When a spinal tap turns into an emergency room visit
- mycorneroftheworld
- Feb 4, 2017
- 2 min read
So a couple of weeks ago (if you saw my post) I had finally had it out with my Neuro opthamologist. I'm sure he's a great guy but he talks in a monotone and doesn't even sound interested in being there. He, along with Neuro across the waiting area, have been tossing me back and forth. Him saying my IH is doing fine go to Neuro for headaches, Neuro saying its not us its NO.
When he said on my next appt, since my optic nerve was looking good, that we would start taking the med level down I flipped out. To make a long story shorter, I turned some swotch on in him because he spoke more in that half of the appt than every appt the last year combined.
More importantly I insisted that he was wrong and my pressure was high despite what he was seeing. He said its not by the signs in my exam. I said it was and we were doingthe lumbar puncture. If I was wrong, I would happily walk in and say he was right. I just wasn't playing this toss back and forth thing.
Yesterday...my opening pressure was high. Not as high as its ever been but it was higher than the level he said to drain fluid off if above.
He called when I was in xray at the hospital yesterday to tell me to raise my medication because I was right it was high. I kind of want to walk in and say where's my you were right dance at my next appointment but I will settle with I told him at the last one. I know when something is wrong because I live in my body.
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