Varaj gets an unscheduled vacation...

[Atropine Mama]

...courtesy of a left temporal lobe seizure. He had it this evening and was in care of wonderful ER staff a few minutes after starting to seize, he'd had pain, stumbling, confusion, and other symptoms that prompted the trip to the ER and luckily we were already on our way when it really hit.

He has been admitted, already had a CT scan, tomorrow will have MRI and EKG, among other tests, and is already feeling well enough to be petulant about me confiscating his cigarettes (non smoking campus, baby). Doc hasn't really ruled out a stroke but if it was one, it was minor. Will know more tomorrow.

He has had these seizures before, but not for about 15 years. Usually there's a trigger event, like change in sleeping/eating habits, stress event, etc. but we can't think of one. This is so fucking out of the blue.

Thank the gods my "chosen mama" was here, she is staying here for several days anyway and pretty much deserves sainthood.

Keep him in your thoughts and prayers if you would. Thanks, guys. I do truly love you folks. And not just because I'm up way past my bedtime. :)

[Schizm]

damn, seizures suck. I hope this isn't a reoccuring trigger, and that it's a one-time freak thing.

[Glass]

Fuck. I hope he's alright, I'll keep him in my thoughts.

[AZRogue]

You're both in my prayers. I'm glad you already had him on the way to the ER when it happened, and I appreciate you actually finding the time to keep us informed. Thank you, Bella. Good luck, and keep us informed when you can (but don't let that become another stress, too). Remember, online or not, people here can, if necessary, be another form of support. Don't be afraid to ask. :hug:












I'd post comments regarding Deathe's temporal lobe, but I'll wait until he's well and back here to read them himself. ;)

[Morbidity]

Thinking of both of you and hoping it's something minor.

Make sure you keep looking after yourself and your passenger Bella.

[Harry]

Sounds unpleasantly scary, even if both of you manage to be troopers about it. Stay reasonably sane!

[Megamieuwsel]

My best wishes and hopes for the V-man.

[Janos]

Wow, that's rough. He has my best and I hope everything turns out okay.

[Black Angel]

Good vibes going out to you all, I hope he's up and about again soon.

[Pigs in Space]

Hope you're ok Varaj!

You too Bella+kidlets.

What happens to you if you have a temporal lobe seizure? I have no idea.

[The Winslow]

Best wishes.

[shiningbrow]

I hope they can trace the cause and get it sorted. This can't be easy on either of you. Feel better and get some rest.

[Cat of Ulthar]

What happens to you if you have a temporal lobe seizure? I have no idea.

Neither did I, so I looked it up on a medical site:

This type of seizure arises from abnormal electrical activity in the temporal lobe on one or both sides of the brain.

A seizure is an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain that can cause loss of, or reduced, consciousness; involuntary movements; and unusual sensations. When the electrical activity starts in the temporal lobe, it produces a temporal lobe seizure.

The early warning symptoms (called an aura) of a seizure are caused by the beginning of the seizure in a small part of the temporal lobe. The aura may stop on its own, or go on to spread, producing altered awareness. The aura, also called a "simple partial seizure," can include:

* Epigastric sensations ("a funny feeling in my gut," "stomach rising")
* Hallucinations or illusions (vision, smells, tastes, or other sensory illusions)
* Sensation of deja vu, recalled emotions or memories
* Sudden, intense emotion not related to anything occurring at the time (similar to a panic attack)

If the electrical activity spreads and consciousness is altered or memory is lost, the seizure is called "complex partial." During this part of the seizure, the following may occur:

* Abnormal sensations, including:
o Numbness, tingling, crawling sensation
o Occurring in only one part of the body or spreading
o Preceding motor symptoms
o Sensory hallucinations (visual, hearing, touch, etc.)
* Autonomic (automatic) Nervous System symptoms may include:
o Abdominal pain or discomfort
o Dilated pupils (eyes)
o Flushed face
o Nausea
o Rapid heart rate/pulse
o Sweating
* Changes in movement, including:
o Abnormal mouth behaviors
+ Chewing or swallowing without cause
+ Lip smacking
+ Profuse salivation ("slobbering")
o Abnormal head movements, including:
+ Forced turning of the head
+ Forced turning of the eyes
+ Usually in the direction opposite of the location of the brain lesion
o Repetitive movements, such as picking at clothing
o Rhythmic muscle contraction and relaxation (rare) -- affecting one side of the body, one arm, leg, part of face, or other isolated area
* Consciousness is reduced or lost during the seizure
* Consciousness may be maintained, but memory lost (partly or completely)
* Other symptoms can include:
o Changes in vision, speech, thought, awareness, personality
o Loss of memory (amnesia) regarding events around the seizure (partial complex seizure)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/001399.htm

Poor Varaj. :( I hope he is going to be ok soon.

