SEIZURE
(third installment)
BUT I DON'T WANNA TAKE A TEST

Three people have asked me questions this morning along the lines of; so, did you have a good night?
Well, let's update. I have 25 electrodes glued to my head and wrapped in gauze, 2 electrodes on my chest, a blood oxygen monitor taped to my left fore finger, an IV stint in my right forearm, and, oh yeah, i had to stay up until 3AM and it's now 7:30 (or whatever morning hours were applicable at the time of questioning).
Does this question mean something else? or really actually nothing at all?
I think there's a lot of uncomfortable small talk in hospitals.

When I checked myself into the ER last June, it wasn't clear when I would be released. I went hoping to be home that same night. What I have now figured out is that the more tests come back negative, which is a good thing, the more tests they need to do.
In the ER they did bloodwork, an EKG, lung Xray, and a ct scan.
While I was in my 'room' a smell developed that was something like meatloaf gone bad. I thought maybe somebody had brought gross lunch. Then after awhile the scent of oranges was everywhere. It was like being on the Soarin' over California ride at California Adventure Park. The next time the "patient representive' came to check on me I asked if it was a real orange or a cleanser. He said "oh, no, it's a deodorizer." (which is where he could have left it). The rest of his sentence was "someone came in with a really foul smelling wound. It's been really bad." Like bad meatloaf?
 Then they let me know they were going to admit me to the hospital for overnight monitoring and more tests.
 Eventually there was an ultrasound of the carotid arteries and MRIs with and without contrast added to the list of tests coming back negative. And I wanted to go home. My doctor said she would release me, but wanted me to see a neurologist for an EEG. If I wanted to go home I needed to promise to see him ASAP on an outpatient basis.
 Done.
I went home knowing that I had not had a mini-stroke. There was no brain damage. I have a healthy heart. Basically, I am really healthy and there was no clue about what may have happened to me. It was not a "typical" episode of anything obvious. All the tests were saying I was fine. The only thing left, the EEG, seemed a bit unlikely. I was on a medication for depression that is actually a common anti-seizure medication. This made some sort of seizure seem unlikely, but the momentum was unstoppable. There is also another kind of event, called Global Transient Amnesia, which was being considered. Again, I would have had a very atypical version if that's what they decided had happened. I just needed to see the neurologist. For another test.