Concerned for Chase
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rinkhcTitle: Concerned for Chase
Fandom: Original Fiction - Lizards ‘verse
Series: Kat’s Therapy Journal - 27th Sesman, 5436
Prompt: Headaches/migraines
Medium: FIC
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 608
Summary: Ontferia Historical Record: 3rd Vallos, 5436: General Chase Cam’ree is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Operation successfully performed on Regalia and he made a complete recovery.
Content Notes: No standard notes apply
27th Sesman, 5436
Subject: Concerned for Chase
You said I could use this “tool” to write down anything and work through whatever was on my mind, that I didn’t have to wait for you to assign me a topic or question. So, I’m worried right now. I’m very, very worried about Chase. I would venture to say that I quite possibly am on the verge of panic.
He’s trying to be stoic and not let on that he’s in pain, but I know that he is. You probably know he’s been to the infirmary a few times recently for relief from bad headaches he’s been having. And for every one that he’s sought out help to alleviate, there have been two others that he has muddled through without medical aid.
This has been going on for nearly three moons and is getting progressively worse. The “episodes” are coming more frequently, lasting longer and are worse in intensity. The latest thing is nausea and vomiting that leaves him shaking and numb.
How do I help him when Medical can’t find the cause of the pain? They’ve run a slew of tests on him and there is no explanation, no apparent cause, no reason for this ‘thing’ that is plaguing him. I am slowly losing confidence in our Medical division, I am so frustrated by this inability to stop Chase’s pain.
My husband is suffering and I can’t do anything about it. That makes me so angry. I want to rail and shout and throw things and blame someone, but my position makes it unseemly and such conduct is unbecoming. The only thing I can do is hold wet compresses to his head and rub his neck and belly. For some reason, he says rubbing his belly makes him feel better, I suspect that is more of a mental thing than a physical thing, right? His belly could not really be connected to the pain in his head?
I can see it in his eyes, when one of them is coming on. His eyes get glassy and then slowly get redder and redder. He starts rubbing at them too, and blinking a lot. I’ve tried chasing him off to Medical at that point, but the few times he has gone, he claims the medicine wasn’t as effective, so now he won’t even go, he insists on staying at his post for as long as possible. It is like standing in the path of an oncoming storm, watching the dark clouds and lightning rolling in and not being able to do anything about it.
The children have noticed and it is making them frightened, seeing their father hurting. It has become bad enough that he can’t always hide it. At the very least, they notice that he is not inclined to sit up with the, and read or play their games or talk to them when his duty shift is over. More often than not, he comes home and goes straight to bed. He is losing weight from all the skipped meals and vomiting.
I’m scared, Ellie. I’m scared and the person I rely on to be my strength is falling apart in front of my eyes.
Hauck suggested that maybe we need to take Chase to Regalia, to one of the big medical centers there. It would be a bit of a slap to our Medical staff, showing my lack of confidence in them, but what if some machine or test they have there could find the problem? It might mean forcing him onto a ship, but don’t I owe it to my husband to explore all possibilities?
Fandom: Original Fiction - Lizards ‘verse
Series: Kat’s Therapy Journal - 27th Sesman, 5436
Prompt: Headaches/migraines
Medium: FIC
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 608
Summary: Ontferia Historical Record: 3rd Vallos, 5436: General Chase Cam’ree is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Operation successfully performed on Regalia and he made a complete recovery.
Content Notes: No standard notes apply
27th Sesman, 5436
Subject: Concerned for Chase
You said I could use this “tool” to write down anything and work through whatever was on my mind, that I didn’t have to wait for you to assign me a topic or question. So, I’m worried right now. I’m very, very worried about Chase. I would venture to say that I quite possibly am on the verge of panic.
He’s trying to be stoic and not let on that he’s in pain, but I know that he is. You probably know he’s been to the infirmary a few times recently for relief from bad headaches he’s been having. And for every one that he’s sought out help to alleviate, there have been two others that he has muddled through without medical aid.
This has been going on for nearly three moons and is getting progressively worse. The “episodes” are coming more frequently, lasting longer and are worse in intensity. The latest thing is nausea and vomiting that leaves him shaking and numb.
How do I help him when Medical can’t find the cause of the pain? They’ve run a slew of tests on him and there is no explanation, no apparent cause, no reason for this ‘thing’ that is plaguing him. I am slowly losing confidence in our Medical division, I am so frustrated by this inability to stop Chase’s pain.
My husband is suffering and I can’t do anything about it. That makes me so angry. I want to rail and shout and throw things and blame someone, but my position makes it unseemly and such conduct is unbecoming. The only thing I can do is hold wet compresses to his head and rub his neck and belly. For some reason, he says rubbing his belly makes him feel better, I suspect that is more of a mental thing than a physical thing, right? His belly could not really be connected to the pain in his head?
I can see it in his eyes, when one of them is coming on. His eyes get glassy and then slowly get redder and redder. He starts rubbing at them too, and blinking a lot. I’ve tried chasing him off to Medical at that point, but the few times he has gone, he claims the medicine wasn’t as effective, so now he won’t even go, he insists on staying at his post for as long as possible. It is like standing in the path of an oncoming storm, watching the dark clouds and lightning rolling in and not being able to do anything about it.
The children have noticed and it is making them frightened, seeing their father hurting. It has become bad enough that he can’t always hide it. At the very least, they notice that he is not inclined to sit up with the, and read or play their games or talk to them when his duty shift is over. More often than not, he comes home and goes straight to bed. He is losing weight from all the skipped meals and vomiting.
I’m scared, Ellie. I’m scared and the person I rely on to be my strength is falling apart in front of my eyes.
Hauck suggested that maybe we need to take Chase to Regalia, to one of the big medical centers there. It would be a bit of a slap to our Medical staff, showing my lack of confidence in them, but what if some machine or test they have there could find the problem? It might mean forcing him onto a ship, but don’t I owe it to my husband to explore all possibilities?