u/Apprehensive_Ring924

Hi everyone,

I was hospitalized due to severe headaches and blurred vision. My opening pressure was 35. I had severe swelling of my optic nerves in both eyes. Doctor determined my IIH was due to my recent weight gain and losing the weight will decrease my pressure. The goal is for me to get off the Diarrhea-from-hell meds they gave me, acetazolamide. I've been on this for 6 months at a 1000mg per day dosage and after losing around 40 of my 80lbs, I'm really looking forward to getting off these meds, or at the very least right now, decreasing it back to its original 250mg twice a day.

What is the protocol for that? Do they really have to measure my pressure again with a lumbar puncture? Is it simply just looking at my optic nerves? or is it based on body percent fat loss that determines if we have decreased dosages or can start weaning off.

Any help on what I should be asking my doctor for is appreciated.

https://imgur.com/a/OndCIDA

This afternoon I looked at my patio outside that has an awning above it. There is no spot for any animal to land underneath our awning, it is completely flat.

The patio contained these maggot looking creatures, surrounded by a bunch of yellowish crumbles with black sesame seeds in it. What is all of this? I don't even understand how it got here?

We have rabbits, groundhogs and birds in our backyard. I've seen squirrels walking atop our fence as well. They've never gone to our patio as far as we know, since it's so close to our backyard door and windows. Can anyone identify this bug and how it even got here and why it's surrounded by this stuff? Is this even safe to touch? My husband is scared to clean it up and bring it into the house garbage.

Bugs