Saturday 17 April 2004

I came home from hospital today.

The last week has seen me hooked up to a drip a lot of the time, with fluids and antibiotics. What a pain when I heeded to go to the loo! I had to ring the bell to get disconnected, then reconnected. The spinning was very violent from left to right, so it was a good thing that the walls were solid and that I stayed in bed most of the time. Any movement resulted in wild spinning.

After a brain scan and visit from an ENT specialist, they decided I was suffering from Vestibular Neuronitis, or inflammation of the balance nerve. It’s cause is viral and it can take several weeks to get back to normal – oh joy! I don’t ever recall feeling as debilitated as with this little number. It was just coincidence that it happened at the same time as my recovery from surgery.