Eric Camp

I will start by saying thank you to everyone who prayed and reached out to help in anyway. Means the world to me and my family and we appreciate it more than you know. Collective family, you are the best. We love and are truly grateful for you for your support, prayers, love and support. Thank you.

2 weeks ago I woke up with a migraine that we had no idea what triggered it. I havent had a migraine headache in 30 years since I was in high school.

I went ahead and went to the office, however, seemed to get worse throughout the day as I became more dizzy and disoriented at times. Doctor appointment on Tuesday where they did an MRI and EKG and bloodwork. Blood work came back irregular in a few places, but EKG and MRI were both normal. Fast forward to Thursday and Friday and the migraine seemed to ease a bit, but i was having these “episodes” where i would get dizzy and then a headache for about 10 minutes. This repeated itself about every 30-45 minutes all day until Saturday. All the while, I was too nauseous to eat or drink much. I had not eaten since Sunday night.

On Saturday, Toni noticed my pulse would drop into the low 40s while I was having these episodes. So we went to the Ocean Springs ER to visit for about 5 hours where they gave me fluids and pain meds. I was severely dehydrated. They also did another blood panel and there was indication of potential kidney disease amongst a few other things of concern.

Back home, same routine. Episodes every hour or so. However, I was able to regain an appetite and eat and drink more.

If you live on the Gulf Coast, you know that Monday and Tuesday brought us our first ever winter storm with accumulating snow! It was mesmerizing watching it fall and stick from my living room couch. I do hate I didnt get to go out and play in it with my wife and son as this was the first time in my son’s 22 years to ever see snow!

Gradual improvement throughout the week and another doctor’s appointment on Friday, January 24 where more blood work was done and all levels were back to normal!

So the short of all of this is that it seems I had a migraine and then became dehydrated and had caffeine withdrawal headaches after the migraine. I am working on staying hydrated, limiting my caffeine intake and reducing stress, negativity, and frustration as much as possible from my life.

As my doctor told me, “you are not 25 anymore! You are an old man who has to pay better attention to stress and take better care of yourself…” So with those words, I hope to encourage you to do the same. Pay attention to how you life, take care of yourself, eat healthy, and enjoy life with the ones you love more… I know I am.