For the second time this year, the paramedics were called to help Brian. The first time was around Valentine's Day when he was up north with Alicia and became rather intoxicated (both he and John claim that he didn't have that much to drink) and again on Thursday when he became really confused and scared the bejeezers out of his co-workers. When we got the the ER, I wasn't too terribly happy with the fact that they made me wait in the waiting room for 15mins while they got him registered...granted, he was able to give them the information that they needed, but what if he wasn't able to??
From what Brian was saying, he felt fine one minute and tipsy-drunk the next without any warning. He tried to get his one co-worker's attention but wasn't able to, and finally put his hand on another co-worker's arm and managed to say that he didn't feel right. His co-workers called paramedics because they thought he was having a stroke of some sort because he was fine one minute and completely out of it and confused the next. They called me, I met up with them and by that time the paramedics had arrived. All said and done, they blamed it on Brian's sugar being high, said that he had orthostatic hypotension and sent us home with some anti-dizzy meds.
Here's my question...why is it that whenever a diabetic is ill, it all gets blamed on their blood sugar? I think that there may be something going on with Brian's inner ear (possibly a small neuroma??) and that's what has been making him dizzy lately. Yes, I understand that blood sugar being out of sync can cause a plethora of issues, but not every single one! I want someone to set aside the fact that he's diabetic and actually examine him as if he weren't. By doing this, he would at least get a CT or MR of his head where I think the problem actually lies. The anti-dizzy meds they gave him knock him on his rump (he slept for 11 solid hours yesterday and has practically slept all day today) and really leave him in a fog that neither he or I greatly appreciate.
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