If you know me, you already know I'm a little off in the head. Call it crazy, sick, not all there... no, just kidding... well, maybe.
But seriously, I received the result of my EEG test. Dr. Clark said there is an area in the right frontal lobe that is not working fully and that it's most likely the cause of the partial seizures I have periodically. This is a result of the tumor and treatment I received there. As long as I take my medication it is fine. There's nothing of great concern about it and there's no need to change the current course of treatment. He will see me in six months and will review any PET and CT scans I have prior to that.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
No EEG Needles
Who knew? Needles haven't been used for EEG's for some time. And... did you know that before AIDS, when EEG needles were used, they were just cleaned and then reused over and over? Eckkkk!!!
I managed to do pretty well staying awake through the night for my EEG. I only went about one hour over the two hour amount I was "allowed" to sleep for the day. Thankfully they still did the test. I was most definitely sleep deprived.
I had some leads attached to various places, like my ear, my chest, and my forehead. Then a rubber cap was placed on my head with all kinds of holes. Gel is injected into the holes which gets each of those spots to stick to my hair. The gel conducts the electrical "stuff" from my brain to the leads on the cap. I lay back in a reclining chair. The technician said it was best if I could fall asleep. At first I thought that would be no problem because I was already so sleepy, but when I closed my eyes my mind was going a hundred thoughts a second.
Next thing I knew the technician said my name and startled me awake when she said my name. I forgot where I was and thought I had fallen asleep at home and wasn't going to be able to have my test. She could actually see on the computer that I had fallen asleep. Weird. The next part of the test was her flashing a strobe light in front of my closed eyes at different speeds. I felt like it actually did affect me because it felt like my bad leg would get more numb while the light was flashing and wondered if I would have a partial seizure (I didn't). Again, weird.
The test took about 30 minutes. I don't know the results, but just thought I would share the experience. Will keep you posted.
I managed to do pretty well staying awake through the night for my EEG. I only went about one hour over the two hour amount I was "allowed" to sleep for the day. Thankfully they still did the test. I was most definitely sleep deprived.
I had some leads attached to various places, like my ear, my chest, and my forehead. Then a rubber cap was placed on my head with all kinds of holes. Gel is injected into the holes which gets each of those spots to stick to my hair. The gel conducts the electrical "stuff" from my brain to the leads on the cap. I lay back in a reclining chair. The technician said it was best if I could fall asleep. At first I thought that would be no problem because I was already so sleepy, but when I closed my eyes my mind was going a hundred thoughts a second.
Next thing I knew the technician said my name and startled me awake when she said my name. I forgot where I was and thought I had fallen asleep at home and wasn't going to be able to have my test. She could actually see on the computer that I had fallen asleep. Weird. The next part of the test was her flashing a strobe light in front of my closed eyes at different speeds. I felt like it actually did affect me because it felt like my bad leg would get more numb while the light was flashing and wondered if I would have a partial seizure (I didn't). Again, weird.
The test took about 30 minutes. I don't know the results, but just thought I would share the experience. Will keep you posted.