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03-30-2013, 09:04 AM
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She called me in tears again last night, around 11:30 pm because the ibuprofen wore off before she could get back to her dorm. I told her she's going to have to carry it around with her. This is heartbreaking. She is just so frustrated.
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03-30-2013, 09:08 AM
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Oh Dee, I am so sorry for your daughter and for you.
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03-30-2013, 09:54 AM
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Pain of any sort can be so difficult to get a diagnosis for. If there's no glaringly obvious injury or cause, doctors often brush it off. I hope Hypo gets better soon, but barring that, I also hope she can find a doctor willing to do the hard work to find the cause.
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03-30-2013, 08:17 PM
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I haven't heard from her today. I think that's a good sign 
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04-01-2013, 10:47 AM
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She called me yesterday after Googling her symptoms and was very concerned that she has meningitis or an aneurysm. I told her to stop Googling. She should be at health services now and the doctor is supposed to be setting her up with an eye specialist.
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04-01-2013, 11:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AGDee
She called me yesterday after Googling her symptoms and was very concerned that she has meningitis or an aneurysm. I told her to stop Googling. She should be at health services now and the doctor is supposed to be setting her up with an eye specialist.
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Googling health info can be dangerous! Hope she gets a good report!
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04-01-2013, 04:18 PM
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She has been diagnosed with papilledma- swelling of the optic nerve, essentially, due to intracranial pressure. She's got an emergency appointment with a opthalmic neuorlogist tomorrow to try to determine the cause. There are many possibilities. She has contacted the disability office to work out some class accommodations at the urging of the health center doc. I may be heading to NYC soon.
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04-01-2013, 07:40 PM
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Hope that it is a simple solution!! Prayers for you and H!
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04-01-2013, 07:51 PM
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Oh boy, I hope she keeps getting some answers and the disability office can get her the support she needs for schoolwork now. Sending her much love and a big hug to you.
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04-01-2013, 08:40 PM
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Fingers crossed for Hypo! That's sort of scary!
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04-02-2013, 06:17 PM
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How is Hypo?
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04-02-2013, 06:33 PM
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We just got off the phone. She's had a busy day... neuro ophthalmologist appointment followed by blood work, then back to campus to meet with disability services and health services again, then went for an MRI, then to the pharmacy to drop off prescriptions and back to the MRI place to get a CD of her images. She liked the doctor she saw today a lot. I looked him up and he's got a very good reputation with lots of research in his field. She said he listed off her symptoms before she could tell him and he's pretty sure the increased intracranial pressure is due to the most benign cause of all the possibilities. She starts some meds tomorrow and the doctor will be calling her. She may need a spinal tap so they can measure the pressure and perhaps relieve some of it.
She's in much better spirits, feeling validated and like people are doing something to help her, so that's a big plus. I teased her that she went to a smart kid school and they filled up her brain with too much information too fast and she laughed at that. It is good to hear her laugh. Hopefully the prescription she picks up tomorrow gives her some relief quickly.
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04-02-2013, 08:33 PM
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Oh, good. I'm glad it was relatively benign and that they're helping her.
I would have been a mess if it were my kid.
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04-02-2013, 08:48 PM
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Glad to hear that her spirits are up and she has an idea of what's wrong.
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04-03-2013, 04:33 PM
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The MRI came back clear so I just posted this on her Twitter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaTO8_KNcuo
She will have a spinal tap next week which will provide some more relief, but she has been lifted from cognitive rest and put on meds to inhibit cerbralspinal fluid production to help alleviate the pressure.
Now she has a TON of homework to catch up on.
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