I am glad your "mama" is with you to help you now, I bet he feels much better knowing that too.

I wish you all much strength, you wonderful people! :hug:

[Name Lips]

Perhaps its just his latent superpowers activating...

Get better Varaj. :)

[Varaj]

Hospitals are boring. :)
Thanks for the good thoughts. Hope to be home soon.

[TiQuinn]

Get well soon, Varaj! :)

[Xavier Lang]

Hospitals are boring. :)
Thanks for the good thoughts. Hope to be home soon.

I hope you are home soon as well.

[tleilaxu]

oh shit... my thoughts are with you.

[Brynja]

Love you Varaj! Feel better fast.

Bella! Take care of yourself don't forget you have to be healthy too...so take those quiet moments for just you when you can :)


And now off to the chi chi chi forums to do the only thing I know will make him feel better.

Post porn.

Ok well not at work but later....or if someone wants to start a thread -woot

[Limper]

Hospitals are boring. :)
Thanks for the good thoughts. Hope to be home soon.

Yes they are and most of the fun you can have there will get you admited to the psych ward.

Hope you make it home soon and well.

[The Theocrat of Poon-Tang]

Hospitals are boring. :)
Thanks for the good thoughts. Hope to be home soon.

Hang in there, Deathe. We've all got you on our mind, man. :)

[Brynja]

I am at work...we need porn for him people- NEW PORN!

I am begging you all to look into your hearts and help one of our own

[Dacke]

Vibes incoming to the both of you (and the midgets too)!

What happens to you if you have a temporal lobe seizure? I have no idea.
You start time-traveling in a random fashion.

[Cat of Ulthar]

Varaj, any porn requests? As weird as you want - we will blame it on your temporal lobe.:D

[Brynja]

You could always break something out of your private reserve of yiffy porn.


*runs for cover*

[Hatter]

Take care Varaj and Bella.

[AZRogue]

Hospitals are boring. :)
Thanks for the good thoughts. Hope to be home soon.

I hope you feel better soon, big guy.

In the meantime, alleviate the boredom by trying to lift nurses' skirts using only the power of your mind, like John Travolta in Phenomenon. ;)

[PWD]

Best wishes, guys... hope all turns out well.

[The Winslow]

Take care! Don't let those temporal lobes start creating paradoxes or you'll end up having to fight MechAttila and his dinosaur hordes with Newton, Laplace and Jefferson.

[Lady Fury]

Figures the night I go to bed early something major happens.

Anyways I hope that they find out what the cause of all this was and that you are on the mend and that you get to go home soon. (And hope I can stop this run on sentence thing.:tongue:)

Now I'm off to post porn for ya! :D

[there_is_no_bob]

Get well soon.

Must remember to turn down the voltage on those implants. Also, fry henchman's brain for screw up. Stupid henchmen.

[Cat's Paw Nebula]

Get well soon.

Must remember to turn down the voltage on those implants. Also, fry henchman's brain for screw up. Stupid henchmen.
But how could the testing have gone wrong after all the pretests? Abby Normal's brain was so nice looking, it was!

[Varaj]

Still at hospital so can't see all the Nice porn.
The only news I heard is one doctor subtlty suggust they are discussing whether I get to keep my driver's license or not.

[Lady Fury]

Still at hospital so can't see all the Nice porn.
The only news I heard is one doctor subtlty suggust they are discussing whether I get to keep my driver's license or not.


Just want to let you know I'll keeping posting porn every few hours until you come home.

I hope they are keeping you comfortable and happy while you are stuck there. I know they have happy drugs so demand them!

Anyways you are in my thoughts and so is Bella. And if you both are good I'll let you know what those thoughts are. :naughty:

[Mr SmokeTooMuch]

My best wishes.

[there_is_no_bob]

But how could the testing have gone wrong after all the pretests? Abby Normal's brain was so nice looking, it was!I've moved on to a new project.

That one was working too well, and I was worried I might lose my mad scientist license. Can't actually have devices work consistently, after all, and my arbitrary henchman kill rate was dropping dangerously!

[PWD]

The only news I heard is one doctor subtlty suggust they are discussing whether I get to keep my driver's license or not.

You need someone run over in the parking lot, you know who to ask.

