So, Sunday morning, feeling fine. Enjoying the beautiful day. Blah blah suddenly dizzy blah. I thought I was well and over it, and I tilted my head to look at something and the whole room spun out of control. The rest of the afternoon was more of the same. I got much worse on Monday.
Made a doctor's appointment for Tuesday afternoon. She did several tests (hearing test, neurological tests), and had me lie down in an exam chair, which made the room spin again. Sitting up did the same.
It's not an infection, like I assumed, or fluid in the inner ear; she thinks it may be that the nerve from the inner ear to the brain is inflamed, and she's given me prednisone to take. However, I had some "atypical" hearing loss, and that, coupled with the dizziness made her want to do an MRI to rule out the possibility of a brain tumor; apparently there's a type of tumor which wraps itself around that same nerve which can cause these symptoms.
I'm pretty sure it's not going to be anything more than just an inflamed nerve and probably by Tuesday (when the MRI is scheduled), I'll be fine. It did freak Carl out a bit when I got home to tell him; he's going to take off work to go with me Tuesday. To me, since it's not really a possibility that it's anything more than inflamation, it's kinda funny... and I started teasing him last night... (hey, can you bring me the chocolate ice cream? I have a brain tumor.) (yes, I am evil, but I made him laugh.)
Posted by toni at April 21, 2004 10:04 PMDid they rule out Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)? That's what I have. Here's a website with info:
http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/disorders/bppv/bppv.html
Hope you figure it out. I can't do much for my BPPV but these stupid head exercises. Fortunately I only get the vertigo (dizziness) a few times a year.
Hmmm. I'm not sure, actually -- that was a very informative site -- thanks! She only said at one point that I didn't seem to have "positional dizziness" which didn't mean anything to me at the time. Maybe this is what she was talking about, but I honestly don't know. If I don't get better with the meds, I'll definitely ask about this.
Posted by: toni at April 21, 2004 10:00 AM