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Kestrell gets a Catscan, a followup to migrains post
During December and January I had a lot of migraines, so my GP gave me a referral to a neurologist. The neurologist asked a lot of questions, especially as one symptom of fibromyalgia, which I have, is very bad headaches, complete with sensitivity to sounds and smells, so it is more complicated distinguishing these from migraines. Aside from quintupling the amitriptilin I was already taking for my fibro, the neurologist ordered some bloodwork and a Catscan. (It would have been an MRI, but I was unable to say for certain whether I had any pieces of metal in my head since, despite my asking questions from my various eye surgeons, they were unable to answer this question. One more reason for demanding that doctors give you any and all information on surgical procedures.)
Anyway, the catscan itself was kind of fun, in a very science fiction kind of way, so I thought I would share the details.
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