[shiningbrow]

Here, Varaj. Just in case they prescribe new exercise routines to help you regain your strength:

To inspire you: a boy and his dog exercise to the Beatles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw2NSAIRE38

[Limper]

Still at hospital so can't see all the Nice porn.
The only news I heard is one doctor subtlty suggust they are discussing whether I get to keep my driver's license or not.

I lost mine for 6 months long ago due to a siesure caused by to much valium in the ER before one of my hospital stays.

I was on all sorts of funky meds after that... anti siezure, anti coagulant and respitory stuff.

[cnath.rm]

Yow!! All the best to you both, my thoughts and prayers are with you all.

[SpikeyFreak]

Good luck and best wishes.

--Hopeful Spikey

[Cat of Ulthar]

Thanks for the updates Varaj, I hope they're gonna get you fixed soon. :hug:

[Dr. Paragon]

V, B, and the Kids, You are all in my prayers and meditations.

[Northcott]

Saw this late. Best wishes to Varaj's brain!

[Varaj]

I lost mine for 6 months long ago due to a siesure caused by to much valium in the ER before one of my hospital stays.

I was on all sorts of funky meds after that... anti siezure, anti coagulant and respitory stuff.


Found the specifics and it isn't really lost it is just a six month timer that if I have kill anybody while driving because of a seizure that is automatic manslaughter.

Oh and I'm out and I have a holey heart. I'm next to God! :)

[PWD]

Oh and I'm out and I have a holey heart. I'm next to God! :)

Or at least, Gary Cherone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4msmR_iST9Y

[Cat of Ulthar]

Good you're out but what the fuck is a holey heart?

[Limper]

Found the specifics and it isn't really lost it is just a six month timer that if I have kill anybody while driving because of a seizure that is automatic manslaughter.

IMO thats the same as. I drove anyway back then but wouldn't now. You get Dilantin (sp?)?

Oh and I'm out and I have a holey heart. I'm next to God! :)

Careful that guy will feel you up if you don't watch him.

[doc]

Glad you're ok Mange

[Varaj]

Good you're out but what the fuck is a holey heart?

I have a hole between two chambers so blood and potentially clots can move between the two. Normally clots form lungs filter them out a hole lets clots go straight to the brain. It is pretty normal heart defect and no big deal but in CYA fashion I have to have it checked out more thoroughly.

IMO thats the same as. I drove anyway back then but wouldn't now. You get Dilantin (sp?)?

Topamax.


Careful that guy will feel you up if you don't watch him.

:D



I had a complex partial seizure moving into a generalized myoclonic seizure. I was literally a few minutes from getting emergency brain surgery when I started coming out of it. They tell me they had to call the neurosurgeon to go back home. Until that point they feared it was a stroke.
Lots of battery of tests latter. They confirmed that my existing brain damage is still there.
New things they discovered.
I have micro-vascular scarring in the brain. Slight concern most likely cause is regular headaches.
I have a holey heart. Little concern but in CYA fashion I have to go have it checked out further.

Neurologist is pretty confident that is it is complex partial seizures

[Limper]

Neurologist is pretty confident that is it is complex partial seizures

Does that mean meds and expect it again or the ever popular... no idea.

[doc]

Did you have a Grand or Petite Mal ?

[Varaj]

Does that mean meds and expect it again or the ever popular... no idea.

The latter.

I used to have them in my late teens early twenties. Had lots and lots of them and then they went away. So who knows.

[Limper]

The latter.

I used to have them in my late teens early twenties. Had lots and lots of them and then they went away. So who knows.

Hey that was my diagnosis too!


Good luck man.

[Varaj]

Did you have a Grand or Petite Mal ?

Petitie mal moving into grand mal, but not tonic-clonic (classic grand mal).

Petite mal and grand mal aren't really used by doctor's anymore because they aren't exact enough.

[doc]

Me too, but I never told anyone while I was in the Army (no one ever saw me have one either) last on was in the early eighties

[Varaj]

Hey that was my diagnosis too!


Good luck man.

I swear we are twins separated at birth.

[Varaj]

Me too, but I never told anyone while I was in the Army (no one ever saw me have one either) last on was in the early eighties

I actually had my ROTC scholarship pulled because I started having them. Poopy heads.

[doc]

I swear we are twins separated at birth. That's a scary thought

I actually had my ROTC scholarship pulled because I started having them. Poopy heads. I believe mine was due to low blood suger more then anything else, but I was on Dilantin in high school up to the 12th grade after I "fell out" and had a siezure in the 9th grade

[Varaj]

I believe mine was due to low blood suger more then anything else, but I was on Dilantin in high school up to the 12th grade after I "fell out" and had a siezure in the 9th grade

Mine is from drain bamage. :)

[Freedom Canadian]

*Ducks in between two paint jobs*

I wish you a quick recovery, Varaj !


