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The neurologist thinks I'm fine, so we made a deal:

I drink enough water and do a strenuous workout. If my headache comes back, she sets me up for an MRI.

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[smaugchow.livejournal.com]

Um....I call bullshit.

You know the headache is coming back, right? I am assuming you aren't the whiny sort who goes crying to the ER for every boo boo so you must have dealt with this as a recurring issue and tried to beat it with OTC pain relievers and perhaps diet/hydration, right? I mean, that kinda goes without saying I would think. If she didn't give you some specific ideas that you hadn't already tried then I think I'd call bullshit and demand the MRI. If the pain is enough to drive you to a doctor - two at this point - then it's bad enough to need something DONE about it.

I had some phantom foot pain several years ago and my doc basically said "Meh." I was still a kid at the time and didn't have the balls to tell him off, but I wish I had. I didn't go in on a lark because it hurt for 3 days. I lived in pain for years with that problem because I didn't treat my doctor like an employee and say "Fuck you, fix it."

Doctors and PC techs have one thing in common - the knee-jerk fix to everything. For you, its "Reboot, see if that clears it up." For a doctor, it's "Ignore it and see if it goes away."

PS - can you tell I don't like doctors much? :)

[chiller.livejournal.com]

Try not to have head asplode.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

No, actually... the first time it happened was on 9/1, and it came on fast and hard; otherwise, I wouldn't have gone to the doctor at all. This was completely new, and "ice and ibuprofen" may or may not have done anything about it.

What we've ruled out: an actual aneurysm.

What we haven't: pretty much anything else, from mere exertion-induced hypertension to the serious, heavy-duty shit.

so, we'll see.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

That would be a hell of a trick.

The neurologist said that decapitation has a 100% success rate at curing headaches. I asked her how she was with a cordless drill.

[chiller.livejournal.com]

No home trepanning allowed!

huh....

[maelstromsl.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the aneurysm has been ruled out. My suggestion would be to pay attention to when/where you're breathing in a given set, especially towards the end when you approach exhaustion. Are you training to failure?

Re: huh....

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I seldom train to failure intentionally; usually, it's XxX or whatever.

The doc was familiar with Valsalvas, which was reassuring as well.

Re: huh....

[maelstromsl.livejournal.com]

Cool, cheers for finding a decent doc!