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petit-mal to grand-mal????complex? WHAT IS IT
Wed, 11/17/2004 - 23:39Comments
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: petit-mal to grand-mal????complex? WHAT
Submitted by beautimouslove on Wed, 2004-11-17 - 23:39
hi lee,
first and foremost thanks so very much for ur post. it has me in tears.
yes in nursing school, working very hard although my thoughts have been altered at times. but this week has been great mental and physical (and with my client). the nursing school that i attend does not have a department such as health services - i wish they did. anyway, i do not need to go through the task of a reg dr to get a neuro b/c of being a student rn, i am guessing.
i do not guess when it comes to my client, nor would i do that. today was our last day with our client. he has a lot of problems with chronic confussion,, he needed a breathing treatment and did it, assessed his vitals/lungs thoughout and stayed with him all day without charting till the end. i even took him outside and i blew bubbles for him, he laughed a lot and had such a great time. he started off bad and got better through the day. he is a dnr. which is sad. my last minutes with him he thanked me and i thanked him, i cried. as i was walking out the door he sang "amazing grace" with all his might. i know that i will never see him again.
anyway, my emotions are on high b/c of the day and ur post. u are so right. but even when u know, u do not want to know. if u know what i mean? i know i must have some type of brain damage. b/c even simple words i get confussed on how to speel them and i was an expert speller. all my instructors have their msn, phd or/and pa. so i know that i am in good hands. i did talk with my director of nursing today about the problem, she is also a pa. she said that i would not get kicked out of the progam b/c my grades and preformance is too good. they will work with me and be there through it with me. she said that i should go now and of course told me to keep a journal of the events. she said as long as i have the seiz/s under control then all is good with them. THANK GOD. i did get more down on one thing b/c she was stressing that i get a mri (which means brain mass)... so she thinks that there is something there.
thanks to you, my client, my teachers i am going to my dr fri.....
i'll let u know what is going on. thanks again. even though u made me cry. hee hee
thanks for ur time and care... i means a lot
hi lee,
first and foremost thanks so very much for ur post. it has me in tears.
yes in nursing school, working very hard although my thoughts have been altered at times. but this week has been great mental and physical (and with my client). the nursing school that i attend does not have a department such as health services - i wish they did. anyway, i do not need to go through the task of a reg dr to get a neuro b/c of being a student rn, i am guessing.
i do not guess when it comes to my client, nor would i do that. today was our last day with our client. he has a lot of problems with chronic confussion,, he needed a breathing treatment and did it, assessed his vitals/lungs thoughout and stayed with him all day without charting till the end. i even took him outside and i blew bubbles for him, he laughed a lot and had such a great time. he started off bad and got better through the day. he is a dnr. which is sad. my last minutes with him he thanked me and i thanked him, i cried. as i was walking out the door he sang "amazing grace" with all his might. i know that i will never see him again.
anyway, my emotions are on high b/c of the day and ur post. u are so right. but even when u know, u do not want to know. if u know what i mean? i know i must have some type of brain damage. b/c even simple words i get confussed on how to speel them and i was an expert speller. all my instructors have their msn, phd or/and pa. so i know that i am in good hands. i did talk with my director of nursing today about the problem, she is also a pa. she said that i would not get kicked out of the progam b/c my grades and preformance is too good. they will work with me and be there through it with me. she said that i should go now and of course told me to keep a journal of the events. she said as long as i have the seiz/s under control then all is good with them. THANK GOD. i did get more down on one thing b/c she was stressing that i get a mri (which means brain mass)... so she thinks that there is something there.
thanks to you, my client, my teachers i am going to my dr fri.....
i'll let u know what is going on. thanks again. even though u made me cry. hee hee
thanks for ur time and care... i means a lot
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: petit-mal to grand-mal????complex? WHAT IS I
Submitted by LeeMc on Tue, 2004-11-16 - 12:56
Lee here,
Every minute that you wait you risk your life and maybe the lives of others. If this is not epilepsy and you have a tumor or something - waiting could lesson your chances of survival. Find out what you are dealing with and then research your treatment options as you begin the preliminary phases of treatment. There are many treatment options now days but know what you need to have treated FIRST. You would not make guesses with a patient would you? Then don't do it with yourself.
You are in nursing school? Surely they have an in-house plan for student health care - I don't know many that don't. They can certainly provide you with the primary needed for the referral to the neuro. If you don't like the neuro - then change later but get something started now!!
Those who have gone undiagnosed or untreated have suffered brain damage with every seizure that occures. The degree of damage of course depends on the severity of the seizure as well as the location it is focused in or generated from in the brain. It does not take violent seizures to do damage to some areas of our brain.
I know it is not something anyone "wants" to find out but trust us who have it - knowing and being able to do something about it is far better then all the "what if" and guessing - or paying the consequences down the line. Health insurance will pay for your treatment once you have it but there are some tests that can be done (and that need to be done) now. From your discriptions you are already progressing to more sever seizures.....and it sounds like you have someone willing to work with you on payments. They may not need to run all of those expensive tests right off the bat - but there are a couple things they need to do to rule out life threatening issues.
We'll all be here to help you through things but you have to take responsibilty for yourself. Get moving and keep us all posted.
Later..........................Lee
Lee here,
Every minute that you wait you risk your life and maybe the lives of others. If this is not epilepsy and you have a tumor or something - waiting could lesson your chances of survival. Find out what you are dealing with and then research your treatment options as you begin the preliminary phases of treatment. There are many treatment options now days but know what you need to have treated FIRST. You would not make guesses with a patient would you? Then don't do it with yourself.
You are in nursing school? Surely they have an in-house plan for student health care - I don't know many that don't. They can certainly provide you with the primary needed for the referral to the neuro. If you don't like the neuro - then change later but get something started now!!
Those who have gone undiagnosed or untreated have suffered brain damage with every seizure that occures. The degree of damage of course depends on the severity of the seizure as well as the location it is focused in or generated from in the brain. It does not take violent seizures to do damage to some areas of our brain.
I know it is not something anyone "wants" to find out but trust us who have it - knowing and being able to do something about it is far better then all the "what if" and guessing - or paying the consequences down the line. Health insurance will pay for your treatment once you have it but there are some tests that can be done (and that need to be done) now. From your discriptions you are already progressing to more sever seizures.....and it sounds like you have someone willing to work with you on payments. They may not need to run all of those expensive tests right off the bat - but there are a couple things they need to do to rule out life threatening issues.
We'll all be here to help you through things but you have to take responsibilty for yourself. Get moving and keep us all posted.
Later..........................Lee