*Back to painting*

[doc]

Mine is from drain bamage. :)

Get some Braino to clear out the blogs

[Limper]

I swear we are twins separated at birth.

You were then kept in a freezer for many years before being released on the public.

[Random Encounter]

Scary shit there Varaj. :( I'm glad you're out of the hospital and have at least some kind of idea what is going on, even if you don't really know enough. Take care of yourself, and do you think that you would get warning signs if it was about to happen again? So if you're driving and start to feel them you could call Bella or 911 and pull over?

[Varaj]

Scary shit there Varaj. :( I'm glad you're out of the hospital and have at least some kind of idea what is going on, even if you don't really know enough. Take care of yourself, and do you think that you would get warning signs if it was about to happen again? So if you're driving and start to feel them you could call Bella or 911 and pull over?

I'm actually not too worried about it. The only reason that it caught me by surprise was because it was 14 years or so since my last one. Now that I know that I'm getting them again I remember all the warning stuff. :)

[Lady Fury]

I'm glad they could give you some answers. Sucks that the answers aren't good ones but it sounds like it can be medically dealt with. How are you feeling now? Any residual effects?

I'd tell you to take care of yourself but I'm not qualified to give that kind of advice since it took me years to finally follow those words for myself. :o

[Brynja]

Get well Varaj! I will do my best to keep the influx of porn high I may even dip into my freaky shit for you...

[Varaj]

I'm glad they could give you some answers. Sucks that the answers aren't good ones but it sounds like it can be medically dealt with. How are you feeling now? Any residual effects?

I'd tell you to take care of yourself but I'm not qualified to give that kind of advice since it took me years to finally follow those words for myself. :o

Heh I feel just fine. I think I've had a few simple partial seizures today, but that is to be expected.

[SpikeyFreak]

Heh I feel just fine. I think I've had a few simple partial seizures today, but that is to be expected.
I think I almost have a simple seizure everytime I see your avatar.

--Lovin It Spikey

[seizure salad]

Oh sweetie! I totally sympathize; I hope it is the last one for a loong while.here's mental hugs to brains working better!

Mine is from drain bamage. :)

Mine are from brain bamage @ birth. My last grand mal was almost 3mo ago (knock on wood) and am havin the aura's up to 50x day.

[Varaj]

Oh sweetie! I totally sympathize; I hope it is the last one for a loong while.here's mental hugs to brains working better!



Mine are from brain bamage @ birth. My last grand mal was almost 3mo ago (knock on wood) and am havin the aura's up to 50x day.

They tell me about a month until the topamax starts working. The auras/simple are 5-10 an hour. The complex are 1-2 an hour. No generalized since the one on Tuesday.

I hope things are continuing to improve for you.

[seizure salad]

They tell me about a month until the topamax starts working. The auras/simple are 5-10 an hour. The complex are 1-2 an hour. No generalized since the one on Tuesday.

In the grand scheme that's good to hear; I hope things improve. Do you know why they chose Topamax? I know any med change takes extended periods of time; though I know Keppra is taken into the system rather quickly(I can feel lvl shifts w/in hrs). What meds have you been on before? Take care hun.

[Utrecht]

wow, dont know how I missed this - good to hear things are getting better, thoughts are with you.

[Varaj]

In the grand scheme that's good to hear; I hope things improve. Do you know why they chose Topamax? I know any med change takes extended periods of time; though I know Keppra is taken into the system rather quickly(I can feel lvl shifts w/in hrs). What meds have you been on before? Take care hun.

No idea other than it is supposed to be low on side effects.. I've been on tegertol and depokot. No idea how to spell either of those.

[seizure salad]

Lol; that would be Tegretol & Depakote. I have been on both; but on the depakote for 13yrs & have started to experience the long term side effects. Recently able to lower its ammt & increase another med, which has helped me lose weight. I hope your experience with this new med is a good one; these things do take time. I have been tweaking mine for the last 2.5yrs.

[doc]

Hope you're feeling togather real soon

[Scarbonac]

Yikes! Sounds scary.

Won't a vinegar & brown paper wrap take care of that?



(((((o)))))

Good vibes, mang.

[Ancalagon]

this is indeed some rather concerning stuff! I guess I'm glad that they can at least do something - medical science still has work to do, but at least there are medications available.

I hope you get better soon.