We Are Home...

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We talked about me being dizzy and falling, me hitting my head two different times. We talked about the ER visit and what they told us there. We talked about the loss of sensation in my feet. We talked about needing a new ophthalmologist. We talked about me having frequent headaches since I fell the last time. The doctor said she was giving me a prescription that might help with the loss of sensation in my feet but the medication can take several weeks to fully get into my system. She ordered several new-to-me blood tests as well as ordering some tests she does almost every time I see her. (The nurse took seven large vials of blood this time.) The doctor also asked me to walk from one end of the hallway to a door and then come back so she could see my gait for herself. When I turned around at the end of the hallway, I reached out and touched the wall while I stopped, slowly turned around and then started back. She asked what turning around feels like to me. I told her it feels like I'm falling to my right, especially if I don't have something to steady myself with while I turn around. (Pretty told her even when I'm pushing a shopping cart, she walks on the right hand side of the cart and keep correcting my direction so I don't run into people or things. I KNEW Pretty was guiding me at times but didn't realize it was to keep me walking straight.) Here at home, I walk from doorframe to doorframe or from one piece of furniture to another while holding onto each one to make sure I'm not tipping over. She ordered an MRI to make sure there are no small bleeds in my brain that the x-rays couldn't see/show. We talked with her for almost an hour this morning. That's the most time I've ever talked with her. Of course, the MRI will be scheduled in the coming days and it will take a couple of days before any of the blood test come back and some won't come back for over a week. She asked an embarrassing-to-me question about urgency using the bathroom... And I agreed that if I think I need to go at all, I head to the bathroom. When I wait too long, I might start before I get to the bathroom or unzip my pants. (I'm sorry if that's TMI.) That's everything I remember us talking about.