I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning.....

In my ever growing quest for normalcy, in life and health, I have come up short, again. It is times like these when I wonder what I must have done as a child to deserve this constant barrage of weird ailments, I'm sure if you ask my parents they could render a lengthy list within a nano-second, but it digress. What, you ask is plaguing me this time??

The dizzies.

Not strong enough to mean anything to a medical professional and not weak enough to ignore; as Goldy Locks herself realized, they are just right. By just right I mean I have lost a little bit of my balance and I have motion sickness without the sickness, meaning I move my head to quickly and my stomach moves from my throat to my knees instantly, but I don't get any nausea. What I do get is pharmaceutical grade Dramamine which renders me worthless in 20 minutes.

Example:
This morning I woke up around 8:30am ate some breakfast, read the paper and popped a little pill. By 9am I was laying in back in my bed, still in my robe, with the sheets covering only my lower right leg. I was aware that I needed more sheets but I was literally useless, my arms and mind were shutting down and were apparently fine with the current situation.The next time I was conscious it was 11:30am, and I awoke to cat hair tickling my nose seeing as my cat decided to nest on my face while I was passed out. She normally does like to sleep close to me but I can only assume that most times I am with it enough to change positions and maneuver around her. Not on this stuff!! Once you are out, you are out. This brings us to yet another challenge, driving.

I am not allowed to drive while taking this stuff. For the first time I think I am going to heed my doctors warning about drugging and driving. Just typing this blog is making me realize that I am wacked out, it has taken me about 25 minutes to get this far and I have used the spell checker three times because I couldn't remember how to spell some not to tough words. I would give examples but I have already forgotten which words they were, hehe, I'm senile too!

Back to the point; I am stuck at home with my cat who has apparently been trying to smother me for quite a while, a pile of dirty laundry, which in sickness or in health I would ignore, and a blockbuster online movie that has been here since September that is dying to be watched. I have stuff to do and a cat to make amends with and yet I still can't cure the wanderlust within, I already want to break out. I know I can't drive, I mean I really understand this time, mailboxes would be just obliterated all around town if I were driving, but I'm bored and it hasn't even been 24 hours since I have been under house arrest.

On the flip side I always know if I get too bored I can pop a pill and lose a few hours, it might not be the best solution for killing time, but it's handy. Just kidding people, I have better things in mind to kill time; my stories, as Grandma Lucia calls them, tend to keep me entertained. "Days of Our Lives" may be tacky but damn if it doesn't take an hour from you without you realizing. Plus Amy Mishler's mom, Mrs. Lauer, sent me some salad recipe's so maybe I can hone my inner chef, starting with salads seems the least deadly cooking I can do with narcolepsy. (spell checked that one and I actually got it right!!!)

Well it's time for some lunch and another pill, another nap, and another chance for Scout to give me some "death snuggling". My doctor told me that this should all go away within a week or two so I am homebound for at least a little while longer. If you want to keep me company feel free to stop over or call between the hours or 8-9am, 12-2pm, and 5-8pm, I should be up then!!