Migraine Continues 7/18

Tuesday 9:05 AM 

Migraine Continues 

Doctor’s visit went both good and bad. We have orders for X-rays and MRI and MRA next Monday. 

The pain in his head was bad and since I gave him a heating pad it’s gotten worse. His pain has gone from a high 8 to an 11. He wants to go to the emergency room. 

He needs someone to go with him, to drive him there and to make sure that he gets what he needs. 

After more info from him I am 90% sure it’s a nerve compression in the C2-C4 region. He needs a lidocaine shot in his neck to get the muscles and the nerve to calm down, because it won’t do it on his own. His neck is getting more sore and stiff and he can’t turn his head to the side without a lot of pain. His tongue is hurting, which is what tipped me off to the nerve compression. I think it’s called neck and tongue syndrome. 

Anyway, the Arrhythmia doc was good, and did what he could. He didn’t do the tilt table test because he knew the migraine would mess it up. He prescribed strong antibiotics for R’s cough and chest gunk. 

But still. It’s a lot. I’ve told Alex we might not be able to play again this weekend if we don’t get R’s migraine fixed by Wednesday. 

I’m changing my point of view as much as possible. Before I was overwhelmed because I couldn’t get the other things done too. And I still am- it’s a huge amount of pressure to think that I still need to prep for people visiting this weekend, and be ready for D&D and do a bunch of other appointments, and all that. 

So I’m dropping what doesn’t have to be done right away. And instead I’m doing things I enjoy when I have downtime. Otherwise he is my priority and I will do whatever I have to do to make sure he gets the help he needs. 

We are both slowly being crushed by this. I don’t need to bring other heavy stuff too.

Depression Test from App: 16 (Moderately Severe Depression)