29 June 2010

ER Trip.

If you follow my twitter you probably saw or heard I had an unfortunate event the other night. I should have never posted I was in the emergency room but I guess due to the confusion of what was going on in and being in shock I did. I am still getting texts & calls asking if I'm okay. On  June 27th around 8:30pm I began to get a numbness in my right leg, at first I inorged it, once it started running the rest of my right side of my body around 9:15 pm I became alarmed ... I then thought I was having a stroke, I called my friend and told him to come get me and take my to the nearest emergency room. Once at the hospital I disclosed my medical history( I have above avg blood pressure for my age which is eradicated with medication) my vitals were taken they assured me my blood pressure wasn't high enough to be having a stroke. The symptoms did get worse I couldn't really talk by 11:30 They ran test and told me I did not have a stroke, I had a TIA ( Google it ). Everything was cleared & back to normal up by 1am. & I was held in the hospital to be monitored for a few hours and discharged at. 6:30am. I hadn't taken my blood pressure medication in over a week, due to failure to get my RX filled ( so it was due to negligence on my behalf.) No damage was done. I am fine. I got my RX filled =]. I am following my doctors treatment plan as given to me. I was told I have nothing to worry about just take my blood pressure medication; she also stated since I went to nursing school & I had convinced my self I was having a stroke; the anxiety intensified the affects I was feeling.
One of the Scariest  Experiences of my LIFE.
   

4 comments:

Drew said...

im glad everything turned out okay do you know if it runs in the family.

Seth Serenity said...

Yes I am at very high risk for a stroke; My mother , Farther , & both my Grandparents on my Farther side died form a stroke =\

Lotta Roti said...

Happy to hear that you are all right! Gosh, please please see regularly a doctor about that blood pressure and follow his/her advice if you already have problems at your age!

I know a girl just like that... she is a vegetarian, does a lot of exercise, has never smoked and doesn't drink too much. She's around thirty now and has had terrible blood pressure for ages... it's all in genetics.

Anonymous said...

mess....