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I first experienced this agony in August 07. Last year my symptoms were constant. I returned to work in December when the dizziness subsided to the point that I felt only a slight imbalance. I thought this was something for which I was just going to have to learn to compensate. I did okay until August 08, when one early morning I had a sudden and violent sensation while seated on the sofa watching the news before work. It was as if I was shoved down. A few minutes later I was okay, took a shower and went to work. Eight days later while at work the same violent sensation hit me again. This time I was leaning on a pipe that ran about 3 feet above the ground. A guy I was talking with said I let out a yell and ‘corkscrewed’ down to the ground. He said I was able to grab the pipe on my way to the ground and just sort of sat down. Again, a couple of minutes later I was back to ‘my normal’. After this I returned to the doctor and had another ENG test. This year the test showed a problem with my left ear, last year it was my right. I stayed home from work for 3 weeks without any further attacks and had to convince my doctor to allow me to return to work. I have been fine until this past weekend. On November 1st, while standing along the sidelines at a rugby game, I experienced another violent attack. This time there was nothing to grab on to, or so I thought. It seems I grabbed my 7 year old around the neck before I went flying 8 or 10 feet in the opposite direction. I wound up landing in a group of college kids that were sitting on the ground watching the match. I bumped heads pretty hard with one of them. The doctor on the scene for the match came running over pretty quickly. I explained that it was my ear and that I would be okay. A couple of minutes later it seems the only harm done was my embarrassment. I’m scheduled to see a specialist on December 1st, an appointment that took 2 months to get. I’m going to see my regular ENT again tomorrow, and I’m sure that means no driving and no work at least for another month until I see the specialist. What is so hard and so scary about these attacks is that between attacks I feel ‘my normal’, and I can be fully functional. The fact that I have had no indication of the onset of these last 3 attacks makes me concerned to live any kind of life.
November 2008
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