Hi @BlueBay
I wonder how they can tell too - but maybe he is saying that to settle you - maybe that is not at all helpful for you right now
Sigh - I didn't have this for weeks like you are but I do know what you mean - when I first hurt my spine I was having all kinds of horrible tests and scans in hospital - and it was not bad enough that I had terror about having spinal surgery - I was freaked out at the sudden onset of pain in my spine I had not had before etc - and of course - I was admitted into a private hospital as an emergency and in spite of my high level of hospital insurance I was in a horrible little 4 bed ward with a bitch of a woman who seemed to think I was a total screw up - (which at the time I might have been)
But still - one of the tests I had was a mylogram - and after these it is necessary to lay perfectly flat to avoid severe headaches - and regardless - I got one of these headaches - I am sure you can imagine - and I freaked out sure I was having a stroke - and kept asking for the nurses to take my BP but no reassurance stopped my fears - they gave me something powerful for the headache after a while - and it went away for a while -
But then - the other side - the horrible patient giving me a hard time had to listen to me dry-reaching -
Still - I do remember how afraid I was and nothing anyone said eased what I was feeling and so I get it - sort of - what you are feeling
So - in one sense - yes - I think your worry is making the whole thing worse - but you have been stressed and stretched and pulled this way and that way and must feel like the meat in a horrible sandwich - a great piece of meat in a horrible sandwich
So - I don't have words of wisdom right now - but cut back on using the BP machine and look through the horrible fog - you can always go to hospital as you said - and that is a rest of sorts -
You have a lot of friends here - you are well thought of - we care about you
Decadian
Look what we had for dinner witthout that green stuff @Former-Member xx
