The world keeps spinning

Despite what happens in your life the world keeps spinning, the sun comes up and life goes on. But I am not talking about the world spinning in that sense today. I'm talking about how I'm feeling, once again!

Vertigo-I know this is a movie title but I'm talking a medical condition here. I watched my mom deal with vertigo for years. And to be honest I think it affected her a lot, and became a way of life for her-sadly. She always struggled with balance, which I had also dealt with until things got really bad about three years ago. It was so bad that I could not get out of bed or move without vomiting. And my mom always said it made her feel like she'd been drinking. That is the best way to describe it.

So guess what I woke up with this morning?! My world was and is spinning-literally. I made the discovery a couple of years ago that a visit to my chiropractor and the vertigo would improve or go away completely after an adjustment or two or three. Alleluia!!

This little medical calamity is not fun. Walking much less walking straight is a challenge. Getting up regardless if it is from a sitting position or laying down is a challenge, if not sometimes impossible. The bed may spin or levitate-yes that probably sounds like a horror movie, but that is how it feels. Using the wall to walk is normal and how I remember my mom walking, with her finger tips lightly touching the wall to keep herself walking straight and a method I use. See, I learned from the best. You also use a focal point keeping your eyes down to learn how to move and walk in order to keep going without weaving all over the place. Thank goodness for flooring with lines-it helps you walk straight.

Today's attack got progressively worse as my morning went. I could not walk straight and keeping my breakfast down was getting to be a challenge. A midmorning visit to my chiropractor required some popping and adjusting, massaging my sinus's to get them to drain and I'm back at work. And a conversation by my doctor pointing out the fact that for the third year in a row I've been in his office with this vertigo issue at this same time of year is hinting that this could be related or triggered by allergies? Perhaps we are thinking, that is the culprit! I do feel a bit better, the stomach has settled down and I'm not doing much walking or moving around purely for the fact that I'm not too good on my feet and I don't want to look like I've had a liquid lunch!

So while the world keeps spinning my world does too, but in a different way and for a different reason but, and this is big news, we finally have sunshine, and this is a good thing because we've seen little, if any sun in the past week or more! May your world keep spinning and for all the right reasons!