them from happening in the future!