Hi there. I've been having an odd couple of days. On Monday morning, as I was sitting at my desk working, I had a sudden and intense sensation of vertigo and nausea. It came out of nowhere, and truly knocked me for a loop. I was sure I was about to either throw up or pass out, but the feeling faded away, leaving me with a heart beating like a hummingbird and the sweat I'd just broken into.
The rest of Monday and Tuesday featured similar spells of faintness every hour or two, but nothing as frightening as the first episode. So last night, on the advice of my sensible supervisor at the library, I went to the Kaiser urgent care center in Oakland. After a battery of tests, I received a diagnosis I'd like to believe: I have picked up a non-infectious virus, and these are the side effects of my body's efforts to defeat it. And it should subside within five days.
I can handle the swooning spells. It was not knowing their cause that was scary.
Posted by Jason at October 1, 2003 05:31 PMI agree. "Waiting for the test results" can create one of the most helpless feelings of suspension I can imagine.
I'm glad it's only a virus. Speaking of which, I'm coming down with something, too. I hate being sick...
Posted by: Jen Bennett on October 2, 2003 10:56 AMi really hope they were right. if it doesn't subside in the expected time period, i'd go get an MRI ASAP. one of the symptoms of seizures is vertigo :(
Posted by: leblanc on October 3, 2003 11:35 AM