Vertigo

[Patricia]

Hi Meredith,

I have also had a low level of episodic vertigo for about 5 weeks now as well, although yours sounds more pronounced than mine as I did not notice a change in my ability to walk well. I am unsteady though when I close my eyes, like when I wash my hair I wobble and feel like I am going to fall over so I put one hand on the wall to steady myself. The main symptom for me is that I feel like the world is moving and when I move my head or change my visual perspective I feel dizzy and it feels like there is a delay for it to all synch up. I get it in waves that can last from 1 minute to all day.

My onc told me to let him know if it got worse and he would schedule a MRI, I went to the internist yesterday to try to explore the non cancer possibilities and the internist thought it could be BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo - although I was missing one of the classic symptoms) and suggested I do the BPPV exercises (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ver...S00547&slide=1) for the next week. He said if it persisted after a week, it was definitiely not BPPV (because the exercises are like 95% effective at solving the problem) and to call the onc to get the MRI.

If you dont mind my asking, what was your stage of dx? I am curious if you are an early stager like me. I keep thinking it is highly unlikely for it to be mets for me given my early stage.

Hugs,
Patricia