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Originally Posted by
linda murray
Best advice i was given (although poo poo'd it) was -Remember to look after YOURSELF!! Eat and sleep !! i know you must be worried sick and its almost easier if it were you who are ill as opposed to Dave but at the moment you have no control over events but Dave needs YOU to be healthy for him. I hope you get good news from doc.
Linda x
Thanks to you Linda, I now feel heaps better coz the nurse just rang us back! Yes, I'm eating and sleeping properly, don't have a problem there, it's just this constant draining feeling, that makes me feel ill when I think of how he must be suffering and I can't see any end to it! The migraines I could always cope with, leave him for 24 hours, up he gets, has something to eat and is quite normal again, but that isn't happening at the moment, I even feel like he's "changed" in his personality if you know what I mean, but I'm trying to poo poo that one!! Thanks again Linda, I hope your hubby stays well now.xxx
Originally Posted by
Losos
Oh hell, just when I thought we could be looking at the final chapter in your saga poor old Dave takes a turn for the worse. I must admit even I thought he should have today off. It's strange that he now has pain in his teeth, I've never heard of that (Except as normal toothache and then it's highly localised isn't it
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Really hope you can get it sorted H and keep on at those Docs. 'cos they must have some idea what it is.
We'll all send lots of healing vibes to him tonight
I know H, and here I was thinking the start of a new week, things will be on the up!
Thanks for your concern H, but I feel a lot better now.
She was a lovely nurse, spent ages chatting to him on the phone just now. She's 99.9% convinced that it's the lumbar puncture that is causing this, it hasn't healed yet, and in actual fact she says, they have made it worse for him
He has instructions to drink lots of caffeine drinks inbetween the water (which I already told him about after my research), but he said he can't stand the taste of tea now, and yet Dave was an avid tea fan, he always had a cup of tea in his hand! Anyhoo, he is to lie down flat when he feels the headache coming on, the ice pack is good as it's constricting the vessels which are causing the blood rush to the had, and if it's no better in another couple of days, then he must go to the doctor because it's highly likely he'll need the blood patch (which is also what I told him, and I'm always right lol!). I think HE feels better too, now that she's tried to put his mind at rest, and I definitely do.
Off to bed now, leaving Georgie outside again so he doesn't disturb Dave overnight and quite honestly, he likes being out on the tiles all night does old Georgie, and if he wants to come indoors, he knows his way to the bootroom where he has another bed laid out for him and plenty of water and some little treats! Sorted!
Maybe after a good night's sleep Dave will feel better than today, you never know, time heals, it's quite a major thing this lumbar puncture I'm sure of it, and a lot of people actually refuse to have it down I've read, purely because of this aftermath or worse!!! I won't be having one thanks, I've learned that much!!!
Thanks again guys, I'll update tomorrow.xxxxxxx