Hey everyone! It's so unlike me to not blog but to be honest I've just not been in the mood lately. The last month or so has been absolutely crazy and quite frankly I'm happy to see it go! I'll update. Halloween was pretty wonderful. Lee surprised me on that Friday, the day before, and we went to Old Towne Portsmouth and went on a ghost walk. It was similar to something that I had previously done in New Orleans but it was actually a little better. We got to wander through the town and see all the old colonial homes decked out for Halloween and hear all the stories of the different haunts told by people dressed up in character during the Civil war era. It was cheesy but fun seeing the old houses and how pretty they looked. The tour eventually lead us back to a park in the middle of the district for some hot apple cider! It was a lot of fun. Afterwards, we went to see paranormal activity! I LOVE scary movies and Lee HATES them. I couldn't believe he surprised me and took me anyway. He made it through the movie no problem and I was so proud...although that night he didn't sleep very well. He said he couldn't fall asleep because there were too many noises...poor baby! Hope was supposed to come visit me that weekend but she bailed and I was really bummed about that. I really needed a best friend.
The week before Halloween I started having some weird health problems. It was a thursday night and I wasn't feeling too good so I took my temp because I felt like a had a high fever. No fever. I felt nauseated and had diarrhea and thought for sure that I was getting the swine flu! This was before I had my H1N1 vaccination. Suprisingly, the next morning, I felt fine. I went to work. Business as usual. Then, at work I started to feel funny and decided to have one of the nurses take my vital signs. My BP was through the roof... 144/101! MY BP normally runs 110/70 or lower so I was on the verge of passing out. I marched over to the ER at Sentara next door and Lee met me there. They ran blood tests, did EKG and urine samples and everything was normal. They prescribed me some Ativan and sent me home. The next day I started to feel bad all over again only this time my whole left side was numb and tingly. I thought for sure that I was having a stroke or something. We went BACK to the ER again! My BP was 156/102! They did all the same tests including the EKG...and a CT scan of my brain to make sure I wasn't having a stroke. Everything was normal. They also gave me a GI cocktail for my stomach because it was hurting REALLY bad. Since then I've been to the gyno and the pcp. I've had an internal u/s...yes up the hoohah. Everything was normal. My BP has come back down to 120/86 but I'm still not satisfied with that number. Im still having tingling and numbness all over my body and it comes and goes. With that being said, the doctor is making me have an EMG test which I am NOT looking forward to. They are basically going to shock me all over and then poke needles intramuscular all over. I'm scared because I'm told it will hurt but they want to see if I have a pinched nerve somewhere. I also may have a thyroid problem or may be liking in B12 so I've stocked up on vitamins and I'm having my blood taken again after Thanksgiving to check my cholesterol and my thyroid. I feel a lot better than I did because I know that whatever it is, isn't life threatening but I'm still very worried so please pray for me!
As far as blogging goes..its not the same when you don't have a camera. I'm expecting a camera for Christmas but until then, you may not see as many blogs out of me..I will get it together folks, I promise. Love you all!!
Megan
