Big Wide World

there are only a few situations in life in which its fun to spin. drunkenness is of course on top of the list, whirling around as a child over and over again is another. however, being sober and getting vertigo suddenly, all the time, is not a fun time.

recently, i've developing this symptom. its passing now, but it was there for a good week. every time that i got up in the morning, my eyes would roll to the back of my head, then they would tunnel out and roll to the right. always to the right, i'm not sure why. then, every time i'd move, i'd get serious vertigo, with the world around me just spinning out of control. couldn't go to work for an entire week (ok, well, i guess sickness has its perks). and, the best part of all, lots of visits to the doctors, blood tests, x-rays, ecgs, and two ear experts, in order to find out.... nothing. yeah. we can send robots up to Mars, but i'm not sure why i have vertigo.

i've learned a lot recently though. i learned that its usually an inner ear infection (not this time thanks), its associated with hitting your head (nope, strike two), well, it goes on, but bottom line, mine doesn't fit into any expected cause. so, you get doctors saying, "well, i know its not...." x, y, or z. i love when doctors don't know what you have.

and what could it be? well, that's a good question, let me tell you. it could be a virus in the back of my head. it could be calcium build-up in the hipocampus, or it could be some other not so fun stuff. i'm shooting for a or b of the scenario. i have one set of results coming tomorrow, so we'll see.