Hospital phobia?!?

I was admitted to the hospital for a couple rounds of heavy steroids due to an EXCRUCIATING headache that was quite scary!  I spent a night there and was asked by the neurosurgeon if I wouldn't like to stay 24 hours longer to receive my last amount of steroids,  as my pain level was still about a five.  I tried to act perky and ask if I could take the steroids in pill form and go home.  She agreed and I was released. 

While there I received a CAT scan of the brain and a lumbar puncture.  The lumbar puncture was quite painful as they tried to get spinal fluid four times only being successful on the fourth time.  The first time three times the doc kept hitting bone and it was not cool!  A specialist had to perform the procedure finally.  I also experienced a seizure, uhhggg!

From the time I was wheeled into the ER I realized that I had the major jitters!  The hospital was gorgeous and the nurses were impeccable.  I was in a hotel style room but none of it kept the uneasiness from running through me.

I don't even know if this is a true type of phobia, but I have Hospital Phobia.  I realize that my experiences to date with other hospitals have been traumatizing and sub par and that is why I wanted to get the hell away from this one.   I was treated just horribly before at another hospital.  Kudos this time to Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield for letting me see there is a better way to administer health care!

After all, I should have stayed the extra day as I am not feeling well at all!  My head is better but my headache is still there.  My back is a mess from the lumbar punctures.  Despite being anxious about hospital settings I am glad that I went.

My advice is to follow your instinct about your health.  Don't put treatment of an ailment off like I did!  Your health and well being is too important!

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