dizzified me...

sigh.

in the past years I've dealt with, what I feel, are some of the stupidest medical problems I could be faced with. Let's start by saying that I am young not over weight and I have a healthy diet and lifestyle.

now sigh.

a year or two ago I was suffering from dizzy spells. kind of a vertigo thing. a spinning effect. You know when you were a kid and you were out for recess and all the kids would have a contest to see who could spin the longest without falling down? Well I remember that, fondly, I was good at it... I never thought I would have to relive that feeling as an adult though... The dizzy spells were short lived, 10 minutes or so of dizzy craziness and then I would go about my day okey dokey... It was around that time that i was diagnosed with high blood pressure. We tried a mess of things to reduce it but eventually I had to be medicated for it and because of my age and general good health I also had to undergo a series of tests to rule out any blockages that could be causing the elevated blood pressure... After all the pokes prods clicks and thuds, trying an even healthier diet than I already had and being very dizzy on and off trying several different medications in varying doses (including one that wound me up so tight I twitched and tapped my foot constantly) a very simple low does medication worked like a charm... and pretty much like magic my dizzy spells were gone!

Hooray!

I had experienced nothing more unsettling as a stay at home mom than knowing that a dizzy spell could take me out of commission while caring for my child...

What's prompted the dizziefied me? A dizzy spell the likes of which I have not previously experienced. This morning as K and I sat at the table finishing her Valentines for her friends at school I was overcome by a sudden wave of dizziness. I immediately removed a hair band I was wearing and took a deep breath... started wondering if I had: 1) taken my medication yes 2) eaten a proper breakfast yes 3) gotten a good night's sleep eh.. not really but I've had worse. I asked K for a glass of water which she gladly brought me and then I tried to sit very very still and concentrate on the room not spinning like a tilt a whirl... I stood up to retrieve something but found myself unable to navigate between the door frame...

crap

I sat with K and grumpily, helped her finish her Valentines thinking this too shall pass... after all it had before... After an hour I called Mike... I thought if I fell down and smashed my head into a door frame while trying to walk to the bathroom I didn't want him to be surprised... By the time I called him I was already laying in bed (as I am right now). The TV was on for K and she was watching lovely educational shows courtesy of TiVo (the other love of my life)...

An immediate edge of fear tinted his voice. We've been through this before, he was my rock... sadly how was I to be his rock while I was in a fun house of swirling whirling sober dizziness? He asked several questions, I answered them all as best I could and then he asked if I could take my blood pressure. After a comical trip upstairs to get the blood pressure monitor (comical for me, probably terrifying for him as I talked on the phone swaggering and audibly bumping into door frames and walls) I got the blood pressure gauge and headed back down stairs. I decided while I was standing I would make a side trip to the bathroom... only to discover upon getting in there that there was no TP. I would either have to go upstairs or downstairs to get some...

Crap.

Oh wait, I have a kid!! I called for K and sent her off to retrieve a package for me (who needs a dog, I already have a golden retriever). After feeling like I was going to fall out of the bathroom I managed to make it back to my bed, check my bp and lay back down where I am now waiting to get a call back from my doctor...

I've discovered that while I lay down the dizziness is held at bay... so at least for now the room isn't spinning...

Sigh...

** i should have noted that i do have an appointment with my doc and I am doing all I can for myself as is my fam**