Sucks To Be Me

I had a great weekend.

I know, that doesn't suck. Right?

Well, let me tell ya about it. The end of it. Last night as I was eating my Weight Watcher's faire of 3/4 cup whole wheat pasta and 3 tablespoons of meat sauce, a whole broccoli plant and a salad for one (served family style) with seasoned rice vinegar, off popped the crown on my right (stage left) canine. Eight o'clock at night, I called the dentist for an appointment today. Camille calls me Captain (Captain Jack Sparrow) now. My tongue is so sore from cutting it on the rough edges. But you know how it goes when something is wierd in your mouth, it becomes a tongue magnet.

Theeeeen...I awoke at 3am with my whole room spinning at 500 miles per hour, nauseous and in a cold sweat. Freaked out. Got up, it was worse. Tried to calm myself with slow breathing. Didn't work. Woke Camille at 3:30 and spent the rest of the night in the emergency room. Diagnosis? I am having an episode of Vertigo. Scary movie? No, little stones in my inner ear. I knew Vertigo was an illness one could get, but I (so judgementally) thought it was a wussie disease. So you're a little dizzy? BFD Well, let me tell ya folks, it's a nightmare. Horrid. Unbelievable. I'm told it could be another allergic reaction to the mold at the school.  I cannot be near that area under the sink in the school kitchen where I don't have a horrible reaction.  I keep telling the landlords and they keep putting it back on me and something I did wrong (like knocking into the plumbing pipe when I store the bleach bottle).  Brooke tells me it was like this when it was Blue Sky.  All I can say is it's disgusting and now I'm sure it's making me sick.  Tsk.  Tsk.  I'm not sure what to do about it.

Today I'm lying low, listening to the book Into the Wild on CD, taking Antivert and praying it doesn't come back. I can't drive for a week. But I can't read or knit either. Bummer. Except for the no tooth thing. I wouldn't go out for a million bucks anyway! Yep. My friggin cup is half full.

Comments

[Lisa]

That is so weird. I know at least four people who have all had vertigo, for the first time, in mid-life, and all recently. I had a mild case of it myself when I was in Italy this summer. It felt like I was walking on a ship in high seas for about five or six days. I hope you are over it by now. :(