Feeling a lot better!!!

[mommymela]

:clap:

I am feeling great, although I am still sleepy I am in a much better mood and my tongue is now almost better. A friend stopped by and hung out a while last night, it was nice talking to another adult in person. They also brought along a little something to help me sleep ;-)

Yesterday morning wasn't so pleasant, I was scheduled to have a 24 hr EEG (something about having a box GLUED to my head wtf???). I took 2 mg of xanax in the waiting room as I arrived at 10:45 A.M. because I was pretty nervous. 2 hrs later, I was pretty annoyed because not only did I have to wait so long, but this new doctor had run out of the special glue he needed and I had to wait for him to come back from a nearby doctor's office. I ended up getting an attitude with him for being so late and unprepared, all I really wanted was an apology, but he gave me an attitude back and said I could reschedule my appt. I jumped up and left, saying I'd find a competent doctor (talk about me overreacting!). When I got home, however, I picked up my appt cards from my desk and realized my appointment was actually at 12...I do have a 10:45 appt in a couple weeks...so really he wasn't THAT late, only 45 mins...I feel kind of bad for flipping out, but my usual doctor got wind of what happened and called and said I did the right thing (he must not like this guy's attitude either). He said he was going to send me to Chapel Hill, N.C. for a "better" test that will take 3 days...anyone ever undergone any testing that took that long? For some reason I always forget my list of questions for the doc and I always draw a blank when I'm actually talking to him.

 

[LJ-Bain]

Hey mommymela! I'm glad that you got a chance to have an adult conversation and kick back a bit! That's probably exactly what you needed.
I have had a 3 day ambulatory EEG before. The glue is really hard to get out of your hair FYI. Is this test ambulatory or do you have to remain at the hospital?
I wouldn't worry too much about giving the Dr. attitude. Dr.s do have to handle alot and I know that they are only human but sometimes I think that they should take some lessons in patience. I wonder what they would be like as patients?
Is there anyone who can go with you to appointments if your memory is getting a little foggy? A good friend? I know your family support system is lacking but maybe there is someone who could step in and step up just when you see a Dr.?
Or maybe that good friend is the one looking after your kids LOL!

 

[mommymela]

Ha! My babysitter that I pay watches my kids, but she is heavily pregnant herself so I don't bother her, and my so-called friends have stopped answering their phones for the most part. I guess that's how you weed out bad friends, like someone else said on here! My so-called best friend, who I constantly let borrow my clothes and shoes (I have an awesome wardrobe lol) and used to always pay for food when we went out etc NEVER answers her phone anymore. I have half a mind to take the bus to her house and take all my stuff back. She never calls to check on me or anything and it really hurts my feelings. She JUST posted on facebook but can't ever answer her phone or call me back later?? Ughhhh!

 

[mommymela]

LOL damn I do a lot of bitching on here, I swear I'm not like this in person. And to answer your question, yes, I have to stay overnight in the hospital, it's in a different city with a better hospital.

 

[acpollard2010]

i have had to spend 10 days in the epilepsy monitoring unit in the same city i lived in.different but spending amount of time in hospital sucks boring cant do anything but watch movies and tv.great that its a better hospital hope u have a different dr.

 

[acpollard2010]

ranting aint that bad its better to get it out anyways instead of taking in out on someone else

 

[mommymela]

True, I don't really talk about this stuff anywhere else, the average person doesn't really understand what we go through.

 

[Crash]

That above,could not be put any better.