Wednesday, December 13, 2017
DECEMBER 13TH, 2017
Since the night at the hospital I haven't had any more "episodes" (episodes=pain so bad I can't hold still). I've still had a lot of pain but it's been manageable. I actually ended up going in to a new dentist on Monday who is actually a friend from church's brother. He did a CT of just my jaw and found out that my back tooth's root is actually digging into a huge nerve in my jaw. I'm getting a root canal tomorrow. Hopefully that fixes things!! I would be so happy to have this stuff over with. Good news though! Ben came home today! We went to dinner at Macnara's to celebrate.
Monday, December 11, 2017
Crazy Night!
Wow it's been crazy.
You know that pain I've been having since FOREVER?
Well Thursday it went from pain to AGONY in the form of a 3 day long migraine.
Ben is at a training in California until Wednesday so I'm dealing with this on my own.
NOT FUN.
Sadie had her first piano recital yesterday. It was beautiful. I was supposed to play too but with the pain going on I couldn't manage it. We're talking pain so bad you can't even hold still. And this is AFTER taking Vicodin. I had to rock with my head pushed into the ground and I got light headed and almost passed out several times.
It's not acceptable to be in this pain with kids. I can't drive them anywhere for fear of wrecking the car.
At the recital everyone knew I was struggling so some of my church friends gave me a blessing. Then later that night I decided to go to the ER. Sister Hansen (my visiting teacher) drove me and Teri Crow came and slept on the couch. At the ER they gave my a migraine cocktail that knocked it out! It was so nice to have relief. They gave me a CT scan with contrast which didn't show anything. It felt really cool though. They put some stuff in your IV line that instantly warms up your whole body. It felt like I peed my pants. The waiting for results was the hardest part. The bed was really uncomfortable and I was freezing cold. I still managed to fall asleep though. I felt so bad for sister Hansen! We were there until 2:30am. I don't know what I would do with out the church in the Army. It's a life saver.
Today the pain is back so now I need a consult with neurology. Hopefully I can get it figured out. People suffering from chronic pain are my hero's. It's definitely hard to feel hope or happiness when the hurting never goes away. I hope this experience will help me be more understanding.
You know that pain I've been having since FOREVER?
Well Thursday it went from pain to AGONY in the form of a 3 day long migraine.
Ben is at a training in California until Wednesday so I'm dealing with this on my own.
NOT FUN.
Sadie had her first piano recital yesterday. It was beautiful. I was supposed to play too but with the pain going on I couldn't manage it. We're talking pain so bad you can't even hold still. And this is AFTER taking Vicodin. I had to rock with my head pushed into the ground and I got light headed and almost passed out several times.
It's not acceptable to be in this pain with kids. I can't drive them anywhere for fear of wrecking the car.
At the recital everyone knew I was struggling so some of my church friends gave me a blessing. Then later that night I decided to go to the ER. Sister Hansen (my visiting teacher) drove me and Teri Crow came and slept on the couch. At the ER they gave my a migraine cocktail that knocked it out! It was so nice to have relief. They gave me a CT scan with contrast which didn't show anything. It felt really cool though. They put some stuff in your IV line that instantly warms up your whole body. It felt like I peed my pants. The waiting for results was the hardest part. The bed was really uncomfortable and I was freezing cold. I still managed to fall asleep though. I felt so bad for sister Hansen! We were there until 2:30am. I don't know what I would do with out the church in the Army. It's a life saver.
Today the pain is back so now I need a consult with neurology. Hopefully I can get it figured out. People suffering from chronic pain are my hero's. It's definitely hard to feel hope or happiness when the hurting never goes away. I hope this experience will help me be more understanding.
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