In a place called "Vertigo" ....

no not the U2 song ...

I have vertigo for real ... darn it .. and my docs tells me that I seem prone to it and it will probably come on and off all my life.

I can't believe my luck.

Of all the things to be afflicted with, it had to be this one. I absolutely hate the feeling of being dizzy ... Wikipedia defines it as such ... Vertigo (from the Latin vertigin-, vertigo, "dizziness," originally "a whirling or spinning movement," from vertō "I turn"[1]) is a specific type of dizziness, a major symptom of a balance disorder. It is the sensation of spinning or swaying while the body is actually stationary with respect to the surroundings. My vertigo is not due to a bacterial infection BUT a problem in the inner ear balance mechanisms (vestibular system) says my doc.

I first had it in March this year .. that was a bad episode ... I threw up a couple of times ... it went away and then came back 2 weeks ago .. I was finally on the mend then it came back again a few days back.

WTH.

I can't swivel my head fast .. I can't look up and down suddenly .. and I have to lie down slowly ... it's killing me man.

Before you ask how I drive my Odyssey with this, well ..

Driving is not a problem cos I pretty much am looking straight ahead most of the time ... I just flick my eyes over to the side mirrors and turn my head slightly to check my blindspots so it's actually quite bearable.

Everything else is not. I was giving Calista her bath and had to pick her up from the bath tub .. I nearly toppled as I looked down and then tried to look up after picking her up.

sigh.

I am not on any medication currently as I am breastfeeding .. my doc urged me to stop temporarily and take the meds but Calista isn't trained to drink formula from a bottle so I'd rather not. So now I suffer ... the doc told me that without medication, it'll take longer for it to get better.