So the deal is that I'm getting migraines nearly every a.m. Insurance only allows 9 pills a month, and sometimes it takes 2 pills to knock out the migraine.
So, I had the one on fri a.m. that came back fri. night. I ate for the last time at the mission. I tried to sleep off the fri. headache which did not work. It turned into a skull crusher. The kind where you can't talk in person, on the phone, or even watch t.v. all u can do is just suffer.
I vomited for 10 hours. And decided to fast. Easy to do since I had run out of money and there is no food in house. I've been very weak since, only able to leave for 2 hours yesterday.
Although it has subsided it has not completely gone away. Someone has started smoking in my bldg. (lease violation) and the smoke is coming into my place which might be why there are more headaches. Still very weak. Still gotta say that this is NOT AN ACCEPTABLE QUALITY OF LIFE.
The mmj card has still not arrived but I know that it will someday.
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Saturday, March 6, 2010
"Syncopy"
Now why is it that, I just went through 5 days of syncopy and not one person in the hospital seemed concerned, told me it was called "syncopy", or otherwise discuss this with me.
I had recurring episodes which began on Mon. and for now at least, ended yesterday. The only reason I know it is called syncopy is because I called my doctor at his office , from the hospital where I was an inpatient and described my symptoms.
He told me it is called syncopy. I have no doubt he will evaluate this further when I see him, but it is very disturbing that nobody in the hospital seemed concerned with my syncopy, my violent stomach pain, or my recurrent migraines.
It's been my theory for a long , long, time. Nobody ever got better in a hospital. (at least I don't see that I ever would) I slept about 2 hours between Monday morning and Friday night. Due to the hospital being so cold, due to my hospital roommate snoring, and due to the all encompassing fear of having been taken to the wrong part of the hospital.
Synchronistically, I just came across an article on all the toxic substances found over at the old Rosewood center.
Well, that of course, is another story. Today, I have found some more photos missing, and that somebody glued together 4 of my pics. All pics with people in them are missing from the pile....................and like I said 4 are glued together.
I'm going thru the apt. and getting as organized as possible so I can more easily spot when things are amiss. I can't go into everything I'm finding here. But I wish I could. For blogging purposes I shall remain "emotionally detached"
So, I have been in the hospital for syncopy before, but it's been a # of years. I will keep you informed.
I had recurring episodes which began on Mon. and for now at least, ended yesterday. The only reason I know it is called syncopy is because I called my doctor at his office , from the hospital where I was an inpatient and described my symptoms.
He told me it is called syncopy. I have no doubt he will evaluate this further when I see him, but it is very disturbing that nobody in the hospital seemed concerned with my syncopy, my violent stomach pain, or my recurrent migraines.
It's been my theory for a long , long, time. Nobody ever got better in a hospital. (at least I don't see that I ever would) I slept about 2 hours between Monday morning and Friday night. Due to the hospital being so cold, due to my hospital roommate snoring, and due to the all encompassing fear of having been taken to the wrong part of the hospital.
Synchronistically, I just came across an article on all the toxic substances found over at the old Rosewood center.
Well, that of course, is another story. Today, I have found some more photos missing, and that somebody glued together 4 of my pics. All pics with people in them are missing from the pile....................and like I said 4 are glued together.
I'm going thru the apt. and getting as organized as possible so I can more easily spot when things are amiss. I can't go into everything I'm finding here. But I wish I could. For blogging purposes I shall remain "emotionally detached"
So, I have been in the hospital for syncopy before, but it's been a # of years. I will keep you informed.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
"The good news and the bad news"
The bad news is that I'm in my 5th day of a headache. In the 4th and 5th days my headache grew much worse and is accompanied with nausea and eye pain and visual disturbances. I can barely function. I don't know what's causing the headaches and I haven't found any meds that make a difference. I had to leave the house to buy some stuff and my library materials were due today.
The good news is that "Compu Kids" donated a computer to me. It's not set up yet because I don't have a desk. I'd love to have internet but I don't know if I'll be able to afford that right away. But at least I can work on my book from home.
The good news is that "Compu Kids" donated a computer to me. It's not set up yet because I don't have a desk. I'd love to have internet but I don't know if I'll be able to afford that right away. But at least I can work on my book from home.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
"ACCESS DENIED"/HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA"
EXCERPTS FROM OLDER JOURNALS
12/25/95
I'm real sick, my cough has worsened. Deana really wants me to come over for Christmas. (A long lived friendship that ended in 96) Tom gives me a ride. But after I got there I started sneezing real bad and feeling really cold. Later that night after I got home, I started to develop flu symptoms. I was hot and cold the whole night. Despite my illness, I had a good time playing Therapy with Deana and Laura and the kids.
1/1/96
The last week of 95 was sheer hell because I've been so sick. I started coughing about last Saturday or Sunday after the sinus/bronchial infection (caused in part by my severe allergy to my landlord's 2 dogs) got more severe and this morning I woke up with laryngitis. I was so crippled up with back pain that I couldn't walk. That had alot to do with the fact that this house is so damn cold. My muscles get tightened up and then I end up in pain. (I would get my Fibromyalgia diagnosis in 97)
I got so weak that I couldn't stand for more than 5 minutes.
