Dizzy
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My new year hasn’t started off quite the way I would have liked. The week of Christmas I had a head cold - no big deal, just a lot of blowing my nose and mainly that tired feeling you get when your body is fighting off an infection. So I spent that week working for a few hours, then sleeping most of the afternoon, then getting up to eat, then going back to bed - repeat for about 5 days. By the weekend before New Year’s I could tell that my cold was clearing up and I was feeling better - except I started to notice that when I blew my nose, I felt a little dizzy. On New Year’s Day I woke up dizzy, without any nose blowing, and by evening I was feeling dizzy even when I was simply sitting down on the couch. The next day I was so dizzy I couldn’t walk straight, so my daughter Rachel drove me to my doctor’s office. I discovered that it is not uncommon to have symptoms of vertigo after a cold - I guess the cold virus can get into your inner ear system and wreak havoc with your equilibrium. It surprised me, though, because never in my life have I had any problems with dizziness - for example, I have always been able to ride and enjoy roller-coasters without any side effects, and I don’t get seasick or carsick. I used to do my own car repairs, and never got dizzy all those times I banged my head on miscellaneous auto body parts, so I am a bit surprised now to experience a level of dizziness that incapacitates me. My friend Mark says that now I know what it’s like for him trying to ride “Space Mountain” at Disneyland, although I still don’t see that as a good reason to ride “It’s A Small World”. Anyway, this morning I am a bit less dizzy, so I’m hoping that I’ll be feeling normal by Monday.
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Comments can only be left at the new location.
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My new year hasn’t started off quite the way I would have liked. The week of Christmas I had a head cold - no big deal, just a lot of blowing my nose and mainly that tired feeling you get when your body is fighting off an infection. So I spent that week working for a few hours, then sleeping most of the afternoon, then getting up to eat, then going back to bed - repeat for about 5 days. By the weekend before New Year’s I could tell that my cold was clearing up and I was feeling better - except I started to notice that when I blew my nose, I felt a little dizzy. On New Year’s Day I woke up dizzy, without any nose blowing, and by evening I was feeling dizzy even when I was simply sitting down on the couch. The next day I was so dizzy I couldn’t walk straight, so my daughter Rachel drove me to my doctor’s office. I discovered that it is not uncommon to have symptoms of vertigo after a cold - I guess the cold virus can get into your inner ear system and wreak havoc with your equilibrium. It surprised me, though, because never in my life have I had any problems with dizziness - for example, I have always been able to ride and enjoy roller-coasters without any side effects, and I don’t get seasick or carsick. I used to do my own car repairs, and never got dizzy all those times I banged my head on miscellaneous auto body parts, so I am a bit surprised now to experience a level of dizziness that incapacitates me. My friend Mark says that now I know what it’s like for him trying to ride “Space Mountain” at Disneyland, although I still don’t see that as a good reason to ride “It’s A Small World”. Anyway, this morning I am a bit less dizzy, so I’m hoping that I’ll be feeling normal by Monday.
posted by Ruben at
7:03 PM
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