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ThriftyGal
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Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 2982 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: 04-10-07 14:26pm
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well i woke up because rowan was crying
and i got up and picked her up and right
away i felt really horrible so i put her
down on the bed and i ran to the bathroom
because i felt like throwing up. i didn't
throw up though but i had this intense
paint all over the left side of my head
and neck and i think that's what was
making me want to throw up. it felt like
a neck cramp from sleeping wrong but about
a million times more painful. when i
tried to stand up from over the toilet i
started getting really dizzy and i went to
find the phone to call someone and i found
it and took it into the kitchen to get the
numbers off the fridge and everything was
like fading out and then i couldn't see
anything at all. like i was still
conscious but i was completely blind, like
feeling my way around. i tried to call my
dad but it was pretty much impossible
without being able to see and i could tell
i was about to pass out, but i felt like i
was fighting it. next i woke up on the
kitchen floor and at first i couldn't
move. especially my neck. when i tried
to move, like even turn my neck, my vision
would start slowing going away. i kept
trying to call my dad and his work number
was busy, and his cell phone was off. i
had like a small list of phone numbers and
i tried calling all of them, they are all
like family friends, but i could get no
one. then the freaken phone died on me.
i tried getting up and finding the other
phone. besides being in excruciating pain
i managed, things were blurry and dark and
such. i got that phone and i scrolled
through the caller i.d. to see if there
were any numbers on there that i could
call. i found my dad's girlfriends work
number and i called her and bawled to her
about how i couldn't do anything and
needed to go to the hospital and someone
needed to watch rowan. she came to my
apartment and got rowan ready and i got
ready (i couldn't even put on my freaken
coat) and i just cried the whole way to
the hospital. i got to skip through all
the people in the waiting area though and
they gave me a shot of some sort of pain
killer in my ass because i'd freak out
when the dr tried to touch my neck. and
they sent me in for x-rays.
so what was wrong with me?
well. nothing. they don't know. he gave
me some freaken pills to relax the muscles
in my neck and said maybe i slept on it
wrong and some t3's for pain. but that
doesn't say anything about why i couldn't
freaken see or move and passed out. i was
so scared you guys. i seriously thought i
was going to die this morning because i
felt like i was fighting with myself to
stay conscious, my whole body just felt
"wrong". and i kept wondering if the
neighbors would be able to hear rowan cry
or if she'd be alone crying until my dad
got home from work and how i didn't want
her to have to live with erik if something
really bad happened to me. now i feel
alright. i can't move my neck much but
it's a lot better than earlier because of
the pain medication and stuff and my dad
and his girlfriend are going to help with
rowan today after work and she is sleeping
now. i just thought i'd let you all know.
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 04-10-07 14:32pm
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Yikes, .tanya....that's scary! I'm glad
nothing is seriously wrong, but that
leaves you with the question..will it
happen again? I would go back to another
doctor for a second opinion to be sure. It
almost sounds like a pinched nerve or
something. I hope you start feeling
better!
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 04-10-07 14:34pm
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very scary!! I'm glad you were able to
reach your dad's gf.
Take the help, get some rest and hopefully
this will never happen again.
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Willa Weintraub
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Posted: 04-10-07 14:35pm
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Omg Tanya! that scared me reading that!
I'm glad you fnialy got ahold of someone
and got to go to the doctor.I agree with
mandi,it sounds like a pinched nerve or
somethingI would definetly get a secong
opinion on that, it doesn't sound right to
me.get some rest and be careful! I hope it
gets better!
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tinkinpink84
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Posted: 04-10-07 14:46pm
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wow i woulda totally freaked, glad u got a
hold of someone, hope your feeling ok and
i sure hope it doesnt happen again that
had to be scary
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arcadia
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ThriftyGal
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Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 2982 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: 04-10-07 17:16pm
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yes i feel a lot better. my neck still
hurts like crazy but they medicated me
pretty good so not close to as bad as
before. and i can turn it towards the
left now which i couldn't do at all
before, and basically hold it straight up
again. i just feel so tired and out of it
from all the medication though.
