FRIDAY – NOVEMEBR 29 – DECEMBER 2, 2013
BOTTOM LINE:
Barb missing in action. Bruce drives us to Diamond Beach, NSW
BACK STORY:
Guess the great swim
that I took wasn’t so great after all. I
apparently got salt water in my ear and the dried salt crystals raised havoc
with my equilibrium. My eyes started
twitching in an attempt to compensate for the complete loss of my balance. The twitching made me severely nauseous. We had to move to our next destination, but I
became to ill to move. I had also been
doing all of the driving while Bruce, navigated and made lodging reservations
on the fly.
The motel directed us
to a “chemist” where we might find relief.
I was given a medication used for nausea with migraine sufferers and
told to begin taking the antibiotics that I had luckily brought with me.
Some how Bruce got us
to our next destination…in pouring rain and driving on the wrong side of the
road and the wrong side of the car!
Luckily for me, I slept through it all…and the next two days.
Bruce is my hero! He did research about sudden onset of vertigo
since he had a similar bout with it a couple of months ago. He found the “Epley Maneuver” which if done
correctly reverses the condition in 90% of people. I am writing this in case you know of someone
who suffers from dizziness, nausea and vertigo.
It took 5 times of trying before seeing improvement. I was motivated and continuing my condition
was not an option.
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