I have been really sick lately. I don’t know if I can say sick as I was misdiagnosed and carried Lyme for 2 years before I was put on massive anti-biotics which sent me into Colitis Dificile… I though I was past it but I was admitted into the hospital (from my Doctors office for "Intractable Pain) 14 days ago. I spent 48 hours on a Dilaudid drip and 60 mg. of Morphine every 4 hours and Toradal, which decreased the inflammation in my Brain… I got over the hump at the end (which was when they sent me home).
One week ago, I woke up at 4a.m. and had complete Amnesia. I did not understand what the room I was in was (my bedroom). My wife was sleeping with my 10 year old as he had a belly ache. I did not know who I was, where I was, why I was (still don’t know that!). It seemed that the world was that room. I could remember fear though and I experienced copious amounts of it. My wife heard me screaming “What is this?” and came into the room and I did not know who she was. My extremely caring loving wife comforted me and slowly it all came back. I went back to sleep (bad idea I found out later, Doctor said to call the Ambulance immediately if there is another incident) and the next day I could think but could not vocalized what I wanted to say as the base of my Brain hurt too much when I tried to talk.
I went to the Doctor and they immediately hospitalized me again for 2 days but no one knows what happened. I am afraid to go to sleep and only go when I can no longer stay up.
I felt like I need to write this down. I really have missed posting here. If I fall of the radar, well, it may be related to what is going on. If I have ever offended anyone here, I beg your forgiveness. I hold malice towards no one. Thanks.
A little scary sometimes, but that rounds out the experience.
Still saving pennies for the rest (computer case hard drive, case), getting close. My old computer still works (It has 2 ,500G hard drives and 1 160G, AMD 3700 64 ASUS K8v SE Deluxe, ATI X800 256), very long in the tooth but still working great, so I am hoping to build a new machine without sacrificing the old. I am using money from my car insurance company (a tree fell on my car:eek:, I fixed it, and kept the money:D) ha Ha HA !!
I just hope my insurance pays most of it. I owe the hospital a lot but pay them very little every month. At the end of the year I negotiate the bill. Everything is negotiable. I wish more people would realize this. I often tell them that if they do not lower the balance I will have the procedure at a private facility the next town over. It works. They make what they call “adjustments”, after all, I would never imply they “overcharged” me. That would be confrontational, not a good tactic when you are trying to get somebody to give you a break (even though we all know they gorge you).