Bath Night

I was off today, I got my brakes done and hung out w/ Leah and Sonny. I came home and lounged around and what I saw set the tone for the evening. A once white cat was dingy and yellow, everybody got a bath, both cats and the dog. Alrich was first, he whined and complained but once he was out and the first cat was in he sat at side the of the tub trying to get back INTO the tub to help bathe the cats. He was too funny, as soon as the cats were out of the tub Alrich was chasing them down the hallway. Poor Charlie was just trying to dry off and Alrich ran up and knocked him over and started licking him. Fight insued, 2 wet cats and a slightly wet dog (he is a short hair) ran up and down the hallway. Ahhh the joy of parenthood.

Updation

Well I haven't updated in a week. Basically I went to the ER last Friday morning, saw a nuerologist and got some headache meds and another appointment for an MRI. The first 2 MRI's are fuzzy. There is what could be a very small mass on my pituitary gland, but I don't need surgery for it. The doctor also has no idea why I was getting headaches, which scares me. But I haven't gotten one since I started the anti-headache meds. Then I had jury duty the first part of this week. The side effects of the meds have been kicking my ass, heartburn, dizziness, sweating, and sleepiness to name a few. They should go away in a few days but right now I am just blah. I got a few days off and don't go back in til next Wednesday, woo hoo. I ordered some cool stuff from Seventh Avenue, which is the stuff at the top of the blog. Gonna hang them tomorrow.... when Ken gets home.

The jackhammer in my head

I had my 2nd MRI today and it was worse than the first one. I feel like I have been thru a trainwreck. Imagine the worst headache you have ever had, being stuck in a coffin while a jackhammer went on for 45 minutes in the room with you. That is what my MRI felt like today. I just about cried thru the whole thing. I have never felt this bad for this long in my life. I got the slides from the MRI today and have an appt with a nuerologist first thing in the am so he can hopefully diagnose me with something. God knows if he tells me this is just a stress headache and I just need to relax I am going to go Rambo on his ass. Ken is going to take me because if it is bad news I don't want to drive home by myself. Right now my headache is about a 7. I will keep this blog updated as much as I can. I really haven't told many people. I just don't feel like talking about it right now.

Day 11

It is 6am on Thursday morning. I have another MRI in 5 hours. I can't sleep. I woke up at 2am with a seering headache. Same headache I have had for 11 days now. So far I have seen my primary care twice going to my 2nd MRI today and have an opthomologist appt tomorrow morning since it is mainly behind my right eye and right temple. I can't think straight, my short term memory has gone to shit, and my blood pressure was the highest it has ever been. I have taken every over the counter medication for it and nothing has put a dent in this thing. Of course the doctor has me on meds and told me stop taking all my other meds just in case it could be a reactiton to them. My grandmother lived in constant chronic pain for the last couple of decades of her life due to asbestosis. I can't imgaine, on day 11 and in near desperation mode. I am fucking miserable.

MRI results

... and the results are: I have another MRI tomorrow. They found what looks like a tumor on my pituitary gland. All I heard was brain tumor... Thank goodness my mom was there to get the rest. Dr wants to give me another MRI tomorrow to see if it is a tumor or not. He said that it still is not what is causing my headaches. brain tumor. So far in the last week I have been stuck 4 times with needles. You might mistake me for a herion addict, well not really. I am just a little bit freaked out right now. I really haven't told anybody just my parents and supervisor. For starters they don't know if I even have a brain tumor. It is so small it only showed up in one slide. So tomorrow they are going to to do contrast and focus on the pituitary gland in my brain. I hopefully will know something in a day or two.

'round about midnight

ahh so here I am at 12:30am on a school night. I am just chilling out watching tv and enjoying being alone. Ken goes to work in the mornings and is off when I get home. I am not really a morning person so I usually sleep as long as I can before I have to get up for work. I have to be in at 11am and I don't get up til 9:30am. So I really don't seem to ever be alone. I am an only child so I was always alone as a kid, being sent to my room was never punishment. I have to have alone time, I seriously crave it. I don't have anything in particular I want to do. It is just about not being around other people. I guess it has to do with my job. I sit in a cubicle all day talking on the phone to people. So I have to be 'on' all the time. That takes a lot of me. Not that I am not a people person. I just have to have some down time. Well it is time I went to be bed. I do have to get up in the morning.

Appointment with the Doctor

Rug Doctor that is. I am exhausted, Kenny and I steam cleaned the entire apartment. A couple of areas like the entrance and hallways we went over a couple of times. Then I started cleaning, and cleaning. I cleaned the kitchen, bathroms and washed and folded clothes. oh dear lord I am tired. My back hurts, my head hurts, and my dog hurts. He ran around barking at the damn machine like a fish out of water. Guess he thought he was protecting us from it. Oh well I am going to do some srapbooking and then go to bed.

MRI

Well I have been having headaches a lot recently. Went to the doctor, nothing. So I have an MRI tomorrow morning, can't wait. I am a little bit claustrophobic and it is a closed MRI. I have had a headache for almost a week now. It is killing me. Alrich and I laid around the house today we didn't clean and sure the hell didn't vacuum. I did my taxes online and Kenny got home at 9ish and we ate dinner and I played on myspace for a bit and now I am about to go to bed. I have just been feeling blah lately. I had 2 glasses of wine and I haven't had anything to drink since New Years, so I am about to pass out. My 30th birthday is in 5 months. I want to have a big party, maybe I could have a theme party. I don't know I will have to ponder over it....