Oddly Enough

This morning when Jeff sat on the edge of the bed to kiss me goodbye, I told him I was hot. Uncomfortably hot. But once he left I was soon fast asleep. Thinking I was dreaming, enjoyed the slight feeling of spinning each time I rolled over. But then around 7:10 I rolled onto my right side and it was as if someone pushed me down a hill in a barrel. I was spinning so severely it jolted me awake, my heart pounding and eyes rapidly moving back and forth. It took a few moments of me laying very still for me to regain focus. Thinking I was being silly I moved to roll back over. Uh, no, not imagining it. The sensation repeated. I slowly sat up, trying not to move my head. Now I was feeling nauseated, so I went and called the nurse hot line, puke bowl in hand just in case, before calling 911 because was dying. {Thought I was!}

Turns out it's Vertigo, I had heard of it but have never had it. "Take some travel sickness pills and get some rest, it's just an inner ear virus."

I took a pill and called Jeff and my MIL. She came over to check on me. After a couple hours of sleep the motion wasn't as severe but was still very much there. I bent over to get a breakfast bar from the cupboard and fell into the stove and counter...pretty scary stuff to have no control like that! So I sat with my MIL sipping tea and told her how my head and neck was hurting and I should probably take some advil. Well guess what, it took away all the dizziness. In my online research of vertigo, the last cause listed was migrains. I don't experience the typical mirgrain that my mom and brothers do. I get symptoms, the visual aura's and such but only ever experience little, if any actual head pain.

Since my neck and back have been hurting the past few days(time to see the chiropractor again) I'm sure this is the trigger. Sigh.

Not a fun experience, very frightening actually. I'm tired and my neck/back still hurts so I am off to lay down. Just though I would post this little experience. Guess I can be grateful that I don't get the major headache, that for most people, follows the first symptoms!