U2Girl1978 said:
My dad was making me nervous saying I should go to the hospital. I probably should.
It's definitely a wise thing to have it checked out. When it comes to your health, anything is possible, and it's best to have a doctor size things up if your pain is still intense.
I had my very own migraine experience a few weeks ago. I
never get sick, but on this day, it was as if my brain had short-circuited. The sensation was so strange...it felt like a sharp nail was being tapped into my skull, with excruciating pain radiating throughout my body. I felt so ridiculous when it happened. I was walking down a street by myself, and just got a nauseous, out-of-body feeling. The embarrassing part happened when I spotted a guy next to me sitting in his truck. I just walked up to him and said "Hi, I think I need to go to the hospital."
He didn't hesitate, thankfully, and I was seen very quickly in the ER. The staff were incredible. As soon as you mention anything pertaining to the head, they bump you up on the waiting list, or so it seemed with me. Anyway, to speed this up a bit, they scanned my head, did blood tests, the whole deal. Nothing. Apparently I'm the epitome of health, but my brain certainly felt exactly the opposite that day, and for about a week and a half after.
The official diagnosis was that I may have had a 'Cluster Migraine' from stress, or that I could have developed a caffeine sensitivity of some kind. I actually think it was the latter, because earlier on the day of the first headache, I started out with a large coffee, went for a two-hour hike in the heat, then had another coffee immediately afterwards...all without a bite to eat. Pretty stupid, I now realize. When it gets really warm out, I tend not to eat a lot, and during that week of warm weather, I was probably consuming more coffee than food.
I hope you feel better soon. It sounds corny, given the fact that my situation wasn't critical, but after going through this, I have a greater appreciation for life, and also for the great medical system we have here in Canada.