Showing posts with label Lumbar Puncture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lumbar Puncture. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Playing Catch-up

Up to now, this blog writing has been a bit of a breeze - mainly because I've been writing from memory of the major events that got me here, whereas soon, I'll have to decide if the blog simply becomes a record of how I feel, or what I've learnt on a daily or weekly basis. I'll probably keep on adding links to other people's pages and latest research as that way, I can stand tall on the shoulders of giants.

Anyway, it's clear by now (thanks wife...) that I've already muddled some of the time-order - I thought it was within about 1-2 days after I got home that I'd had the brainwave about foodstuffs, etc.
It turns out it was 6 days later, and only after my wife had already found a couple of interesting links...one of which I savaged somewhat a couple of blog posts ago.

Additionally, I've completely missed going back to the hospital for the final course of corticosteroids, the subsequent check for tuberculosis reagent and...

Monday, 16 April 2012

Symptom 2 - Part 3: Second trip to the Hospital

Friday, 2nd March,  2012.
Hmm, a new anniversary?
A New Menace...clearly, this blog could not possibly have been written by me unless there was at least one Star Wars reference.

I'd got my bag packed on Thursday night because I had been booked in for an overnight stay at the Ruber International Hospital.
T-Shirt, shorts (so no awful Hospital Gown needed), and a small wash-kit.
Survival gear (Laptop, DVDs and a couple of PC games, Kindle, plugs and chargers, mobile phone).
And...Joy of joys, the hospital had WiFi!!!

I arrive at the hospital and check myself in at reception and then again, complete the administration. This was a further €1000, and after this, I was shown up to my bedroom for the day/night. Co-incidentally, it was the same room I had been using the previous day.

Today was already planned out.
  • Chest X-Rays
  • Lumbar Puncture
  • Course of Corticosteroids (to reduce inflammation in the areas of the lesions and hopefully reduce the numbness). This course would be over the course of the next three days; today, tomorrow and Sunday.