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[liptonrm_backup]

Had a very interesting day yesterday. It all started Tuesday night.


Tuesday was a pretty ordinary day. I wasn't able to go to the gym because of the need to pay rent and grocery shop and do laundry. All of these things were accomplished and I spent the end of the night folding clothes on my couch and watching a House re-run. This is a typical Tuesday night.

I had some trouble falling asleep because of some aches and pains. Thought I was coming down with The Plague again so c'est le vie. Watched some late night tv, took a shower, tried to lay down again and realized that my left leg was in a lot of pain and that it was numb.

Commence freak-out. I had just enough medical knowledge to think that something was terribly wrong and not nearly enough to know what that might be. Was so freaked out that I called my mother, something I don't tend to do, especially not at 2:30 AM. She commenced to freak out and she and my dad ended up driving over to take me to the ER.

I spent the next 4 hours in the ER waiting to talk to doctors, waiting for blood tests, etc. as my leg hurt more and more. Afterwards my parents took me over to their house and I was just happy to have the chance to take some of the happy, happy vicodin the ER docs had given me. I got nice and stoned, it was fun.

Yesterday passed with a trip to the dentist, another LSAT class and a lot of sleeping. Today I'm here at work, my legs still ache a bit and I feel generally ache-y and brittle. Am off to see the doctor today and maybe this is just the ticket so that we can finally figure out everything that's wrong. One can only hope.

Comments

[shirebound]

Omigosh! That must have been so frightening... and what a long night you had! Enjoy the Vicodin, and let us know what the diagnosis is.

*hugs*

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

It was terribly frightening. I don't think I've been that scared in a while. I was literally trembling. And then, everytime I'd try to make a bad joke to break the tension my mom would be all "Don't say that, the doctors might hear you." Which, in retrospect, is pretty funny. ;-)

*hugs back*

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

Egads.

*hug*

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a mystery. Nobody knows what my problem is. Leave it to me to have maladies that just won't be diagnosed.

Mmmm, and a hug. *hugs back*

[hiyacynth.livejournal.com]

Well, gosh! That sounds like a whole barrel of no fun. Glad you got the drugs and all, but geez! Hope the doctors are able to make some headway this time. Did they say anything at all diagnostic at the ER?

Take care of you!

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

Nothing diagnostic. Nothing really all that helpful. One doc thought it might be my shoes, but I don't where heels all that often. The doc I saw today ordered some blood tests to check vitamin levels and we'll go from there.

My current theory is The Plague exacerbated by stress, but that's just me.

Have a full season of Lost on tape and plan to spend the weekend relaxing. It should be nice.

[hiyacynth.livejournal.com]

I was just going to prescribe a weekend on a desert island populated by hotties. Enjoy!

[ramalama.livejournal.com]

Spooky, what with this week's House being about his leg. Doooooood. Good luck.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

Dude, I know. I couldn't stop thinking about it when I was in the ER. I was all, 'Oh no! They're going to have to amputate!' Except, not quite that hysterical.

It was strangely coincidental, though ...

[lil-banik-slave.livejournal.com]

Oh dear *hugs*. Any idea what caused it yet?

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

No, not really. It's all a big mystery. It usually is with me. We'll see what happens. *crosses fingers*

*big hug back*

[cunien.livejournal.com]

Ooh er. Hope all is well! *hugs*
But yay to drugs! Were the nice men at ER hot or not? I'm sending Doc Roe to help out with the medical situation, and also for the prettyness.
x.

[hlgraban.livejournal.com]

Whoa. I really hate suggesting this, especially since I'm sure you're sick of everyone else's diagnoses by now, but have you been tested for MS? Episodic pain is a symptom, esp. the numbness of limbs and needle-pricking feeling (like it's trying to wake up). We figure my dad had it and was showing symptoms at least some 10 years before he was diagnosed. Anyway, it is a disease of the immune and nervous systems, and affects a larger majority of women than it does men. My dad's case only reflects 10% or less of its victims- lucky, lucky us. NOT. Most of the people I've seen or heard of with it have it less severe than him. Anyway... as I said, I really do hate the idea, but the sooner you know WTF is wrong with you, the sooner you can go about fixing it, right? I hope they figure it out! Maybe watching House the night of that "attack" was a good omen! Crossing my fingers for you! Oh, and incidentally, it wasn't the ep I missed, was it? The revealing ep about his past? I know the show starts up again the 13th, but was hoping to see that ep, dammit!

Heather took the words out of my fingers...

[bookgrl.livejournal.com]

I hate to suggest it too, but what you're describing from Tuesday is beginning to sound strangely similar to what another of my friends dealt with before she was diagnosed with MS. definitely something for them to check if they haven't yet.

but let's not forget....

[bookgrl.livejournal.com]

the hugs!!!

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

Yikes! I hope it's nothing horrible.

*hugs*