So since my last blog I have seen another doctor who has been extremely helpful and so far successful in what he is trying to do.
I have been unsuccessful with ACC, unsurprizingly but am urging you to put claims in and to register it with CARM.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
So October 6th 2008 I had my first Gardasil injection, almost a month later at my end-of-year school mass I was rendered unconscious. After tests at Shore Care it was decided that the heat and constant rising and sitting caused me to faint... what a way to end my schooling life!
December 6th comes around and, again, Gardasil injection (number two). Throughout the summer months (December to February) I kept 'fainting' on odd occasions, which my family and I kept putting down to the heat.
As summer drifted into autumn, the 'faintings' caused concern which lead to the first visit to my GP and on April 6th I had the third and final Gardasil injection. During winter I was wearing shorts and t-shirts I didn't feel the cold, which was really unusual for me because in past winters I was normally layered up and freezing.
After several visits to my GP, I was referred to a doctor at the Hospital in July and from there: blood tests, Chest x-ray, Holter Monitor MRI. At this time the episodes were now about two to three times a week. An EEG was ordered by a neurologist in October and the episodes were now two to three times a day however; all test results were normal.
The episodes increased throughout October to three times a day (2009), it all came to a head in early November, on the night of the 10th I hurt my hand really badly when I had an episode in my room and landed on it awkwardly. This was not the first injury but the most serious as it required hospital attention. Due to the position of the bone in the hand it was hard to tell whether or not if it was broken. When I went back the next day for a plaster check I was admitted to hospital by an ED doctor. In hospital I had heart monitors on 24/7, blood tests, tilt table test, blood sugar levels, hormone, blood pressure measurements and numerous ECG’s and many doctors and eventually they ruled out any cardiac causes.
Two weeks after that I was admitted to Auckland Hospital’s neurology ward and had constant EEG and they ruled out all neurological causes and epileptic seizures and we were back at square one.
The episodes still continued at the same frequency (three times a day) and duration ranging from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. The episodes left me feeling tired, nauseous (occasional vomiting), generally unstable and headaches. I then went back to my GP and after discussing with her was put on anticonvulsants and after finding the right dose, these have stopped any episodes during the day but I do occasionally have them at night.
During the discussion with my GP we went over general health issues and discovered that the only thing that had changed in my life was receiving the Gardasil Vaccinations. As stated at the beginning the dates of the vaccinations coincide with the episodes beginning and continuing.
December 6th comes around and, again, Gardasil injection (number two). Throughout the summer months (December to February) I kept 'fainting' on odd occasions, which my family and I kept putting down to the heat.
As summer drifted into autumn, the 'faintings' caused concern which lead to the first visit to my GP and on April 6th I had the third and final Gardasil injection. During winter I was wearing shorts and t-shirts I didn't feel the cold, which was really unusual for me because in past winters I was normally layered up and freezing.
After several visits to my GP, I was referred to a doctor at the Hospital in July and from there: blood tests, Chest x-ray, Holter Monitor MRI. At this time the episodes were now about two to three times a week. An EEG was ordered by a neurologist in October and the episodes were now two to three times a day however; all test results were normal.
The episodes increased throughout October to three times a day (2009), it all came to a head in early November, on the night of the 10th I hurt my hand really badly when I had an episode in my room and landed on it awkwardly. This was not the first injury but the most serious as it required hospital attention. Due to the position of the bone in the hand it was hard to tell whether or not if it was broken. When I went back the next day for a plaster check I was admitted to hospital by an ED doctor. In hospital I had heart monitors on 24/7, blood tests, tilt table test, blood sugar levels, hormone, blood pressure measurements and numerous ECG’s and many doctors and eventually they ruled out any cardiac causes.
Two weeks after that I was admitted to Auckland Hospital’s neurology ward and had constant EEG and they ruled out all neurological causes and epileptic seizures and we were back at square one.
The episodes still continued at the same frequency (three times a day) and duration ranging from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. The episodes left me feeling tired, nauseous (occasional vomiting), generally unstable and headaches. I then went back to my GP and after discussing with her was put on anticonvulsants and after finding the right dose, these have stopped any episodes during the day but I do occasionally have them at night.
During the discussion with my GP we went over general health issues and discovered that the only thing that had changed in my life was receiving the Gardasil Vaccinations. As stated at the beginning the dates of the vaccinations coincide with the episodes beginning and continuing.
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