1/2/96
Migraine with vomiting. The headaches are precipitated by alot of coughing. Today I didn't get out of bed until 1 or 1:30 in the afternoon. Was up vomiting until around 1 a.m. Crushing fatigue, need lots of sleep, but my breathing is so obstructed that it makes sleep impossible.
Tried to find a sliding scale clinic today to help me with my bronchial problems. I called Ask A Nurse and they could only find one. I called it and it was a private doctor. I got an answering machine. The other doctor was in the Rotunda mall. I talked to the woman in billing who was very curt with me. As soon as she quoted the price of $150.00 she hung up on me instead of asking me if I want an appointment! SHE JUST HUNG UP ON ME!
When I reached the Wyman park Clinic by phone, they said they wouldn't see me at all because I have no income. I said that I would be able to pay something but they wouldn't quote me a fee over the phone. I said, o.k. I'll try your East and West Baltimore sites. She said they MIGHT work with me.
Oh yeah, there's a clinic on Reisterstown Road. Maybe if I got out there Mike (my birthmother's husband) will take me back (but that's only if my birthmother isn't home, because she'd never approve of him helping me with a ride)
I called the MTA and the dispatcher started yelling at me. (which is common) She told me that I was cutting her off, when I was simply trying to get her to slow down so I could write down the instructions on how to get to a chiropractor by bus.
I left the house at 3 p.m. Three buses (all legally required to stop and pick me have passed me by. I heard that whites don't always get picked up) Finally, at 3:45, I get tired of standing in the cold rain. I decide to go on foot in Hampden to try to find a chiropractor. There was one, but it was closed. So I went into an internist's office and asked about their fees. She said $70 for the first visit. She offered no other info.
After I sat down for a few minutes, and asked her if I could use the phone, she told me about the Union Memorial Clinic.
At 5:20, I find a chiropractor. The entire appt. only took about 20 minutes. None of these chiropractors/doctors want to take the time to get to know you, but other than that he was good. I liked getting hot massage from the electrodes. Adjustments are somewhat painful but I do believe in chiropractic care.
12/25/95
I'm real sick, my cough has worsened. Deana really wants me to come over for Christmas. (A long lived friendship that ended in 96) Tom gives me a ride. But after I got there I started sneezing real bad and feeling really cold. Later that night after I got home, I started to develop flu symptoms. I was hot and cold the whole night. Despite my illness, I had a good time playing Therapy with Deana and Laura and the kids.
1/1/96
The last week of 95 was sheer hell because I've been so sick. I started coughing about last Saturday or Sunday after the sinus/bronchial infection (caused in part by my severe allergy to my landlord's 2 dogs) got more severe and this morning I woke up with laryngitis. I was so crippled up with back pain that I couldn't walk. That had alot to do with the fact that this house is so damn cold. My muscles get tightened up and then I end up in pain. (I would get my Fibromyalgia diagnosis in 97)
I got so weak that I couldn't stand for more than 5 minutes.
1/2/96
Migraine with vomiting. The headaches are precipitated by alot of coughing. Today I didn't get out of bed until 1 or 1:30 in the afternoon. Was up vomiting until around 1 a.m. Crushing fatigue, need lots of sleep, but my breathing is so obstructed that it makes sleep impossible.
Tried to find a sliding scale clinic today to help me with my bronchial problems. I called Ask A Nurse and they could only find one. I called it and it was a private doctor. I got an answering machine. The other doctor was in the Rotunda mall. I talked to the woman in billing who was very curt with me. As soon as she quoted the price of $150.00 she hung up on me instead of asking me if I want an appointment! SHE JUST HUNG UP ON ME!
When I reached the Wyman park Clinic by phone, they said they wouldn't see me at all because I have no income. I said that I would be able to pay something but they wouldn't quote me a fee over the phone. I said, o.k. I'll try your East and West Baltimore sites. She said they MIGHT work with me.
Oh yeah, there's a clinic on Reisterstown Road. Maybe if I got out there Mike (my birthmother's husband) will take me back (but that's only if my birthmother isn't home, because she'd never approve of him helping me with a ride)
I called the MTA and the dispatcher started yelling at me. (which is common) She told me that I was cutting her off, when I was simply trying to get her to slow down so I could write down the instructions on how to get to a chiropractor by bus.
I left the house at 3 p.m. Three buses (all legally required to stop and pick me have passed me by. I heard that whites don't always get picked up) Finally, at 3:45, I get tired of standing in the cold rain. I decide to go on foot in Hampden to try to find a chiropractor. There was one, but it was closed. So I went into an internist's office and asked about their fees. She said $70 for the first visit. She offered no other info.
After I sat down for a few minutes, and asked her if I could use the phone, she told me about the Union Memorial Clinic.
At 5:20, I find a chiropractor. The entire appt. only took about 20 minutes. None of these chiropractors/doctors want to take the time to get to know you, but other than that he was good. I liked getting hot massage from the electrodes. Adjustments are somewhat painful but I do believe in chiropractic care.
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