this is spinal tap

i had a bit of a bad week. while up at bear lake i contracted some crazy virus and was down and out from sunday to sunday. last week is all a bit of a blur. all i know is i got to visit the hospital 3 times (2 ER visits & 1 pulse dye laser for jude) and went to my own doctor once, leaving me with a grand total of $330 just in co-pays. the first time around at the ER it was concluded that i had a cyst. the 2nd time around was a little more trying. my pain now was an 8-9 on the hospital provided pain scale, which in itself is a joke. isn't pain relative? after a CT scan the doctor offered me a spinal tap, i thought they meant this:

but what i really got was this:

all and all the lumbar puncture (as the now call it) was inconclusive. they did take it to 11, though. i don't have a brain tumor and although everyone was sure it was viral meningitis that came up negative too, along with every other random disease/ailment i was hoping to have so i could get better. instead, i have a very pressing appointment with a neurologist concerning my spinal fluid pressure in december, how nice.

you have to love our health care system. instead of finding an answer they send you home with a bottle of percocet and tell you to come back if it worsens, and then when you do come back they will do the same thing again and again. and you wonder why people are addicted to pain meds.... no one knows what transpired in my body last week but i am just glad that today i am a half way functioning human (thanks to pain meds) and on the road to recovery, hopefully. if i never get that virus again it will be too soon.





oh and p.s. don't even get me started on what a JERK greta's eye doctor was today. that added to my pain today. dr. dries is not the friendliest guy.