Great Expectations

Great Expectations…


Ever plan to go see a movie because the previews looked soooo good , get all hyped up, go see it and come out of the movie theater going “What the ???? , that was horrible”


Ever go out to eat and see something on the menu that looked like it would be the most amazing meal of your life only that when you order it, it’s only so-so and you can’t find much good to say about it but can’t find much bad to say about it either.


These are what we as people build up as Great Expectations. This is what I did with my appointment in Florida at the Cleveland Clinic. I had Great Expectations. I just knew, just knew that this was the be all end all of where I needed to be when it came to IH.

I was wrong.

I did not post yesterday because well, frankly you would not have wanted a rambling mess and to be honest I was not sure how I really felt about the appointment yet.

So I had some time to talk with Wes, and we talked about the appointment and I did realize that yes some good did come out of it. My Great Expectation however, were just not met.

In a nutshell…

They put me on Diamox and back on Topamax
This could still be Migraine related as well as IH
I have to “learn” how to deal with the possibility of having a headache everyday
He agrees with the diagnosis of IH


Whoaaaa What was that?… yep you read that right. I may have to learn how to deal with a headache everyday. Ummmm, that is not what I wanted to hear. Now I could learn how to deal with eating a Twix bar every 20 minutes but a headache everyday…that’s a little much.

Of course there is more of the appointment but hey this is a blog and I am only going to share and bore you with so much…..

Overall….He was a nice Doctor, he had some new perspective, he had some new avenues for us to follow.

Going back ….no


Great Expectations….we all have them. We take an idea, a place, a person, or a thing and build it up so big in our minds . We make this “thing” so perfect, so wonderful that in reality that “thing” can never be that….well…..great.

Great Expectations…that’s what I had for the Cleveland Clinic….

Now I leave Florida and head home. Not dragging my head in despair, not crying or saying that was a waste of time…But with my Great Expectations in check….and ready to place them somewhere else.

Disney-Doctors-Cruise Ships?? One of these things is not like the other!

Where's Waldo?

Don't you love those books? Piper does, but at the same time you can see the look on her face that the concept of a book dedicated to finding a funny guy in a hat is strange...Oh well, that's entertainment sometimes.

We wake up in sunny South Florida today....well actually its rainy outside but still.

We are usually in Florida for one of two things. Things that Wes and myself are obsessed with.

Disney and Cruises.

In fact we are taking the girls on their first cruise over July 4th.

But alas this time we are not.

We are here to go to Cleveland Clinic in Weston to try to figure out if I even have a brain these days. ( actually we have my MRI on a CD so AHHH HAAA I have proof for all of you that yes indeed I do have a brain)

I really am very apprehensive about this appointment and all the "what if"s" but who would not be.


Flying:

Don't you love to fly? No, I don't mean going 90 down the highway or jumping off your bed going weeeeee!

I love to fly to people watch.

Oh my you say.
How dare I.
Come on get that shocked look off your face, you know you do it too.

No I don't stare anyone down and I am sure people have looked at me and gone hmmmm.

But let's just say there are some interesting people in this world.. Like the guy with his whole face tattooed, or the lady with every inch of her in green ( green clothes, green nails, green hair, green suitcase, green pocketbook, green shoes.) I think she really liked St. Patricks Day....

I will try to update asap on the visit to Clevelan Clinci, but be paitient.......

If your like me, you have no paitence....but we all have to be something.....right?