Just a little. The last few weeks have a bit trying which is why I haven't been posting. It started as an earache, then headache and a painful to touch scalp. It's happened before but went away within a day or 2. I just blamed it on earaches. This time it didn't go away. My dr was away so I went to an ENT. After a brief exam he said it looks like inflammation of the carotid artery. Nothing to do with an earache. Here's prednisone. Is it dangerous? No. Should I come back. No. I went home and googled it which promptly panicked me.
2 days later I spoke to the my dr who said what test did the ENT do? None. None? Nope. Blood work? No. CT? No. Ok. Well it sounds like an inflammation of the temporal artery. Let's get you in for some tests. So of course I googled that and it was worse since it can cause blindness and stroke. Called the dr back and saw her the next day. She spoke to the ENT and even though she did think some tests should have been done before the prednisone she didn't think it was dangerous. So now I'm taking aleve for the inflammation, I see the eye dr on Monday to make sure there's no damage to my eyesight and then a CT scan.
I'm still a bit peeved at that ENT. He really was bored with me a guess. I told him it happened before but just here's the prescription but don't bother coming back. At least my dr is following up. So for now, back to drawing.