the stray

When I got home things were as usual but the headache followed. I thought I was tired.

Next day take Milidon and hope for the best. Nope. The next, the next, the next ...

All I could do was try to sleep it off. Nope. The wifie thought I was just faking it. But it didn't go away. Dang. On 4-5 occasions I wake up in the early morning to vomit accompanied by a severe headache. It's time to go to the clinic. I go to clinic Thong. Explained the symptoms. The prognosis, vertigo. Here's some pills, gimme $30 and go. I recall the wife mentioning a scan but he didn't even acknowledge it as a good course of action. Dumb ass. Doctors are supposed to have an open mind to the possibilities. Now you have to know what's wrong with yourself and ask for them to sign the medicine. I told him I had a headache for over a month for god sake. I would've thought he would have enough of a brain to suggest something substansive rather than give a few pills for vertigo.

After 2 months my wife was fed up. Suggested I go to emergency. But I didn't think it was an emegency. Didn't know how to explain it as an emergency. So I refused. As a compromise I agreed to go to the government clinic. Explained the symptoms etc. He also thought that it was vertigo. This time I said that the headaches had been around for 2 months. He then referred me to the ENT clinic at the hospital. At least there is some progress. I vagely recall that he may have mentioned whether I wanted a scan. I may have said that it was not necessary. In hindsight I should have said yes. I think I was not open to the possibilities. I still thought that it was nothing and eventually it would go away. Also I should have listened to the wife and go to emergency. The day when I vomitted would have been good as it was like a migrain and the pain was excruciating. Man if I had a pistol...

We then tried to book an apointment with the ENT. Next free 3 weeks from now. What! Oh well what to do.