Tests

The EEG went well...or, not well...

They put a bunch of stickies on my head then had me close my eyes for the test. They watched me for 20 min, then did a breathing thing for a min or two, then a light thing. With my eyes closed, they flash lights like crazy--slow at first, then faster and faster. There was about 10 sets of lights. The last 4 were bad for me. I actually yelled out a bit during the 3rd to last, and she kept reassuring me, "it's ok, almost done". I was SO dizzy, and I felt like I was going crazy. Of course, the intention of this is to induce a seizure, if you get seizures, so they know what's wrong. He asked me if I've ever had a seizure before (not that I know of), and so, either I'm having mini seizures, or I'm having migraines. Well...duh.

The EMG went well. My husband had me all scared, telling me it would hurt, and that the pins will hurt, and all this crap. I was a nervous wreck. Only in one spot did the pin hurt, my left hand, in the fatty part under the thumb (I failed A&P). The rest was nothing. The electric shocks didn't hurt either, but it wasn't comfortable.

I have to redo the sleep study with oxygen to see how that goes, and I have to have an xray on my neck.

So, with the EMG, EEG, Sleep Study, MRI and blood work, this is what they have for me:

• I have sleep apnea. I woke up 53 times in an hour from either low oxygen or apnea.
  
• I have migraines; I'll be taking meds to deal with them, not prevent them. (or, they are mini-seizures...lol)
  
• I have chronic anxiety; they want to put me on Lexipro (he *claims* I won't gain weight on it-pfft)
• borderline high blood pressure (lack of sleep/stress?); I have to monitor that closely for now.
  
• Carpal tunnel (I have no pain); I can have surgery (not) if I begin to hurt.
• The lymphedema is not as bad as last time.
  
• and, (for those that didn't know), I'm fat. Yes, he made a point to tell me that. Because I needed a bunch of extensive testing to let me know.
  

I think that's it.