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Vertigo:
a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height, or caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve; giddiness. —Oxford Languages
A few days ago, I woke up and couldn’t even open my eyes because everything in the room was spinning around me. This was both lucky and unlucky.
Unluckily, The Hub consulted Dr. Google, who revealed that I had a stroke/brain tumor/heart attack/concussion.
Luckily, he reached my doctor who said to come in asap.
Unluckily, I still couldn’t open my eyes without throwing up, so I just pulled on the clothes the Hub handed me. It wasn’t until later that my outfit was revealed as purple knickers, black ‘bra thing’ (camisole), green leggings, orange ‘t-shirt’ (also camisole), blue and pink sweatshirt, and purple crocs.
Luckily, this is not at all an unusual outfit for Arran.
Unluckily it soon became apparent that I could never make it to the doctors’ office without doing seriously revolting and probably irreparable damage to my new car.
Luckily the medical practice here on the Isle of Arran is possibly the last one in the world who makes house calls. My frighteningly competent doctor (who I think is about 12 years old) came around to see me, and knew instantly what was wrong.
Unluckily, I think the Hub was a little bit disappointed to hear the diagnosis was ‘misaligned crystals in my inner ear’. While that sounds like a diagnosis from someone who has consulted runes or perhaps a crystal ball, it didn’t matter because she produced a hypodermic and shot me up with the cure. (I won’t say where she injected me except to mention that I’m typing this blog post standing up.)
Luckily, the shot worked with miraculous speed.
Unluckily, the cure didn’t last. The first shop I entered had somehow become a Winter Wonderland in mid-August. Obviously, I was still suffering from vertigo.
Pretty scary, both your vertigo and the shops getting ready for Christmas – Oh of course, it’s only four months and five days away. Better start counting sleeps.
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So true! And the clock it ticking. As I write this, there are only 177723 MINUTES UNTIL CHRISTMAS! And I haven’t wrapped (or bought or even thought about) a single gift. Where has the time gone?
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That is the worst!!! I had it once and it was horrendous. Glad you had the cute come your way. As for the Christmas stuff already out, there is no cure
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I thought the cure was miraculous. There is also a thing called the Epley Maneuver which involves much precision head wagging, but even the thought of doing that made me queasy. So it’s drugs for the win!
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makes me nauseous just to think about head wagging )
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🤢🤮
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A house call?? You do live in a different part of the world! Glad to hear you’re feeling better – how scary.
And Christmas decorations? It’s August! If you shop now, you won’t remember where you hid your presents.
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I’m not sure which was worse–the summertime Christmas displays or the fact that people were grabbing the stuff as fast as it appeared. Of course I’ll have to eat these words when I make a last minute dash in September and the stuff is already gone…
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Hahaha! 🙂
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Oh my goodness! I can’t imagine what that must be like and I sure as heck never want it. You are lucky to be somewhere that the doctor would come to you. You know how unheard of that is here. I’m glad you are better and hope you don’t get a replay. I’m already thinking about Christmas but not to shop. I start making things very early but just am not ready for it in a store yet. I realize they have to ship everything in to you and winter can be tough to get shipments. Maybe that’s what they are thinking.
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Oooh! Tell me more about what you’re making. I can at least live vicariously as I waste the remaining 177725 MINUTES until Christmas…
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I’ll let you know as soon as I get it all figured out. 🙂 I’m focused on a Bee Kind hoodie for a Friday birthday right now. Every year I beat my head against the wall trying to figure things out for people with way too much crap already.
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A doctor that makes house-calls! Fantastic. I hope it doesn’t trouble you again. Have fun with your guests this week.
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I know! I wouldn’t even dare put house-calling physicians into my fantasy books!
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Yuk! Literally not knowing which is up must be dreadful after years of thinking you didn’t.
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Yes! So true in all the ways…
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Oh Barb, that sounds very nasty, poor you….anything I can do?
Anything, except come Christmas shopping with you that is. Don’t think my head would cope with that in August, without spinning further out of control than it is now!
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Let’s make a deal. We’ll waste all but 180 of the 177725 MINUTES remaining until Christmas and then make a mad shopping dash about Arran in the last possible 3 hours before Christmas. (Of course, our presents will all be chocolates as they will have Easter decs up by then…)
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There is an exercise you can do for those pesky crystals, can’t remember what it’s called but once you learn how to do it, it works!
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It’s called the Epley Maneuver and I did learn it, but let me tell you those drugs worked a LOT better!
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Good to know, Barb…
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Wow! House calls…that’s a blast from the past. Glad the shot worked, vertigo is horrid.
Christmas get earlier every year, it’d ridiculous (says she who’s reading a Christmas themed book 😉 it is for a blog tour though)
Hope you all have a great week.
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Ho, ho, ho! Enjoy the book.
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A terrible feeling.I have friends experiencing similar problems!
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The amazing thing is that the cure was almost instantaneous!
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Excellent!
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Yikes! On both counts. So glad the jag worked swiftly.
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Drugs for the win!
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It’s Christmas every day on Arran Island!!🌲😋
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And your birthday too!
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Good to know…😘
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Sorry you’re going through this, Barb. I have suffered from bouts of vertigo once or twice a year for 20+ years. My condition is called BPPV. It’s destabilizing and demoralizing. I’ve been doing the Epley exercises (find on YouTube) when it happens. I wish I could get an injection instead! And of course, no house calls in Chicago. I went by ambulance the first time! I hope this experience is a one off for you. Take care!
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They did train me to do the Epley, but said the injection would be faster. And it was almost immediately effective. Drugs for the win!
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blimey, what an ordeal…. AND a home visit by a doctor?! Sounds like a fairytale. I’m only glad that you seem to be on your way to get better.
Christmus stuff NOW – in August?! That’s insane. But then, who knows if and when your ferry works again – maybe that is the reason for this very early Xmas display?! Just trying to cheer you up 😉
And you are clearly the only one person who can write a funny blog on something so terrible, ultimate vertigo AND very early Christmas. I don’t know if you are extremely lucky (to be such a brilliant writer) or terribly unlucky (being always in the throng of mishappenings). Sending you love and best wishes.
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I’ve always thought I could laugh or cry. And I’m an UGLY crier…🥹
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I get vertigo as well – this time of year Christmas is scary! Feel better soon!
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I had NO idea this was so common. They did show me the Epley maneuver, but the shot was just SO fast. Only residual effect was when I tried to sit on the injection site.🤕
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I love the Hub’s sartorial sense of humour! Sorry to hear about the vertigo but glad that an injection was able to sort it. The supermarkets here have been sneaking Christmas things onto the shelves, but none of them has been brazen enough to put up a tree – let alone one with lights. If they start playing Mistletoe and Wine, you have no choice but to take immediate remedial action.
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Actually, no sartorial comment intended. (The man’s entire wardrobe consists of a row of blue oxford buttondown shirts, another row of khaki trousers, and a few pairs of jeans. Choice isn’t something he ever deals with…
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My mother had that. Only they didn’t have a shot for it back then. And it first hit when she and my stepfather were on their boat in the middle of the intercoastal waterway 600 miles from home.
As for Christmas decorations in August… I thought we only did that in the commerce-crazed U.S.
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To be fair, the store was Costco. Maybe the Xmas stuff is out in their US stores too?
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Again, WordPress won’t let me like your comment.
If Costco’s or any other store has Christmas stuff out already, I’ll be walking right back out of that store! That is just wrong!!
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Yay, I think I fixed the not being able to like problem. I changed the tracking filters on Firefox. (Don’t ask me what those are; I just read something that said try changing them, so I did.)
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