Dizzy and frightened this morning.

[elfs]

I had one of those frightening scares this morning that make me worry too much about my health. I'm sure that on some level I'm quite healthy for a man my age, not spectacularly so but still. The alarm went off and I tried to stand up-- and immediately fell down. I caught myself on the edge of the bed, straightened up, and took two steps-- and found that I couldn't walk. I was too dizzy. My body wanted to pull to the right. My right leg was askew, the toes turned out in a way that's not normal for me.

It felt as if half my body were taking longer to wake up than the other half, and I've never had that happen before. I felt fine until I tried to move and then my body defied me. I am not happy about that. Just another reminder of the thousands of different things that can go wrong with the brain and body.

It took nearly five minutes for whatever it was to pass. I managed to get Yamaraashi-chan up and moving, and by the time I'd gotten dressed I was able to walk confidently. Hell, I had to make a quick run to the grocer as we were out of milk-- 11 minutes, not my best time, but tolerable.

Anyway, I made it out to the bus on time, and am all right now. It took a while for the fingers to wake up for typing, too, so maybe it was just a fluke of some kind.

[Edit: My doc agrees, and will see me tomorrow morning. She said if it happens again I should get myself to an ER immediately.]

Comments

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

Talk to your doctor soon. This sounds a lot like a TIA, or stroke precursor.

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

Yea, that's exactly what I was thinking. Don't fool around with this, go get seen.

[(Anonymous)]

Make it three.

And while I know it is not just an academic issue to you, do let us know so we can find out if we're right or not.

[slutdiary.livejournal.com]

And maybe it wasn't a fluke.

It does sound neurological.

Please get it evaluated and soon?

[littleone66.livejournal.com]

Have you had a cold recently? Could be something inner ear. Best bet to follow the instruction of the others.

[polydad.livejournal.com]

You've got a lot of folks who care about you, Elf. Go get that checked.

best,

Joel. Who sides with the 'stroke precursor' theory.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I'm only 42. It's... not right. Omaha reminds me that I've always had trouble with my ears, but yeah, I'm going to hit the docs tomorrow.

[polydad.livejournal.com]

Do that, please.

best,

Joel

[codeamazon.livejournal.com]

You know darned well that age is only ONE factor.

And the biggest factor in longevity is whether people ignore early signs (my Grandad, who died of brain cancer after ignoring a growing mole) or address them (my stepdad who has out-survived every other male in his family at this point, by starting on the cardiac diet at 20.)

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Yah, I know. I am getting it checked, okay?

[codeamazon.livejournal.com]

Yeah..I saw. Just a bit familiar with a stubborn male who feels he's too young for this, damn it. ;-) So adding my voice to the chorus, and was trying to reassure a bit too. Early care works stunningly well for an awful lot of things.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

The BF, who is 41 *now*, had a brain hemorrhage seven or eight years ago. He didn't know anything was wrong until he collapsed getting out of the shower, so yeah, go see the doctor.

Because being dead is WAY overrated. Being brought back from being dead is also way overrated.

I'll keep you in my thoughts

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

and hope it was nothing serious.

[latheos.livejournal.com]

As someone who's had several strokes, and is married to someone with similar issues, I'm going to have to join with the consensus on this one, Elf.

No joke, Elf. This is serious business. Don't let something like this slide.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[danceswithlife]

Final thought...if you did not do so today, please let the people you work with know what happened so that if something happens at work they can give the info to the paramedics.