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Jackie07 · 09-29-2009, 12:48 AM

Got very bad vertigo during sleeping hours Sunday night. I was reading while lying in bed on my right side. When I finally was ready to sleep, I turned off the light and turned to the left side to hold my husband's hand. Suddently, the whole room started to spin around me and I cried out to hubby. I buried my head (facing down) for a while before opening my eyes looking to the left side - and that side of the wall was also spinning. A while later (can't remember the exact time - around 2:30 am), the same thing happened all over again. Eventually I went to the living room and slept in the couch around 4:30 am (so hubby could get some sleep since he will have to drive me to the hospital the next day) The wall in the living room spinned a little bit slower...

Hubby was able to get an appointment for me with our family doctor at 1 pm. (Around 11 am I threw up 3 times very tiny bubbled liquid) The doctor thought it was vertigo after the nurse had conducted two blood pressure test - one while I was lying on the examing bed, the other while I was standing on the floor. The doctor explained it to hubby outside of the room (while I was hooked on IV because the doctor thought I was dehydrated) and asked him some more details about what had happened.

He ordered chest x-ray and a C-scan. He's going to schecule an MRI also. Even though I had just had an MRI in February.

After I got home, I remembered that everything could have been related to the visit to the Physical Therapist Monday. She had given me some exercise to work on besides the walking 10 minutes 3 times a day. I did not feel like to walk at all and only did a little bit shoulder and arm rotations. Wait, the reason why I had requested for PT was because I had suddently felt my 'left-side weakness' about 3 weeks ago (after feeling left-side weakness following 'Vital Care' counselor's suggestion to 'walk every day'.) So there might have been some kind of problem existing already.

Just have to listen to our body...

ps. After family doctor saw my very scary MRI, he decided to give me a referral to the neurosurgeon... (10/22)

09-29-2009, 12:48 AM	#5
Jackie07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: "Love never fails." Posts: 5,808	Re: Anyone with Vertigo Got very bad vertigo during sleeping hours Sunday night. I was reading while lying in bed on my right side. When I finally was ready to sleep, I turned off the light and turned to the left side to hold my husband's hand. Suddently, the whole room started to spin around me and I cried out to hubby. I buried my head (facing down) for a while before opening my eyes looking to the left side - and that side of the wall was also spinning. A while later (can't remember the exact time - around 2:30 am), the same thing happened all over again. Eventually I went to the living room and slept in the couch around 4:30 am (so hubby could get some sleep since he will have to drive me to the hospital the next day) The wall in the living room spinned a little bit slower... Hubby was able to get an appointment for me with our family doctor at 1 pm. (Around 11 am I threw up 3 times very tiny bubbled liquid) The doctor thought it was vertigo after the nurse had conducted two blood pressure test - one while I was lying on the examing bed, the other while I was standing on the floor. The doctor explained it to hubby outside of the room (while I was hooked on IV because the doctor thought I was dehydrated) and asked him some more details about what had happened. He ordered chest x-ray and a C-scan. He's going to schecule an MRI also. Even though I had just had an MRI in February. After I got home, I remembered that everything could have been related to the visit to the Physical Therapist Monday. She had given me some exercise to work on besides the walking 10 minutes 3 times a day. I did not feel like to walk at all and only did a little bit shoulder and arm rotations. Wait, the reason why I had requested for PT was because I had suddently felt my 'left-side weakness' about 3 weeks ago (after feeling left-side weakness following 'Vital Care' counselor's suggestion to 'walk every day'.) So there might have been some kind of problem existing already. Just have to listen to our body... ps. After family doctor saw my very scary MRI, he decided to give me a referral to the neurosurgeon... (10/22) __________________ Jackie07 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2 NICU 4.4 LB Erythema Nodosum 85 Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills CN 3 GKRS 52301 IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M Diastasis recti Tamoxifen B. scan Irrtbl bowel 1'09 Colonoscopy 313 BRCA1 V1247I hptc hemangioma Vertigo GI - > yogurt hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk DEXA 1/13 1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer. Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2) 10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule. "I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe Last edited by Jackie07; 02-09-2010 at 09:10 AM..