TODAY STARTED OFF ROUGH. I WOKE UP BEING SO TIRED AS IT WAS. THEN BY THE TIME I ALMOST GOT SETTLED INTO MY NICHE AT WORK, I GOT A MESSAGE THAT MY BEST FRIEND, MINDY CALLED FOR ME. WELL I HAD GOTTEN MY CELL PHONE AND STEPPED INTO THE HALLWAY TO MAKE THE RETURN PHONE CALL. HER SISTER, NIKKI, ANSWERED HER CELL PHONE AND TOLD ME THAT MINDY HAD BEEN ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT SACRED HEART HOSPITAL.
I ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED, AND SHE TOLD ME THAT MINDY'S VISION HAD GOTTEN MUCH WORSE, AND THAT SHE WAS BASICALLY BLIND IN ONE EYE.SHE HAS WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE IN HER SKULL. SO AT THE TIME I TALKED TO HER IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, THEY SAID SHE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE BRAIN SURGERY TO DRAIN THE FLUIDS, AND RELIEVE THE PRESSURE. I DECIDED THAT I WOULD COME HOME ON MY LUNCH BREAK AND GET MY OVERNIGHT BAG READY TO GO FOR WHEN I GOT OFF OF WORK TONIGHT.
I CAME HOME, AND TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT I MIGHT GO UP TO SPOKANE TO SUPPORT MINDY AND HER FAMILY. THE WHOLE DAY I WAS A FUCKING BASKET CASE. I HAD A THREE MINUTE CRYING SPELL. I TOOK SOME DEEP BREATHS AND DRIED MY EYES. I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT HER IN IT. SHE IS MY VERY BEST FRIEND! 20 YEARS OF BEING THE BEST OF FRIENDS. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SHE'S FEELING, AND THINKING. NOT TO MENTION HER MOM, WHO LOST HER YOUNGEST CHILD TWO DAYS BEFORE XMAS, A DAUGHTER WHO IS BATTLING BRAIN ISSUES FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS, AND HER OWN MOTHER HAVING ALZHEIMER'S. THEIR FAMILY HAS BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH. I REALLY WANT HER TO BE OVER THIS BULLSHIT!
MINDY TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL INSTALL A SHUNT TO DRAIN THE FLUID AND IT WILL BE THROUGH A TUBE LEADING BEHIND HER EAR, AND INTO HER STOMACH. SHE DIDN'T WANT ME TO COME UP TOMORROW MORNING. I TOLD HER NOT TO ARGUE WITH ME BECAUSE I'M GOING UP THERE BEFORE SHE HAS PRE-OP. I HAVE TO SEE HER. MY BRAIN ALWAYS KINDA THINKS "WHAT IF?"
SHE HAS WHAT THEY CALL A FALSE "FAKE" TUMOR. IT IS CALLED: PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI. A CLIP FROM WEBMD.COM :
Pseudotumor Cerebri
Important
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Synonyms
Benign Intracranial Hypertension
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Primary Intracranial Hypertension)
Secondary Intrcranial Hypertension
Disorder Subdivisions
None
General Discussion
Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor cerebri) is characterized by increased pressure inside the skull. Intracranial means inside the skull and hypertension means high fluid pressure. Basically, the pressure of the fluid that surrounds the brain (cerebrospinal fluid or CSF) is too high. Elevated CSF pressure produces severe headache and often visual difficulties, which, if left untreated can result in loss of vision or blindness.
SO I GUESS I SHOULD WRAP THIS UP AND GO TO BED SO I CAN GET UP EARLY AND HIT THE ROAD.