23-10-11, 09:48 PM
Some may have noticed my spouting being even more erratic than usual and I feel now I can enter my plea in mitigation.
Went to a family wedding in Cornwall recently and while there I took a headache....well more like being physically punched in the back of the head (No it wasn't a Gypsy wedding) however said headache diminished in intensity but 10 days later I was still struggling a bit and had developed a bit of a stutter which is not like me but things have been a little stressful lately.
Mrs M insisted I go to GPs and I expected the usual 'take some aspirin' advice and sending on my way rejoicing. This however was not to be....I got a locum who took a look and despatched me to Portsmouth QA Hospital...CT scan and Lumbar puncture later results were inconclusive but painkillers working so two days later they were sending me home and I was on my way out the door when I was collared, strapped to a stretcher and wheeched (permit the Scottish venacular) to Southampton neurological unit where they took things a bit more seriously and decided that I had probably had a bleed on the brain...decision was whether to do an angiogram and insert clamps and coils??? (Nah I don't have a clue either) in the affected blood vessel/s...Decision was that the prodding about may do more harm than good and by and large I was fine other than bloody headache so I was discharged Friday to return next Thursday for an MRA scan to try to find the elusive problem.
Things I have learnt...it foccing hurts..NHS staff were by and large amazing.....people have gathered round brilliantly when we were all guessing WTF was going on. 'Tramadol Nights' can be very strange. Currently stutter is all but gone although it feels as though I am sometimes searching for words ..like they have been stored in a different place!
If every experience is a learning experience I could have done without this one.
There you have it...so no need to guess..yes BIG MAC needed his head looked at ...but you all knew that didn't you
Went to a family wedding in Cornwall recently and while there I took a headache....well more like being physically punched in the back of the head (No it wasn't a Gypsy wedding) however said headache diminished in intensity but 10 days later I was still struggling a bit and had developed a bit of a stutter which is not like me but things have been a little stressful lately.
Mrs M insisted I go to GPs and I expected the usual 'take some aspirin' advice and sending on my way rejoicing. This however was not to be....I got a locum who took a look and despatched me to Portsmouth QA Hospital...CT scan and Lumbar puncture later results were inconclusive but painkillers working so two days later they were sending me home and I was on my way out the door when I was collared, strapped to a stretcher and wheeched (permit the Scottish venacular) to Southampton neurological unit where they took things a bit more seriously and decided that I had probably had a bleed on the brain...decision was whether to do an angiogram and insert clamps and coils??? (Nah I don't have a clue either) in the affected blood vessel/s...Decision was that the prodding about may do more harm than good and by and large I was fine other than bloody headache so I was discharged Friday to return next Thursday for an MRA scan to try to find the elusive problem.
Things I have learnt...it foccing hurts..NHS staff were by and large amazing.....people have gathered round brilliantly when we were all guessing WTF was going on. 'Tramadol Nights' can be very strange. Currently stutter is all but gone although it feels as though I am sometimes searching for words ..like they have been stored in a different place!
If every experience is a learning experience I could have done without this one.
There you have it...so no need to guess..yes BIG MAC needed his head looked at ...but you all knew that didn't you
The Frying Scotsman
