Major Complaints Thread (2 Viewers)

[Cornu Ammonis]

my brother had what appears to have been an epileptic fit today. can't say it was totally unexpected; he had an 'absence' six or seven years ago that they couldn't find a cause for, and a TIA was mentioned then as a possibility, albeit with no evidence found to back it up.
but today, he was unconscious for at least 45 minutes with hallmarks of a full blown fit. bar the absence mentioned above, there has been nothing else in his history close to this. shit buzz.

How old is he? I only developed epilepsy when I was 31 so it can come out of (seemingly) nowhere. Hopefully it’s something that can be easily managed.

 

[magicbastarder]

He's 50. It was well hot yesterday and he was outdoors but he's able to take the heat usually.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

He's 50. It was well hot yesterday and he was outdoors but he's able to take the heat usually.

How’s he doing today?

 

[JohnnyRaz]

my brother had what appears to have been an epileptic fit today. can't say it was totally unexpected; he had an 'absence' six or seven years ago that they couldn't find a cause for, and a TIA was mentioned then as a possibility, albeit with no evidence found to back it up.
but today, he was unconscious for at least 45 minutes with hallmarks of a full blown fit. bar the absence mentioned above, there has been nothing else in his history close to this. shit buzz.

Sorry to hear that!

 

[magicbastarder]

He was given his diagnosis last night; focal epilepsy. On medicine now and can't drive for a year.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

He was given his diagnosis last night; focal epilepsy. On medicine now and can't drive for a year.

Been there, done that. Happy to chat to him if he wants to talk about it.

 

[magicbastarder]

How’s he doing today?

Not too bad all things considered. Though as he joked himself, he missed all the drama. His wife and kids had to deal with that. They're old enough though, 18 and 20; was the last Saturday they had together that his daughter wasn't working, before heading off to some college placement in Paris for the year, so were having a family day out.

 

[magicbastarder]

one thing he was asked in hospital was did he ever get a smell of burning, and he said that yeah, weirdly, he woke in the middle of the night a week or two ago and smelled what he thought was toast, but knew there was no-one downstairs. i think that actually formed part of the diagnosis.

 

[Cormcolash]

Bollocks, could have sworn someone in my gaff was making toast about a week ago...

 

[ann post]

Fuck it, might as well tell you all:

Cap'n died. There's all of everything going on in my head and also real life. I'm handling it, (except now, obvs) and the community is great. But fuck, I'm just expecting him to appear and offer me a cheese toastie with Marmite or something. But he won't. You know, because he's dead. It's ok, but It is so strange.

The other logistics are manifold. Good posts forthcoming over the next week's and months.

Sorry to hear about this - was on the road all weekend and I'm to old to type on my phone.
Always enjoyed hearing about the guy through you. I'm sure there's more stories to hear in any case.
Spose you can have the odd cheese and marmite toastie now when you want to reflect.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

one thing he was asked in hospital was did he ever get a smell of burning, and he said that yeah, weirdly, he woke in the middle of the night a week or two ago and smelled what he thought was toast, but knew there was no-one downstairs. i think that actually formed part of the diagnosis.

I never had that but it’s a typical “aura” that indicates something is happening in the brain. Doesn’t always predict a seizure but it’s a good sign to lie down just in case. For me, it’s a really strong sense of deja vu.

 

[magicbastarder]

interesting; i had a spell of incredibly strong episodes of deja vu about 15 years ago, but that coincided with a virus that was not identified (started out with a skin rash often associated with compromised immune systems).
the first, and worst spell of deja vu happened when i was walking into town. it started as i was crossing dorset street and finished as i was passing clery's, so must have been about five or ten minutes long. i ended up having a CT scan in the hermitage, after some slightly comical exchanges in triage and ER.
the australian triage nurse had never heard of deja vu; i had to explain what it was to her, and she wrote it in her notes as 'dezar vu'. when i was finally seen by the doc he was clearly getting annoyed with me, asking me the same questions over and over as i was explaining why i was there, and he ended up barking at me to stop telling him what i'd read online, and to describe how i actually felt. turns out he assumed i could not have known what deja vu was and that i was telling him what google had suggested for me to say.

 

[rettucs]

I never had that but it’s a typical “aura” that indicates something is happening in the brain. Doesn’t always predict a seizure but it’s a good sign to lie down just in case. For me, it’s a really strong sense of deja vu.

we need @jonah back for this conversation

 

[egg_]

the australian triage nurse had never heard of deja vu; i had to explain what it was to her, and she wrote it in her notes as 'dezar vu'. when i was finally seen by the doc he was clearly getting annoyed with me, asking me the same questions over and over as i was explaining why i was there, and he ended up barking at me to stop telling him what i'd read online, and to describe how i actually felt. turns out he assumed i could not have known what deja vu was and that i was telling him what google had suggested for me to say.

What the actual fuck? I know most people are dopes, so probably over time a doctor will start assuming everyone they talk to is a dope, but still ffs. Maybe I need to flash my mensa membership card every time I speak to a doc

 

[pete]

asking me the same questions over and over as i was explaining why i was there.

Are you sure about that?

 

[magicbastarder]

Oh, I get deja vu when I hear that joke now.

 

[magicbastarder]

What the actual fuck? I know most people are dopes, so probably over time a doctor will start assuming everyone they talk to is a dope, but still ffs. Maybe I need to flash my mensa membership card every time I speak to a doc

Yeah, that was just weird. I assume most people over the age of ten would know about deja vu.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Yeah, that was just weird. I assume most people over the age of ten would know about deja vu.

There’s a lot of things that most people over 10 should know but clearly don’t, add deja vu to the list!

But that doctor sounds like a right prick, how many people Google “episode of deja vu” to go have an unnecessary fight with a doctor?

 

[magicbastarder]

the gas thing is that saying 'i had deja vu' tells him the exact same thing as what i'd have said, if i hadn't known the term 'deja vu'.

 

[ann post]

Conversley I once went into a doctor with my niche condition, and he googled it and read the wiki in front of me - i just appreciated that he didn't go pretending and did it all openly.