Vertigo anyone?

[Cal-Gal]

Hi all,

I have had my second severe bout of "Vertigo"--in the last year, ended up in ER (today)

This time meds not working-Meclazine and Zofran.

They did a brain MRI and I am okay:)

Anyone else experienced Vertigo after treatment?
I never had it prior.

Hugs :)

[sassy]

Hey Cal-Gal,
Although I fortunately haven't experienced much of this side effect, I recalled this thread that might be helpful.

Hope so!

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=47861&highlight=vertigo

[Shobha]

Hi Cal-Gal,

I had severe Vertigo too about a month or so ago. I would wake up in the middle of the night and feel the whole room revolving to the point I would throw up. Fortunately, my MRI came back clean too.

I saw an ENT and was told I had some inflammation in the ear. One Ibuprofen before going to bed helped me sleep peacefully and after a week, it stopped on its own.

A lot of ladies here told me that it is very common to develop Vertigo after Chemo due to vestibular damage.

hugs,
shobha

[ElaineM]

If your brain and your ears check out okay can you check for a vitamin deficiency?
I hope you feel better soon. Take care.

[Chelee]

Hi Cal-Gal,
I've had vertigo before as you probably read in the link Sassy found for you. Every time I'd lay down at night the ceiling would spin. Same thing when getting up. I noticed it was always when I would turn over to my left side. It was awful...I dreaded getting up and down. I found out it was nothing more then what's called "BPPV". What stands for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. If I remember right it's from little crystals or particles that move around in your inner ear and cause the vertigo. (It's a very common benign condition.) If it becomes to annoying most PCP's know how to do a special maneuver with your head right in their office to get rid of the vertigo. They can even teach you how to do it yourself. :)

OK...all that being said...I am NOT a doctor. lol So please talk to your PCP about this...or make an appt with a ENT which is your best bet. That way if its caused from something else he will know. Since you had a clean MRI I am betting on BPPV. Let us know what you find out.

Chelee

[Becky]

Another thing may be blood pressure (too low) which can be caused by anemia (did your counts come back up okay - some people's don't).

At least the brain is okay. Also, how are your sodium and potassium levels - are they normal. Do you have a heart problem - this happened to my mom when she needed her pacemaker (just a thought).

[Jackie07]

Hopeful had posted an article on the balance issue that was quoted in the 'dizziness' thread:

http://news.bioscholar.com/2011/03/breast-cancer-survivors-more-likely-to-fall.html

I have experienced several 'unexpected' falls the past 2, 3 years. We need to keep in mind our new 'weaknesses' and take preventive measures.

[Cal-Gal]

Thanks Ladies for all the info--
Hugs,

[PinkGirl]

For what it's worth ... friend Bev, friend Jacqui, friend Rita's daughter, and brother-in-law Joe have all been dealing with benign positional vertigo for the past few months ... none of them had chemo ... I keep hearing about people having this ... maybe it's more common than you think.

[tricia keegan]

Sorry you have this awful condition Cal gal, a lady I do volunteer work with at the cancer centre suffers from this too and she has never had chemo or cancer!
My sister had it too a couple of times and they felt it may have been due to an inner ear infection!

[pibikay]

Hema had vertigo for sometime between her 6th and 9th Chemo