Drop it like it's hot...
I woke up on my kitchen floor last night at about 5:15. I had been playing a card game (gin) online for about an hour, and at some point decided that I was done. Mark claims that I was talking about my gin rating going up as I walked into the kitchen. At that point, I had a seizure. I lost consciousness, and my entire body convulsed. I remember feeling my head snapping back multiple times and my legs crunching into my chest repetitively.
When I woke up, I asked Mark how the hell I ended up in the kitchen on the floor. I have no recollection of even leaving the living room. I don't remember anything from a couple minutes after it too. Mark said it lasted a couple of minutes. I'll take his word. My head hurt like a bastard, (the doctor thinks it was probably from a concussion from dropping like a sack of shit on the hard floor.) My face was red, and my neck was sore. Besides that, I felt a bit confused and dazed, but pretty much normal.
The doctor started me on Phenobarbital. They took blood, scheduled me for an EEG, CT scan, and an appointment with the neurologist.
The general consensus? I may have photosensitive epilepsy. Remember the seven-hundred-and-some people in Japan who had seizures while watching Pokemon? Yep, well apparently that's what it is.
Repetitive movements, certain sequences, flashing lights, specific shapes- they all have something to do with it. Approximately 3-5% of people with epilepsy are classified with this specific type. Most are under the age of 20 when they experience their first seizure. However, since computer games and more action-packed television shows are fairly new, and directed towards younger kids, there may just not be as many documented cases in adults.
Crazy, I know.
Here's more information on PSE (look, I have the lingo already!) if you so care to read it.
My head still hurts today, but it's not as bad as yesterday.
What a great excuse for me if I don't post for a while, huh? Or if I misspell something...
When I woke up, I asked Mark how the hell I ended up in the kitchen on the floor. I have no recollection of even leaving the living room. I don't remember anything from a couple minutes after it too. Mark said it lasted a couple of minutes. I'll take his word. My head hurt like a bastard, (the doctor thinks it was probably from a concussion from dropping like a sack of shit on the hard floor.) My face was red, and my neck was sore. Besides that, I felt a bit confused and dazed, but pretty much normal.
The doctor started me on Phenobarbital. They took blood, scheduled me for an EEG, CT scan, and an appointment with the neurologist.
The general consensus? I may have photosensitive epilepsy. Remember the seven-hundred-and-some people in Japan who had seizures while watching Pokemon? Yep, well apparently that's what it is.
Repetitive movements, certain sequences, flashing lights, specific shapes- they all have something to do with it. Approximately 3-5% of people with epilepsy are classified with this specific type. Most are under the age of 20 when they experience their first seizure. However, since computer games and more action-packed television shows are fairly new, and directed towards younger kids, there may just not be as many documented cases in adults.
Crazy, I know.
Here's more information on PSE (look, I have the lingo already!) if you so care to read it.
My head still hurts today, but it's not as bad as yesterday.
What a great excuse for me if I don't post for a while, huh? Or if I misspell something...
Labels: MDM, This is gonna hurt
posted by Sarah at
Monday, February 19, 2007
10 Comments:
How alarming, Sarah. Those are not the kind of kitchen floor spasms we like! Sounds, at least, like the condition is well understood and manageable. Hope you're not on barbiturates for long. Ouch. Not sure you should read my "flash" fiction now. :oP
That's a bit scary. More than a bit.
Just as I was about to post a link to a flash optiacl illusion puzzle with dissappearing dots. Well, not dissappearing, turning black then white then black, flickering really fa..... Sarah, oh £uck! Mark? Mark!! Ambulance please...
God how scary. You must have definately wondered what the hell happened.
I hope you don't have to go through that again, and I wish you a speedy recovery from that aching head.
xo
Joe- Yeah, I will stay away from that post for the time being. No offense, you understand.
Monty- Hahahaha! Tuck and roll, baby!
Blue- It was scary. We laugh about it now though. That's how we deal with things. We were trying to think of ways that my seizures could prove more productive next time... ie- Mark can put my nail polish bottle in my hand so I can shake it up real well before I apply my top coat.
My medical persona feels the need to respond. The confusion and amnesic period after is called the "postictal phase" and will happen after real seizures every time (as compared to pseudoseizures where there is no confusion or loss of memory). If you have played gin online before its probably pretty doubtful that that was what caused your seizure. Both adults and children can develop seizures or epilepsy at any time in their lives (although seizures are not always classed as epilepsy these days). Alcohol, stress, kidney problems, low blood sugar, poor nutrition, and many other things can all cause seizures.
I'm not rambling really. I just want to suggest you not only see a neurologist, but that you also have your kidney problems checked. A seizure can be a sign of increased kidney problems and if no one has mentioned this to you so far, I felt I should.
My medical persona is leaving the building now.
You know, I've re-read what I wrote a few times and I sound like an arrogant bastard. (Can women sound like arrogant bastards?)
I did not mean to belittle what the doctor told you or imply that I know more than they do. I just wanted you to know that it could be your kidneys. I worry. I did not mean to sound like I knew better. I'm sorry if thats how I came across.
Dammit, Sarah. You stop that right now! I refuse to allow something terrible to happen to you. I'm on my way. You need a caregiver while Mark is out of the house.
Sher, you'll be happy to know that I walked into the doc's already tapping my veins. The first thing they did was blood work. The results came back today with fully functioning and perfectly normal levels. I appreciate your advice. It's always good to think about everything. We haven't counted anything out yet.
Jock- I'm having Chicken Parm for dinner. Shall I set a place setting for you?
Yay...I am happy.
I'll have you know...I was worried enough yesterday to inform my husband that if you needed a kidney I would give you one. He informed me that I couldn't give you a kidney because I have these silly chronic conditions. I informed him that a sick kidney is better than no kidney. He thinks I'm nuts. But I would have.
PS...My camera died. It was painful. To shorten a long drawn out and slightly boring story... I should have my new Kodak Z650 with printer and docking station delivered tomorrow. I'm all atwitter. It's my anniversary present.
crap!
at least Mark didn't mistake the seizure as a new form of foreplay and try to do ya whilst you were banging your head on the floor
did he?
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