Midlife’s A Trip

“What Fresh Hell Is This” Award – Vertigo

Posted on 25. Apr, 2008 by Karen in Misc

The 2nd “What Fresh Hell Is This” award goes to my ongoing case of vertigo.  As I wrote last week, I somehow have contracted BPPV – benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.  This bugger of an inner ear condition hasn’t responded to the weird set of exercises my doctor prescribed.  So yesterday, dizzier than ever (all right hold the funny comments), I headed back to Dr. Z’s office after pleading for an appointment before the weekend.

When Dr. Z came in, he lowered the chair back and told me he wanted me to lay back quickly.  With Dr. Z supporting me, I leaned back and the room began to spin at warp speed.  I remember gripping the chair as if to hold on for dear life while Dr. Z watched my eyes looking for something that tells him that the vertigo is worse.  He found it.  With that confirmation, Dr. Z brought out the little gizmo that vibrates your head to shake runaway little calcium rocks floating around in the inner ear canal back into the right place.  Of course, this is my lay-patient interpretation of yet another bizarre treatment of my vertigo.

Then the nurse brought a cervical collar in for me to wear to restrict my head movement for a week.  My first thought was “what fresh hell is this”?  But upon further reflection, I said bring on anything that will get rid of the spinning in my head.  So here I sit writing this post with my collar on and my dizziness reduced either by the treatment and/or the low dose of Valium Dr. Z said would help.  In either case, I can concentrate again.

Has anyone else had an experience with trying to get rid of vertigo?

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