Don't be too alarmed, but this last week I had a bout of "acute labyrinthitis", at least according to the first doctor I have seen since I got my swollen "stress bump" checked out at the BYU student health center in 2002 or 2003. Carrie continues to mock me for never seeing a doctor, claiming that I am being an idiot when I avoid going to the Missouri State Taylor Health and Wellness center because it is free for me. She claims that if I was seriously ill that going in early would not only be practical but would help me feel better. Little does she know I would rather suffer silently than admit real weakness.
Anyway, while I was at work on campus I started to feel woozy. I assumed that it was because of low blood sugar because all I had eaten that day was a 2 bowls of Kix. I love Kix because it is light and delicious. I feel like I could eat a whole box, but that is probably because it does not fill me up very much. I only had an hour before Carrie would come to pick me up, so I decided to wait until i got home to eat. But my lightheadedness escalated quickly. I stumbled down to teh student union building in search of the most food for my buck. The obvious choice: Wok and Roll - local Chinese fare. Carrie finds it hilarious that when I was feeling lightheaded and nauseous I went and ate a plate of greasy Chinese food. But it seemed like a great choice at the time.
I ate my "2 item combo platter" and stumbled back up to the fourth floor of our building where my office is to wait for my blood sugar to reach normal. It didn't, and the room continued to spin around me.
Carrie finished work and came to get me and I slept for the rest of that day, only to wake up for a few hours to eat some chili and to watch the Truman Show. I went back to sleep with Carrie near midnight to wake up again at 8 the nest morning. I still was feeling a bit woozy, so finally went to the campus health center where I was diagnosed with "acute labyrinthitis, also called vestibular neuritis --- This is an inflamation of the balance apparatus of the inner ear, probably caused by a viral infection."
I have since fully recovered. It just went away after awhile.
6 comments:
Hope you feel better
So there is name for your stress bump. Do you feel validated or worried? I felt validated when I found out there actually was a problem with my leg. So did the doctor tell you how often you would feel this wooziness? Or what you will have to do to prevent it?
No. The stress bump has nothing to do with my wooziness as far as i know. The wooziness was just a one-time thing hopefully, due to an inflamed semi-circular canal that was over-stimulating the cilia that made me feel like my head was spinning when it was not.
The bump is still a mystery.
Could acute labyrinthitis possibly come from watching "The Labyrinth" too many times? I guess if that is true I am surprised you have never gotten a "phantom-tollbooth-ectomy" or a "never-ending-story-ite"
You're lucky if you have truly gotten over it.
Many people suffer repeat attacks every couple of weeks like I did.
They suffer the illness for months and years.
I took many steps such as adjusting my diet, supplements, adding exercises, to get over mine.
And I cover exactly what I did at my website dizzynomore.com
It's amazing how many people have this illness. And also amazing how many have never heard of it until they get it.
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