My Day, Migraines and Clunking on the Ground...
OK, so originally I was going to post photos from my TV gig this morning (lots of fun, I will post pictures tomorrow) and a host of other thoughts, like being directionally challenged driving last night and going in the wrong direction , mascara exploding in my purse, hitting more traffic on the way to the TV studio this morning (a car fire that closed down two lanes...)or a conversation I had with the radio host I will interview with tomorrow night which was hysterical. All worthy of discussion.
But all of those thoughts got trumped by the fact that I passed out, yes, fainted, while eating dinner tonight by myself at a restaurant and went clunk, right off the chair and apparently hit my head on a ledge on the way down. I don't know, I don't remember.
I could tell it was coming, and I hate that. I get migraines, but they aren't typical migraines. I don't really get the headache part, but I sure do get the aura. My head gets all stuffy, and its like time goes into slow motion. And I can't hear. It's like my head is inside a balloon. I could see people talking around me, but their mouths were just moving; I couldn't hear a thing. I knew I was headed for trouble...I start to sweat, get more and more stuffy and then my vision starts to go. The last time I had one of these wonderful episodes was about two years ago when I was still working at my travelling job and I totally freaked out my co-worker I was having dinner with. I didn't pass out that time, but almost. She wanted to take me to the ER. I told her no way.
But tonight I was by myself and how embarrassing, a complete stranger helped pick me up off the ground. A teen Christian rock band (the Oswald Brothers, very good, I am going to go check them out on myspace.com and get back to you) had just finished playing and they came running over too, along with their mom. How embarrassing...I was sooooooo embarrassed. I tried to convince them I was OK probably just a tad before I really was OK, but then it passes as suddenly as it comes on, and I'm OK; but it stinks. I do have an appointment with my primary care doc next week, so I guess I will be communicating my health issues with the same honesty that I insisted my mother do so at her appointment.
Now I'll probably get a headache from where I hit my head; there is a bit of an egg.
Tomorrow I have an early morning; radio first thing, a TV taping in the afternoon, and another radio interview tomorrow night. So I am going to go put ice on my head and curl up and go to sleep.
Sweet Dreams!
But all of those thoughts got trumped by the fact that I passed out, yes, fainted, while eating dinner tonight by myself at a restaurant and went clunk, right off the chair and apparently hit my head on a ledge on the way down. I don't know, I don't remember.
I could tell it was coming, and I hate that. I get migraines, but they aren't typical migraines. I don't really get the headache part, but I sure do get the aura. My head gets all stuffy, and its like time goes into slow motion. And I can't hear. It's like my head is inside a balloon. I could see people talking around me, but their mouths were just moving; I couldn't hear a thing. I knew I was headed for trouble...I start to sweat, get more and more stuffy and then my vision starts to go. The last time I had one of these wonderful episodes was about two years ago when I was still working at my travelling job and I totally freaked out my co-worker I was having dinner with. I didn't pass out that time, but almost. She wanted to take me to the ER. I told her no way.
But tonight I was by myself and how embarrassing, a complete stranger helped pick me up off the ground. A teen Christian rock band (the Oswald Brothers, very good, I am going to go check them out on myspace.com and get back to you) had just finished playing and they came running over too, along with their mom. How embarrassing...I was sooooooo embarrassed. I tried to convince them I was OK probably just a tad before I really was OK, but then it passes as suddenly as it comes on, and I'm OK; but it stinks. I do have an appointment with my primary care doc next week, so I guess I will be communicating my health issues with the same honesty that I insisted my mother do so at her appointment.
Now I'll probably get a headache from where I hit my head; there is a bit of an egg.
Tomorrow I have an early morning; radio first thing, a TV taping in the afternoon, and another radio interview tomorrow night. So I am going to go put ice on my head and curl up and go to sleep.
Sweet Dreams!
Labels: FamilyNet TV, migraines, the Oswald Brothers
posted by www.kathypride.com at
9:43 PM
3 Comments:
Hey Kathy,
Ouch! I get migraines too, but I have never even come close to passing out and never fallen. Is it the aura that defines your episodes as migraines? I was told that by definition, a migraine must included one or both: sensitivity to sound or light (in my case, both) AND/OR feeling nauseated (for me, rarely). The aura is "optional" and I guess what you're saying, so is the pain. I have plenty of that, and thank God for Imitrex. It really works for me. Without it, I can have my migraines for DAYS. The Tamoxofin (the estrogen suppressant) I was taking for a couple of months was cruel; it gave me a two-week migraine each month. Fortunately, my oncologist allowed me to go off it. So now, my headaches are MUCH better and I think even more so because of my exercising. The exercise has also improved my sleep, which in turn, I think, has lessened the frequency of my headaches.
Have you ever had an MRI of your head? I hear they are running a family discount for your family this fall.....
Love,
Katy
Doesn't sound like a migraine to me either. It sounds like shock or a vasovagal reaction to something. When I was a kid, I used to get that if my belt was too tight. I also passed out once when I had an infected pierced ear that was getting cleaned out...Whenever I pass out, I lose hearing... even up close noise seems distant and diminished to not at all, and things feel like they are in slow motion
I have had migraines where light hurt, but most recently it's been sound...Sound actually HURT. Weird.
I have an appointment with my internist tomorrow. I agree that my what have been diagnosed as migraines are very weird. And I only seem to have these extradordinary episodes when away from home. As a matter of fact, I had one at 35,000 feet once on a transatlantic flight. The trick there was to make sure the flight attendants didn't discover it; they would have freaked out.
But I will bring this up for sure when I see her.
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