![]() This made it impossible to get help anywhere else. In fact, the chief cardiologist at the center where I was trying to get help simply said I was a nut case, and would not put anything but that in the records. Starting off, I have spent about the last 30 years thinking I was a hypochondriac. Some are different, but a lot of it is the same. Many of those symptoms match many of mine. Hi, First off, I have absolutely no doubt about your history. Just wondering if anyone out there has experienced the same or similar. I just need to know is there something I can do to help relieve the pain and pressure. My skull feels like it needs to explode open at the back, my neck is so painful and I have limited movement when turning my head. ![]() I have an extremely high pain threshold due to not being able to have strong painkillers and have battled through and kept working. I work, but have had since last Wednesday off due to the pain. Put on a drip, prescribed Stemetil and sent home. I then ended up having to go to the Emergency Department on Sunday due to severe headache, nausea and vomiting. I had my Lumbar Puncture last Friday and was discharged that afternoon. On Wednesday I presented to the Emergency Department due to having a pop sensation on the left side of my head followed by a sharp pain. They have also found that I have Empty Sella Syndrome. I have then had CT scans, MRI scans and also a Lumbar Puncture. They took a photo of my optic nerve and found that I had Papilledema. I am also allergic to anything codeine or opiate based so the only thing I can have is Panadol and Anti Inflammatory meds. Then in June I went to a doctor because I was waking with severe pressure headaches. I was caught between a rock and a hard place. I got fed up with seeing doctors and all of them telling me I need to lose weight because I’m fat. Also a year and a half ago I have had to start wearing glasses and have had to get them updared every 5-6 months. I knew something wasn’t right but the doctors kept saying there was nothing wrong. They looked at me as if I was neurotic or a hypochondriac. My GP sent me to Orthopedic doctors, Neurological doctors and gynecologist. When this first began I was approx 100kg. So of course not being able to do too much I did gain extra weight. ![]() When I finally got to the car I had to sit sideways in the car seat and then physically lift each leg into the car because I could not lift them. I would go grocery shopping for 30 minutes and within 5 mins of being out shopping I could hardly walk. As well as feeling really dizzy and uneasy on my feet. I then couldn’t walk to far because it felt like my lower legs were going to tear open. It is an internal pain that I can not describe. I am in constant pain throughout my whole body. ![]() I started out with pain in my head, neck and legs, then I also started to have numbness in the saddle region, ringing and swooshing noises in my ears. Our Wildlife Journey 4 day tour has multiple opportunities to see echidnas, watch them digging and see their wonderful back feet.I was diagnosed in June this year with Idiopathic intracranial hypertension after spending the last 2 years thinking I was a hypochondriac. The best place to see echidnas is along the coastline of East Gippsland. If a dingo, dog, fox or goanna tries to dig it out, echidna digs down at a faster rate. As soon as the echidna senses danger it drills downwards. This method of echidna digging is clever too – a predator has to act quickly to catch an echidna on the surface. The front feet dig forwards and sideways, and the back feet dig backwards, creating a circular excavation. Why do echidnas back feet point backwards? This odd arrangement seems to give echidnas the ability to dig straight downwards. But the heel comes first, and the toes and claws follow. Like most animals, echidnas walk on the soles of their rear feet. So how do echidnas walk with legs pointing both ways? Picture credit: Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
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