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These past two years have sucked immensely health-wise. On September 17th, I passed out at home. EMS brought me to Region's Hospital in St. Paul, MN. While there, I used my old nursing patient portal account and Moto G 5G to hack the charting system to get some long-overdue explanations.

My family thought I'd had a seizure, but over 100 pages of imaging, progress notes, and charting proved my kidneys and liver were acting up.

I've printed out 100 pages of notes for when I go to visit my neurologist/psychiatrist on Monday. I'll tell you what, though. The acute confusion is something I wouldn't wish on my worst rival.

I'm banned from driving until my doctor gives me the go-ahead again.

I hope you get your answers and get well soon.

miamiair wrote:I hope you get your answers and get well soon.

Thanks, Vic. The fact that I was discharged home within 36 hours was significant. I found a lot of records relating to my visit, but all of them were negative for a seizure or brain mass.

A CT scan of my kidneys/ureters/bladder showed some cysts.

miamiair wrote:I hope you get your answers and get well soon.

Same, hope you get answers/remedies quickly, Mark.

That sounds awfully unpleasant. Hope that it's something that they can treat easily, brutha.

Lucas wrote:That sounds awfully unpleasant. Hope that it's something that they can treat easily, brutha.

I was surprised to get all of my labs and scans... including those from EMS. This could have been a diabetic thing. I've had other similar instances over the past few months.

Health scares aren't fun.

Lucas wrote:Hope that it's something that they can treat easily, brutha.

Seconded

Mark wrote: I'll tell you what, though. The acute confusion is something I wouldn't wish on my worst rival.

Sounds a lot like when my Father used to suffer from nasty UTIs. The damage they can cause in a short space of time is frightening.

Hope you're sorted ASAP!

Ah, shit. My doctor has suspended my driving privileges until December 17th. They've determined that I had a seizure.

What changed from the earlier diagnosis of no seizure? A doctor can suspend driving privileges? Doesn't a court have to do that?

DXing wrote:What changed from the earlier diagnosis of no seizure? A doctor can suspend driving privileges? Doesn't a court have to do that?

When I went to the doctor for a follow up appointment, he said he's assuming it was actually 4 seizures over an 18 hour period... two at home and two in the hospital, witnessed by nursing staff. Normally, anti-seizure meds make one feel groggy, but I'm not feeling that way. So, I can deal with it.

My license isn't suspended by the court. I just have a very f*cking anal housemate who's taken my keys. Probably for good reason.

On Halloween, I'll be halfway through my driving restriction.