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And I ain't talkin' about the movie. Six months ago a buddy of mine sold his bike because he had constant vertigo. In fact, he recently found out he has Meniere's disease. The fact he had to sell his bike was a hard thing for him to do, and I even kidded him about how big a WUSS he was. A week ago Saturday I woke feeling FINE. I sat down and turned my computer on and my world TURNED UPSIDE DOWN! My vision went black and the room spun so hard I had to hold the desk. It let up a little bit after about 30 seconds, but I was DIZZY and unbalanced the rest of the day. On Sunday it was worse, and I was bouncing off walls down the hallway. Last MondayI slept all day long and finally called my wife and told her I had to go to the doctor (I haven't been to the doctor in a very long time)...and even longer since I had any kind of wellness screen. But, she drove me to the doctor and he explained the possiblities to me. It could be blood pressure, an inner ear infection, loose "rocks" (seriously), and maybe even Meniere's disease! Hestarted me on Steroids, Antibiotics and Valium. My wife took me back home and I began my medications. I called into work the next day (first time in 5 years) and had my wife TAKE ME TO WORK on Wednesday. By Thursday I was well enough to drive myself by car (although that was scary...still not focusing right) and then on Friday...same thing, but driving was a little better. My goal was to RIDE yesterday. I rode approximately 400 feet and then turned around and came home. I was gonna ride today, and while I am better (maybe 90%)...something told me NOT to ride, so I didn't. I do plan on riding this week later in the week. My reason for sharing this story is let everyone know that something "seemingly" so minor can be a major impact on your life. My guess is that many of you that read this will have already experienced this and just not written about it...but if you've ever had this problem, you will NOT forget it. It is NOT unusual for older adults (I'm 55) to have an occasional bout with vertigo (I didn't know this)...but there are treatments for it. I PROMISE I won't ever call anyone a WUSS ever again for not being able to ride. Gettin' old is a BEOTCH!!
