well i pulled pretty much an allnighter in the ER. I went to my night class took a test, and then we had a lecture afterwards. During the lecture, i felt my RSD pain, but also in a fog. I felt like i was on an other planet mentally. It wasn't fatigue, or distraction, or boredom with the material. It felt like i had taken some kind of narcotic/sedating drug, but I hadn't. Then i walked back from the library (Where my class was) to my dorm, and was out of breath for some reason. I still felt weird and kept feeling weirder. I started feeling weaker and having tingling and numbness. I knew something wasn't right and it was beyond my normal RSD Pain. I know i desrcibe my RSD as burning, but this pain truley felt like fire and had no achy quality to it. I was to nasueauted to take my perocet. I called public safety at a bit past 12 AM and they took me in the ambulance, of course public safety made them also pick up another girl in another dorm who was stable, but had a fever and a probable stomach flu instead of making her wait for them to take me and come back. (The paramedic kept apologizing to me, she said she would make the girl wait, but public safety didn't want them to do so). Now i'm exposed to those germs, lovely. My doctor was pretty nice, she asked me if i had color changes and sensitivity to touch and about my RSD (i said no to color changes and yes to sensitivity to touch and explained that i rarely get color changes with my RSD). For an ER doc she knew a decent amount about RSD. She then asked if i wanted anything for pain and i said yes. I Wasn't going to ask, cause i didn't want them to think im drug seeking, but i'm glad she asked. They took some blood work, but did not start an IV. My potassium came back low, so i took two huge potassium pills, and she gave me the perocet cause i was feeling less nauseuous. Then cause i didn't have an iv, the nurse injected tourdael into my arm for pain, the shot hurt more after cause it burns for ten minutes than it did during the actual needle part. It did help. Then i got discharged at 5:39 AM. I didn't sleep cause this old lady kept yelling NURSE HELP! and then she would stop and id fall back asleep and then she would start again.
Of course now my friend texts me and has tickets to ROck oF Ages Broadway tonight, and i've been dying to see a broadway show latley, and i want to see that show again too! But oh well. Poor timing.
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