Well i got to see my doctor this morning, and he was just as confused about the letters i have received regarding my hospital referral.
It makes all the difference to have a doctor who clearly cares, and is willing to do what ever he can to help me deal with my migraines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Tuesday 7 February 2012
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
After doing all he can my doctor and i decide that the next best move is to refer me to a local hospital, so that i can get more help dealing with my migraines! Success i thought, right up to the point when i opened a letter from the hospital saying that due to long waiting lists for migraine treatment they are referring me back to my doctor?!? To once again try medications that i have already tried.
These decisions were made without even talking to me, or seeing me to asses my situation.
I would say i am disappointed, but to be honest that really does not cover how i am feeling right now, i have managed to get an appointment with my doctor in the morning, and am taking the letter along with me to see what he thinks.
I am blessed that i have found a really good doctor who i believe will do the best for me, so i have to put my faith in him right now, and just wait to see what comes next.
These decisions were made without even talking to me, or seeing me to asses my situation.
I would say i am disappointed, but to be honest that really does not cover how i am feeling right now, i have managed to get an appointment with my doctor in the morning, and am taking the letter along with me to see what he thinks.
I am blessed that i have found a really good doctor who i believe will do the best for me, so i have to put my faith in him right now, and just wait to see what comes next.
Wednesday 1 February 2012
Good news, i know but its going to take a while to feel likt it!
Migraines, what to do! The increase in my preventative medication did not work after all, i started getting unwanted side effects and had to go back to my doctor in the end.
We took the decision that plain and simple it just was not suiting me, the hot flushes and buzzing in my ears was becoming more constant, and i was feeling just not myself.
I was hoping that there was more medication that he was wanting to try, truth be told i was kind of hoping for some kind of magic pill that would fix them once and for all! But the decision was taken that the best course of action would be to refer me to a local hospital, that has a chronic headache department in their neurology section.
I am due to under-go a telephone assessment with them Tuesday of next week, then it can be a wait of five weeks for an appointment, all that with no preventative medication at all, and that is kind of scary to say the least!!
Its so frustrating, and i feel like i am being taken back to being a child again, going through all the testing and looking for all my triggers, now i know it has to be done, and that in the end it is the best chance of gaining control of them, but......................well anyone who has gone through this, or who is going through this will understand.
So i guess its fair to say i am feeling kind of down about it all right now, and am scared about what i will do without any preventative, how badly they will come back left unchecked.
All i can do is try to deal with what comes, and try to get some kind of positive outlook on it all!
We took the decision that plain and simple it just was not suiting me, the hot flushes and buzzing in my ears was becoming more constant, and i was feeling just not myself.
I was hoping that there was more medication that he was wanting to try, truth be told i was kind of hoping for some kind of magic pill that would fix them once and for all! But the decision was taken that the best course of action would be to refer me to a local hospital, that has a chronic headache department in their neurology section.
I am due to under-go a telephone assessment with them Tuesday of next week, then it can be a wait of five weeks for an appointment, all that with no preventative medication at all, and that is kind of scary to say the least!!
Its so frustrating, and i feel like i am being taken back to being a child again, going through all the testing and looking for all my triggers, now i know it has to be done, and that in the end it is the best chance of gaining control of them, but......................well anyone who has gone through this, or who is going through this will understand.
So i guess its fair to say i am feeling kind of down about it all right now, and am scared about what i will do without any preventative, how badly they will come back left unchecked.
All i can do is try to deal with what comes, and try to get some kind of positive outlook on it all!
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