So I have a concussion.

[aidenfire]

No for real. Grade two concussion. I spent a good chunk of the day in the emergency room today. I'm all right for the most part--dizzy, kind of shakey and obviously a huge lump and headache, but nothing too bad. The worst part is I'm kind of confused about stupid shit--I locked myself out of my room, I forgot where the stairs were, I couldn't remember why I was going somewhere, stuff like that. Or like how I just completely forgot what my next sentence was going to be. hmmm.

So story. I was playing capture the flag with my hall. We were in a turf room in the gym because it was raining, and there is a strip of concrete around the edge. I was trying to grab the flag, and I overbalanced and slammed my face into the concrete. ouch. It hurt but didn't feel too bad, so I just went back to my room and iced it. A hour or two later, when I'm throwing up and dizzy I decide I should probably call health services. The lady on the phone tells me I have to go to the emergency room right away and she'll have security come pick me up. I freak out, because she sounded freaked out, mostly. My roommate and RA went with me though, and I calmed down eventually.

I got a cat scan and was examined, determined to be mostly ok as detailed above. I do have awesome discharge instructions, telling me things like:


-Call the emergency department for the following symptoms: Fits or convulsions

-You may suffer from irritability and emotional instability. Some people may yell or say things they wouldn't normally say, or become violent. This is usually a sign that it is time to take a rest.

-You may fear you're going crazy. It is good to talk about these feelings with someone you trust.


So yeah. Concussion. What was I saying? *sigh* Time for movies.

Comments

[annella.livejournal.com]

Ack! Take care of yourself! *hugs*

[silentauror.livejournal.com]

ZOMG, Penni!!!!!!!!! Be more careful!!!!!!! *gives you stern, older-sister-esque face, hugs stuffing out of you* My poor Penni! ♥♥♥♥♥

You're not going crazy. In case you were wondering. :))))

*loves*

[getao.livejournal.com]

woah.

you really need to show that concrete who is boss later - probably 4 years later....

[nadia-skye.livejournal.com]

woe!!!!!!!
poor baby! :(

also: i got your letter (via plainwell) today!!! :)

[frances-veritas.livejournal.com]

Woah! *hugs you*

I hope everything is okay.

♥ ♥ ♥

[jimwise.livejournal.com]

Probably the most ass-ed out, pseudo instructions ever. You may fear you're going crazy?? I'm glad they told you to talk out these feelings with someone you trust.. or else you might have plopped down next to a hobo on the street.

Hope you feel better in the morning!

[the-plebe.livejournal.com]

Oh, eep! Take care of yourself, and get plenty of rest. :)

[iamthecheese78.livejournal.com]

feel better!

that must have been a very intense game of capture the flag...

[unapro.livejournal.com]

Good thing you called. Putting you school to use already I see :P
But in all seriousness, take care. I hope you feel way better today.

P.S. How was the cat scan? I always wanted to get one. Ha.

[aidenfire]

*hugs back*

Doing ok today, which is good. <3!

[aidenfire]

sannnnnndra *clings*

It was really scary, actually--not the actual thing itself, but the not getting better part, and then the talking to the nurse part. Nothing like thinking you're mostly ok and then hearing an official person being like "omg you need to go to the emergency room right now I'm sending over a security car go." So I kind of freaked out and cried and then cried more at the hospital because that's what I do but eventually got hold of myself. which was good. And the doctors (yes, plural, I think I probably saw six different people, not even counting the orderlies who wheeled me to the cat scan place because they wouldn't let me walk.) anyway, the doctors were really nice, which helped.

so yeah. scary. but better now. still a little confused, but not so bad. my head hurt like fuck when I woke up, and actually I slept really badly and kept waking up all confused. but, point of story, I took some ibuprofen with my breakfast and it's starting to kick in, which is good.

*clings clings clings*

[aidenfire]

you don't quite realize how very hard concrete is until you slam your head into it. ow.

[aidenfire]

*hugs hugs hugs*

and yay letter! Did you see my drawing? ♥♥♥!

[aidenfire]

It could have been a whole lot worse--I didn't even black out, and I knew where I was and what was going on, which are all very good things. So yeah, I'm grateful, and feeling better now which is v. good.

[aidenfire]

oh man, there were three pages of discharge instructions and they were pretty much all like that. I was really really amused, actually. lolz, hospital. lolz.

I am feeling a lot better! v. good. go body go.

[aidenfire]

I am! Lots of movies and lying on the couch drinking tea. I also have a note to show my professors which says things like I may have trouble concentrating, remembering details, understanding concepts, or following trains of thoughts for a few days--don't hold it against me. so that is exciting. whoo doctors notes for my brain.

[aidenfire]

thank you! I am already.

honestly it really wasn't...I just suck so so bad at sport like activities. there is a reason I usually avoid them. woe.

[aidenfire]

I am feeling a lot better--still kind of dizzy and a little confused/forgetful, but better.

the cat scan was pretty nifty. except for the woman moaning in pain next to me. I laid down on the little table thing, and it moved me forward into a little halo thing around my head, and then the insides of that spun around very fast photographing me, then the table moved me back like half an inch and it did it all again until I was out of the scanner.

[thinkpink4891.livejournal.com]

OMG OW. I'm so sorry, sweetie! I see that you're feeling better today, but OW. Yeesh. But was capture the flag fun up until the whole "Penni, meet Concrete" part?

Lol at your hospital instructions, though. They're really quite amusing. "This is usually a sign that it is time to take a rest," ahahaha. I hope you continue to feel better and feel less confused! ♥

[silentauror.livejournal.com]

Pennnnnnni! *clings back*

I'm sure it was! People can be so stupid! I'm glad they were nice, at least, but way to freak a person out! I've had a concussion before and I totally know what you mean about the bad sleeping and confused waking up and whatnot. Eeesh. I hope that goes away really soon! Ibuprofen is love. Go Advil, go! :P

Let us pretend that we're having an afternoon of watching romantic comedies (hee!) on a sofa where there are no other people about, eating chocolate. Yes. This would be good. *imagines*

[aidenfire]

I am doing a lot better! I keep like typo-ing with my mouth though--I try to say one thing and something completely different comes out which makes things complicated and confusing, and also frustrating. And I keep losing my goddamn train of thought, which is also so frustrating. arrrrrrrgh. It's so hard to say anything and it drives me crazy. Which I should talk about with someone I trust according to my discharge instructions. I share in your lolz about the instructions!

But better. A lot better, which is good. yay.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

*hugs* That could have been so much worse! Pamper yourself... you have earned it. And be careful!!