#video eeg

[sofitlolz]

Day 5 in an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

Well hello there

I've been stuck in a room with a camera on me for five days now, with a shit ton of electrodes on my scalp glued on with some fancy super adhesive. ( basically a video eeg)

I was really scared of coming here initially because I get anxious when I spend too long in hospitals and not being able to leave the room at all just didn't seem like fun.

Luckily enough, the staff here are so so nice, and my room isn't too bad! I have a bathroom and a window so I'm happy enough.

Main issue is: i'm here to have a seizure, and it hasn't happened yet and this is so frustrating because I've spent a year waiting for this opportunity, and I had a seizure 11 days before coming, which means I might not have another one, because I average 6 weeks now between them.

They've taken me off my meds completely today and I only have until Monday, but everyone else in the ward have been having seizures and I'm just so frustrated right now, because this is my only chance of finding meds that might work.

I still have a weekend, but I'm guessing they'll put me back up on my meds starting tomorrow.

On another note: withdrawals. Wtf.

Anyways. Here's hoping I'll have a seizure.

[beppilepsy]

Ever wonder what it's like to be hooked up to a video EEG for six days? Beppy's here to tell you.

[stfranciseventing]

so i forgot my door was open while i watched dumb youtube videos and my nurse came in to get my vitals and she told me that my giggle was cute and that the nurses at the station where enjoying it

so theres that

[stfranciseventing]

Doc S: We're gonna do food restriction. So nothing but straight water, straight tea, straight coffee.

Me: Alright, but to be fair I can't really do anything straight.

[misssarahlouise]

Being Admitted Into The Hospital in Less Then 13 Hours for My Video EEG! EEEKK!

Good bye walking around freely as I know it and hello nasty glue and wires glued to my head. Yippie! I've done this it feels like a million times but it never gets old. The weird smells, the good food, the quiet if you have a single room, the lights from the hallway, the beeping of heart monitors, so on. I'm use to it by now. And if I'm good I even get pudding so who can complain about that. 

As of the last two nights we have been staying at a friends hour that is quite near the hospital, his wife is actually one of my former neurologists. So I am in good hands. 

I got through all my testing today starting at 8 AM-1PM-ish, then had lunch with mom at the food carts(yum, then went down for a CT Scan but realized they had wanted me to take 50 mg of Benadryl along with the Steroids they had given me to take in hope that I would that have a severe reaction to the Contrast Dye for the Scan, but wouldn't you know it I had some type of reaction. Skin was burning hot and iching, my chest felt like I had rocks sitting on top of it and my through hurt so much like i had been screaming for hours. We decided we are going to add this allergy to my Medical ID bracelet. I then went to another floor after My breathing was normal and had an MRI (I was given 2mg of Clonazopam) So I did pretty well, I'd call myself a trooper but I was kinda doped up from the three doses of Prednisone, 50mg of Benadryl and then on top of that the 2 mg of Clonazopam. I would barley walk or talk and I kind of liked like a drunk person, or someone who just got their wisdom teeth removed and are still pretty loopy, my mom thought it was cute. That was the gist of my day. Tomorrow is another day and I will keep you all updated!

I pray I get some sleep! 

[deep-sea-anemone]

Hey y'all,

I'm going to be jailed up in the hospital for the better part of the week (starting monday), so if you have any book/tv/movie recs, I'm all ears.

[stfranciseventing]

i just got a blood thinning shot and it didn’t hurt when i got it, but its hurting now

RIP

[stfranciseventing]

@roanappaloosa

thats super cute, bless

right? i was just ‘that made my night’ love it when ppl like my laugh!