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Idony
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Posted: 04-10-07 17:43pm
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that had to be terrifying, lets just hope
it is a pinched nerve r something like
mandi and mel said
ive had episodes simmilar to that for
quite a few years now, only without the
neck pain, and ive been to many doctors
and htey still cant tell me whats wrong
~alicia~
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Bridget
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Posted: 04-10-07 18:36pm
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holy crap, tanya! that is so scary!
i'm so glad you're ok and i really hope it
was nothing.
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onmyway_0x
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Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 760 Location: Canada
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Posted: 04-10-07 18:46pm
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That's so strange!
The fading out, dizzyness and passing out
used to happen to me a lot with anxiety
attacks, pretty severe ones I guess...
haha I remember one time being in Wasaga
beach getting a henna tattoo and trying to
get around the clerks desk because they
wouldn't let me sit on the floor... an all
of a sudden all my vision went and I was
trying to feel my way there and the next
thing I knew I was laying on the floor
with my friend hammering me in the chest.
I'm not saying that's what you have
because the neck pain thing is so odd, but
it can be very scary having no control
over yourself, especially when you don't
know what is wrong.
I really hope this was only a one time
occurance for you. Good luck and Take good
care of yourself!
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JasmineGreen4179
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 52
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Posted: 04-10-07 19:16pm
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Sounds like you had a very bad migraine to
me. My best friend use to get them all the
time and she would throw up, lose her
eyesight and everything. I don't know
about the whole neck think, but maybe the
pain was so bad it caused you to tense up.
I'm not a medical expert or anything, but
judging from past experience, this is what
it sounds like to me. I hope you feel
better!
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Bratz72
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Posted: 04-10-07 21:30pm
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Im glad your ok ...sore necks suck i know
all to well the pain they cause ..i found
putting hot towels around my neck like a
brace sure helped ...keep an eye on the
dizziness though as i never have that when
i pull the muscles in my neck
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Kia
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Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
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Posted: 04-11-07 04:04am
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migraine.
nausea
vomitting
visual impairment or disturbance, black
spots, flashing lights, temporary
blindness
typically one sided (but not always)
possible diarhhea
exhaustion
stiffness typically of the neck/shoulders
may extend to limbs or down the back
difficulty in speaking.
I was on a "danger list" with my doctor
from about 13 years old because of the
severity and frequency of my migraines,
tried numerous drugs none helped.
(6 times a year is classed as frequent - I
was getting them 6+ times per month)
I outgrew them as suddenly as they
started.
I rarely have them now - but I have had 2
in the past week.
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tinkinpink84
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Posted: 04-11-07 05:08am
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| Idony
wrote: | that had to be terrifying,
lets just hope it is a pinched nerve r
something like mandi and mel said
ive had episodes simmilar to that for
quite a few years now, only without the
neck pain, and ive been to many doctors
and htey still cant tell me whats wrong
~alicia~ |
i have had episodes like that as well
since i was like 14 when i started
menstruating. so i dunno if it is somethin
to do with that, maybe u pinched a nerve
and that on top of it idunno. id get up
feeling really sick like i was gonna throw
up and everything starts fading in and
out and i get dizzy , break out in a cold
sweat. i never went to the dr about it
because it wasnt like consistently
happening, i never actually passed out
though just felt like i was gonna so id
sit on the bathroom floor. end up dry
heaving or puking. 30 min later i felt
ok. but i know that feeling sucks. even
worse when you got kids to worry about. i
say as soon as u start feeling like that
again call someone asap. are you home
alone alot? someone told me something
about something with the oxygen levels in
the blood causing that. someone on yahoo
said they get like that and thats what it
is , im not 100% this was a lil while back
when they told me this.
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 04-11-07 12:55pm
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That's scary. Did they mention that it
may have been a migraine? I only got 2
migraines in the past and my vision blurs
and I don't feel right. I often wonder
what would happen if I would have the baby
alone one day and I'd pass out or worse
and she'd just be crying until someone
came or Jesse got home from work. That's
scary. My parents know that if I don't
answer the phone, Ava's sleeping. So,
they wouldn't know to come check on me. I
mentioned it to JEsse one day and he
thinks I'm retarded. I hope you feel
better.
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ThriftyGal
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Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 2982 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: 04-11-07 19:43pm
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thanks for the nice words girls. they
didn't say much of anything. i don't
think it was a migraine, because i've had
those and it was nothing like that.
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