So I had a minor seizure and fell on my face a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I looked like just after:
And thanks for the blood thinners I was on, here’s what I look like a few days later:
It’s not as bad as it looks, the blood thinners really fucked up my face. But! I went to the doctor and they did three CTI scans and declared me healthy. But! I started having severe headaches the following week and went back to the hospital Today, where they did another CT scan and declared my brain fucked up with lots of blood pooling on my right side. Which is where the pain was.
So, tomorrow they’re going to drill two or three holes in my head to relieve the pressure and I will be in the hospital for probably five days which I’m so excited about😖
The hole drilling is not as bad as it sounds. I’ve had it twice.
The trick is to get your seizures under control and get to bottom of why you’re having them. Now, that may be hard.
But, there are very good seizure drugs.
If you’ve had one seizure it’s very likely you’ll have more.
If you have a good neurologist they’ll find out why.
Do you think when you were drinking you had a head bump? Or black outs where you fell? Sometimes it just takes the smallest bump.
My whole seizure thing was coming up after brushing my teeth and catching the corner of the cabinet door with the side of my head. I knew immediately (almost) something wasn’t right.
Next day didn’t hurt at all. 3 days later they were drilling the holes.
The bleed was stopped. I had broke something because I had tremors, and shakes and tilting head. Slurry speech.
So now I have a deep brain stimulous device that fixes all that til it acts up. I just got a new last week.
I was awake for the invasion of my headspace. Wasn’t even a thing. Seemed like they were just messing around my ear. It was loud.
You’ll do fine with the surgery.
But do keep up with neurologist appointments.
No more alcohol. Please.
I’ll be thinking about you. Hope and crossed fingers.
Carl Sagan — “It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.”
Keep your head up! That way the brains are safe for more posting here.
Don’t worry about the blood thinners. When I was on them the slightest bruise would take up half my arm. Didn’t bother me, but it frightened others. Fun stuff.
