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Strawberry blonde in a dizzy world!

Day 14

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I did really well today considering I was bed bound at this stage of the treatment last time. I actually went for what could actually be considered a walk today, okay I had to have a few stops on the way, huffing and puffing like an old granny but it was more a stamina thing than a vertigo thing that stopped me from going furthur.

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I was well rewarded after with a ridiculous hot chocolate but it was well deserved and all the more enjoyable for it.

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I’m definitely not knocking the human ‘steam in the bag machine’ -Ground control to major Tom!

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“Day 14”

  1. Avatar November 4th, 2015 at 7:53 am Snowy Says:

    Oh my god you really do have that crazy thing!!! Looks like a human iron!
  2. Avatar November 5th, 2015 at 5:25 pm Susan Cartwright Says:

    Yes, had my Halloween outfit sorted 😉

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Who am I?

Was – independent, intelligent (with plenty of dizzy moments), successful, busy, funny (depending on how much Prosecco I and the people around me had!), quite stressed out but overall happy, without even realising how lucky I was.

Now  – ? just a mess really! I was diagnosed with Migraine Associated Vertigo (MAV) eight years ago when my life changed dramatically. It’s a variant of migraine that means I feel dizzy and tired nearly all of the time. If I try and do anything ‘normal’ this sparks of vertigo which gradually gets worse and worse until I pass out unless I lie down for hours, sometimes days. What this means is I spend 90% of my time in bed in a quiet dark room. Normal activities like shopping, walking, going anywhere bright or busy, the cinema even visiting friends who have patterned wallpaper or a gravel drive is a nightmare!

I’m continually trying new medications, all of them with quite nasty side effects (worsening of vertigo, weight loss, hair loss and sense of humour loss to name but a few) to try and find the magic one that will work for me. Fingers crossed the one I’m on now will work, time will tell.

A good friend set up this website so I could become a ginger whinger. No I’m kidding, so people can understand what I’m going through and maybe it would help me to have a bit of a rant. I have quite a dark sense of humour, I think that’s the only reason I haven’t gone completely bonkers! I clearly don’t have the most exciting of lives but I live in a small village with some entertaining characters and I’m always having blond moments (I blame the meds but I’ve always been a bit dappy!). Who knows I may even get better, and I can assure you life will be filled with amazing adventures then!

Scrap that! After zillions of Consultants all saying that they know what’s wrong with me and that they can get me better. Endless drugs and procedures I was finally Diagnosed with Chronic Lyme which was great – until I find out that nobody in the UK has a clue how to treat it. That complicates things some what 😉

 

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