Computer Crash/Medical Issues Long Absence

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Computer Crash/Medical Issues Long Absence

Post by deadbride » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:12 am

Hi Guys And Gals....Just wanted to stop in and explain my absence and let you know that I wouldn't be in much for a while. :oops: Well one my computer did a major nose dive. The motherboard and harddrive crashed. If it would have been one or the other it might have been fixable, but no it had to be both. We even had the tech send the harddrive back to the factory and they said that the harddrive had heated up so bad that it had cracked all 3 discs inside. So nothing was able to be retrieved off of it. :(

Secondly, I've been dealing with a major health issue. I've always had what I called tremors. Never thought about it. Never paid much attention to them. Told the doctor about them and they never listened. Well a few weeks ago I started having more. But there was something else that happened too. :roll: I'm 38 and I've been drunk maybe 4 times in my life. Well anyway we had a friend over and we decided to have a few drinks. So my husband had bought 2 bottles of wine for me and something for our friend and something for himself....we each like different things. Anyway. Since no one had to work, etc. we decided to drink.....I drank a bottle and a half in about 20 min. I went from sober to drunk in under 30 minutes flat. In the next 30 minutes I started having major "tremors". It took these 2 full grown men to hold me on the bed and keep me from bodily throwing myself on the floor. My husband threatened to call paramedics, I said no that the "tremors" would go away. An hour later they did, then I collapsed from exhaustion from them. I didn't passout from the wine. I had an appointment with one of my phyicians the next week and my husband made sure I mentioned my "tremors" to him. As I spoke to him, he questioned me and the more we spoke the more he questioned. Come to find out that my "tremors" aren't "tremors" they are seizures. Of course the drinking had made it worse, so I got chewed out for that. LOL but I knew that.

They are now getting ready to start running some tests. They are whats called jacksonian seizures, they think. They are a form of epileptic seizure. A marching seizure. It starts small like in the tip of the hand and marches up the hand in to the body and gets worse. I don't loose concisousness or alertness. But I'm tired when it's over. My muscles hurt. They will run an EEG first, then if necessary an MRI or CT scan. But hopefully they can be controlled with medication. Some of which I am already on and they've adjusted already. So we'll see how that goes. But I have to limit my time on the computer as well for a while. That is one drawback for now.

Well I just wanted to let everyone know where I've been that I hadn't died or dropped off the face of the earth. LOL Thanks for listening. :oops: :( :)
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Post by Haunted Horseman » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:17 am

Deadbride,
So sorry to hear about your condition. Please do take care of yourself and get well. We all wish you the very best.

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Post by Dr Strange » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:20 am

Good luck and God Bless. Return when you can.

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Post by Larissa » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:24 am

Wow, nice to meet you & sorry to hear it, all in one breath. Hope it's something very easily treatable & you'll be back to truly meet us new folk.
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Post by tomanderson » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:30 am

Yes! Take good care of yourself and come back soon. We'll miss you.

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Post by spookyboo » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:17 pm

I am sorry to hear of your predicament, I wish you well and hope you will be back soon!!
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Post by LawP » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:24 pm

Take care of yourself DB. I'll be thinking about you. :D
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Post by hauntmaster » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:03 pm

Hey DB,

Glad to see you dropped in here! Well, I'm so sorry to hear about your situation like that, and your lossings... Hope you will come back here ASAP whenever you feel like. :cry:

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Post by magickbean » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:07 pm

Oh my.. bless you honey, you have been having a bit of a battle on your hands, haven't you?? :( Sorry to hear about the computer - it's a shame that they couldn't retrieve anything from the harddrive. Very sorry to hear the news about your health! My mum works with people who have regular seizures and, with medication, they can live a pretty normal life - it's just about finding what your triggers are I think. Let us know how you get on with the tests *hugs* xxx
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Post by jadewik » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:23 pm

I'm glad to hear you're doing fine. It IS good to see you stop by the forums. I hope those doctor-guys are able to help you. I hate doctors, so if you ever want to complain about them go right ahead. I'm with you all the way. :D

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Re: Computer Crash/Medical Issues Long Absence

Post by HalloweenDot » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:26 pm

Glad you are back, good luck with the tests. If we can help you, please don't hesitate to ask. ;-) Hope that the forums can help keep your mind occupied!

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Post by tomanderson » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:26 pm

Yes, once again, best wishes. You're in all our thoughts here!

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Post by One Eye'd Jack » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:42 am

All the best to you and hang in there. Know that our thoughts and prayers are with you!

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Post by deadbride » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:12 am

Thank you all for your support. I will be trying to check in on the forum as often as I can. I have a computer but like I said I have to limit my time on it because of the seizures. They started narrowing down where the seizures came from already. I had meningitis a couple years ago, I had a head injury as a child, I had extreme high fevers a couple years ago. There are several possibilities. They'll figure it out. I've also had a hormone imbalance lately which is what caused them to become worse right now, but they don't want to do anything about the imbalance, for certain reasons, I'll explain later. I really appreciate being able to put this all on here. I don't really have anywhere else to put it all. I appreciate the support. Thank you all.
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Post by MHooch » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:19 pm

DB:

We'd been wondering about you! I'm sorry to hear about all the difficulties...I'll hold a good thought for you and am sending many blessings your way...

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