I really need to get back on track.....

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Registered: 01-25-2006
I really need to get back on track.....
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Tue, 08-29-2006 - 10:30am

I am so embarrassed that I am still not back on track. I have been so overwhelmed with kids and school and job hunting and these dadblasted migraines. To top it all off I woke up yesterday with my chest killing me and went in to the dr and well.....I have a resp infection possibly with pluerisy the reason I was hurting so bad, or he said I could have just overdone it at dd6's bday party sunday and pulled something. Anyways, by the time I got in to see him I had a migraine, the lights in his office were really bothering me and making me feel really sick not to mention the brightly colored walls. OMG I thought I was going to die before I got outta there. He gave me some antibiotics and told me to come home and take a muscle relaxer and pain pill and the decongestant he gave me last month and go to bed. I went to bed at 6 pm and didn't get up til 8 am this morn. Now how is that for following dr. orders. LOL I woke a few times last night and the kids did wake me this morn to tell me bye and ask me something but I was right back asleep each time til ds woke at 8 and told me to get up!! LOL that sleep probably did more for me than any medicine could have!

 

Angela

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 08-31-2006 - 9:19am
Hang in there with the glasses, Angela. I'd give them a call if the blurriness keeps up after a few more days though. Sometimes they are just a little off on a prescription and it can make you feel like you're falling down a well--and frankly I'm clumsy enough without help! Did you go to an ophthalmologist or an optometrist? I had an exam with an optometrist last year where he told me my peripheral vision was extremely troubling and most likely I had a tumor on my pituitary gland! What??!!! So until I could get into see the ophthalmologist I worried about having brain cancer and how my family would function without me. It turned out to be a poor job of executing the field vision test by the optometrist and everything was normal. Gulp! Anyway, I just wanted to share that to encourage you to keep plugging away until you get complete relief! Have a great day, four eyes! LOL Annie
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Thu, 08-31-2006 - 11:08am

Well you piqued my curiosity so I looked up the office and I guess it is an optometrist. That is what it is listed under anyways. Go figure.

 

Angela

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Thu, 08-31-2006 - 5:13pm
An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor, an optometrist is licensed to diagnose problems. (I think of it as the difference between an MD and a chiropractor. It doesn't mean that a chiropractor can't help you, but they aren't always interchangeable.) I have gone to both for eye exams and honestly never had a problem like this one before. I usually go to Pearle vision and this optometrist I hadn't seen before. All in all though, there is genuine bliss in hearing that you don't have a brain tumor. (I'm such a "silver lining" type. :-)) Annie
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Thu, 08-31-2006 - 6:31pm

LOL I believe it, your posts are always enthusiastic. That is a great way to be. Wish I could see the silver lining more often.


 

Angela

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Fri, 09-01-2006 - 8:44am
Listen girl, you've had the migraine cloud hanging over you for so long no wonder the silver lining isn't always visible. (I had one yesterday and uh, exercise and diet wasn't what I was thinking about. Bleccch!) Hang in there with the juggling schedules, chasing migraines, managing asthma, and getting used to glasses. You're primed for a positive bounce soon! Annie
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