In November 2011 I was taken onto hospital due to what we all believe was an allergic reaction to fish (thai take away). Who knew that was going to be the start of such a painful journey in my life?
While the doctors and nurses where dealing with the swelling from the reaction, I was also complaining of knee pain and then my head began to feel like it was being crushed, as my vision started to blur.
With allergic reactions the swelling will reduce they come back needing a course of steroid treatment but it was really my other symptoms that left me in hospital for 3 week.
Some of this time is due to the local hospital not having a neurology department so they only visit twice a week but I had many blood test, CT, MRI a lumbar puncture which lead to my diagnosis of IIH, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and started on a medication called acetazolamide.
Having never had heard of this neurological condition before, I knew it was going to become a big part of my life so I found a charity to learn about it and that was IIH UK.
Then to top it all of nicely as I was about to go home I started to fit so that will mean more tests as an outpatients in the future.
As time goes on I will let you know about my conditions, how they effect me and the support I get.