Hi all. I'm in the middle of my 24 (or 48, depending on episodic happenings) hour ambulatory EEG test. I'm not happy. My head is wrapped in gauze like I'm a brain injury patient, I'm wearing a knit hat over the top which both helps and so doesn't in the appearance department, and my forehead hurts where some of the electrode wires/whatever these are are taped to my skin. I'm hooked up to a box in a fanny pack around my waist - with a button on top that I'm to push when/if I ever have an episode. I have a computer/video camera thing I'm to be hooked to as often as possible when I know I'll be sitting on the couch or whatever for a long time - that's to watch me, I suppose, in case I have a seizure-like episode when I may or may not (I know I wouldn't) do anything unordinary. And I'm supposed to keep an hour by hour diary of what I'm doing activity wise.
Oh - and I have a strange bump/inflamed part of my lower left leg. So I'm keeping my left brace off and elevating the leg whenever possible. When I do get up to walk, I have one brace and shoe on, one brace off with just a slipper on that foot. I'm already an unbalanced walker. Now I'm really, really unbalanced. Especially with a somewhat heavy-ish fanny pack around my waist.
All this while trying to go about my normal life. Hah.
Not. Fun. At. All.
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