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gretriever
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 Posted: 04/06/04 - 09:03 Post subject: Fun 'n' Games In the Emergency Room
For the past week, I've had trouble sleeping most nights due to very bad pain on the left side of my face. We thought it was my sinuses for some reason (referred to in my "9-1-1" thread in the race report forum), and I was taking decongestants. The first time it seemd to help out. But...
Yesterday afternoon, these stopped working with a vengance. Went to bed early, but the pain is at it's worst when I am lying down. I had to call LC at work, and could barely talk to her. I told her the words I have never said, or had said about myself in my life:
........................................................."I have to go to the emergency room."
When she came home from work, we drove to the hospital (she drove, which I think was another sign how bad I was). Hospitals scare the snot out of me, and while I've been in emergency rooms with others, going in for the first time in your life is an intimidating sort of thing. They had three doctors check me out before they figured I have inflamed nerves. They've referred me to a specialist, and in the meantime have given me some Vicodin to help me sleep (I haven't had pain medicine for twenty years or so).
Sitting in the room waiting for the doctors was not a good thing - I'd occasionally get afraid of what they'd find, or would they have to do something right then and there. Then for some reason, I thought of young Abby, and figured, "If she can go to the hospital all those times and still have that huge smile in those pics, I shouldn't worry." From that point on, it was all right. So thank you, Abby, for being a role model to this grown-up. And of course to LC who got me to the hospital.
(and to answer your question, they did not x-ray my head to see if there was anything there  )
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 09:06 Post subject:
holy crap!
glad to hear that it was only nerves, not something much worse...
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jrjo
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 09:31 Post subject:
Gdawg, an inflamed nerve? Yeah... I can see that
Hope it clears up buddy! And a  on confronting your head game about hospitals... yessir, they really are there to help 
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 09:36 Post subject:
sorry to hear about that, g-dawg.
Glad to hear you got treated.
hopefully you'll bounce back soon!
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 09:56 Post subject:
Was it Trigeminal neuralgia????? If so, everything I've read is that it is supposed to be one of the most painful things you can experience   I hope the vicodin eases things until you see the specialist and that they find something that is easily solved. Hang in there
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gretriever
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 10:14 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | Gdawg, an inflamed nerve? Yeah... I can see that
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Now, you should know better. The appropriate pain for me would be involoving my posterior. I see your , and raise it by
Thanks all for your kind words and well-wishes!
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ShannonG
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 10:29 Post subject:
Is it permanent or something that will come and go? Sorry to hear about it. 
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Molly600
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 10:54 Post subject:
dang, hope it's better soon.
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brie k
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 10:56 Post subject:
Hope they can get you fixed up quickly.
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 11:47 Post subject:
that is just plain awful G. i can't believe you ran that race with such a problem....poor guy. but dang, what a race. 
here's hoping they resolve this painful thing as soon as possible and you are up and running real soon.
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 11:54 Post subject:
See how little Abby touches our lives in special ways... 
I hope that you get better and I'm glad that you listened to your body. Hopefully the tests will come out ok and you'll be on the mend very soon. Get better!!!
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 12:14 Post subject:
so let me get this straight, we still have no proof of anything upstairs in the noggin then? 
G'dawg, really sorry to hear about this, i am curious on this i have not heard of this before and with all the sinus issues i get i wonder if there is something else going on now and then.
i hope everything works out and you get some sleep too, vicodan will help on that. good vibes being sent your way man.
<well if his post seem a little, odd today at least we know why.
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 12:18 Post subject:
I'm SO glad there's nothing seriously wrong, gret!  Hope you feel better soon!
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 12:25 Post subject:
Hope the Vicodin helps. Feel better soon
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akern
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Posted: 04/06/04 - 13:13 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | that is just plain awful G. i can't believe you ran that race with such a problem....poor guy. but dang, what a race.
here's hoping they resolve this painful thing as soon as possible and you are up and running real soon. |
Hopefully you'll get better so you can get back to posting!
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