This is what they have gathered so far. First let me clarify there is a huge difference between bacteria menigitis and viral menigitis. Very similiar symptoms but bacteria almost always kills you. Viral does not. Viral is the better one to have.
It took them a long time to settle on me having viral meningitis because I didn't fit all the criteria for it...I had several spinal taps which releived the pressure and took away a lot of the pain, all I know is that I will never go through that much pain again I can't believe a human can endure so much pain and not die... truly i can't tell you how bad it hurt... like someone taking a chain saw and pouring alcochl on open wounds while picking your nerves a part with a needle.. really that doesn't even give it justice to explain it. Just one turn of my head would send me in to hours and I mean hours of vomitting which would put more pressure on my head which would cause more pain.. I thought that going to hell couldn't be as bad as what I felt. I didn't like my one neruologist, he didn't get to see me the one night that all the weird stuff was happening to me and he seems to laid back about it. Thankfully my regualr doctor is going to help me to get to the bottom of this... he wants me in the city.. because they are afraid it can happen again or worse... meanwhile my family is on eggshells, I keep dropping everything in my hands... my parents had to change my sheets two times today because I keep spilling. they are worried everyone says when they talk to me I am not the same, but typing here now I feel normal, just when I go to speak
Anyway, they are not really sure, my doctor was going to ship me to a teaching hospital in the city but I started to feel better and hold some fluid down.
My spinal tap pressure was real high, but the numbness and tingeling has gone away. My parents are still nervous because they said I am not acting like myself, a little detached from my body, which was my orginal symptoms to begin with.
As far as getting it, I don't know, I am more susectable to infections because of all the steroids I take so I am immunocompromised. any virus can get in and apparently it is easier for it to cross the blood brain barrier.
I will tell you what this experiece changed my life and rocked me to the core. I didn't know my name, I was drooling, had no speech ability. The people at my work took such good care of me., they stayed with me for hours, came up on their lunch breaks, cried with me when I cried,
My boss brought in ppl that she knew that work at the place the big hospital where I want to work and they told me how rough they are on their employees when they are out sick. even with a doctors note etc.. She had three different ppl come in.
Now remember I am very close with my boss and she loves me a lot and doesn't want me to leave, but really it is in her best interest for me to leave, I am not exactaly employee of the year.
She told me, actually she told everyone that would listen that if I would take the job at my work even though it wasn't the spot I wanted for now that she would make sure I was well taken care of.. my potential new boss came to see me and told me, no problem you can't work one day big deal..
We are a family here and we love you and want to see you succedd at your job and we will do everything we can to get you there.
Man what does someone say to that.
anyway, right now I am still so scared about what just happend. I cry just thinking about it coming back.. and I am to afraid to go to a hospital that doesn't know me or anything about my health. I think it is going to backfire.
THanks for letting me vent.
Jennifer