Hectic Hemiplegic Headache

This post was written by Spawn #1, AKA JessiKa. This is very important information, for those of you who have never heard of it, and/or may be experiencing something similar. Or, if you know someone who is. Pleas read. 

 

 

Hectic Hemiplegic Headache

Do you ever get that feeling...

That you have so much to say and to rant about and when you're saying it to someone you can get your point across much faster than if you were typing it? That's my problem. I have so much to rant about all the time, but I never have the typing speed I need to type it all out fast enough to convey the anger I am feeling. Don't get me wrong, I can type upwards of 85 WPM. It's just when it comes to ranting, sometimes I need the ability to type up to 250 WPM. Which I know some people can do, I think. But ranting very angrily through text (or type) is really hard to do, even when flaming. Yes, flaming. You know, typing in all caps trying to convey yelling when it's actually very against proper internet etiquette? Yeah, flaming. All caps wouldn't get my point across anyway. Too much yelling to do.

Anyway, I am pregnant with my second child. I'm absolutely stoked! However, when I am pregnant, I have this problem that happens with my body. I get blind spots in my eye (usually just one) while watching tv, or something like that. If I close my left eye, I can't see half of a person's face out of my right, but if I close my right eye, the vision in my left eye is fine. That's usually how it starts. Then I start to feel a little bit light-headed. I'll move to my bedroom and lay down, because I feel like I am going to pass out. I get an overwhelming sense of fatigue, and try to rest through it. While that happens however, my hearing starts to fade. My husband will be talking to me, and I will be answering him, but the answers don't make sense. When he asks me something, I have to stop and and ask him "What?" and he repeats himself. Then I get confused about what I'm saying AS I AM SAYING IT. Then I'm sitting there trying to understand what he is saying, trying to understand what my brain is trying to get me to say, and then suddenly my right arm, and the right side of my face go numb. My arm goes weak. I can't pick up my arm much higher than stomach level. It seems bad, right? Like a stroke... But about twenty to thirty minutes later... It's gone. Just as suddenly as it appeared. And it's crazy because it's part of my migraines (which are painless during this episode.) I finally got tired of not knowing what was causing this, because I KNOW it isn't normal, but I also know that it's not a stroke. Strokes don't go away with time, they get worse. So I started doing some research, and I found out that the episodes I was going through are called "Hemiplegic Migraines." This WebMD article explains more.

When I finally learned what it was, do you have any idea the excitement I felt? No, You don't. Everyone has their own personal level of excitement when finding something like this. Mine was so great I told everyone I could in ten minutes. And now that Facebook is out, a larger number of people can be reached in a shorter amount of time.
Anyway, I do have class here soon, and I still have to go back to my apartment to get my book for Algebra. (Yippee..) HOWEVER, cool thing about Algebra, it's my former Elementary School Principal, Mr. Reid. Super COOL! :D

I figured I wrote enough about this right now. If I wasn't on a time limit I would DEFINITELY write more, but alas, I'm screwed. :)

I'll post more later. 

FIN.