Monday 30 March 2009

Labyrinthitis, Virus or We-have-no-clue-itis

So, I have been flitting back and forth between two Doctors at my local surgery, depending on which one is on holiday, working part time, etc etc, and neither can agree on a diagnosis of my persistent health issues. The balance problem has become worse, to the point where I can't walk in a straight line anymore. I have weird altered sensation in parts of my body, and I feel nauseous all the time. One of my physicians thinks it is a virus, the other thinks it is Labyrinthitis. I have been on three different types of medication, in addition to the antibiotics, and none have made a difference to my condition. One course of tablets I couldn't even complete because they gave me insomnia. I didn't sleep for 5 whole days!

I finally went to MIU at our local hospital. They didn't have a Doctor on call, so I had to get my mum to drive me to Shaftesbury hospital to see someone. Once again, a diagnosis could not be decided upon so she said that Doctor # 1 could be right with her diagnosis of a virus, and Doctor # 2 could be equally as right with her evaluation of Labyrinthitis. In other words, you don't have a freakin' clue! So it was a waste of my time, my mums time, the nurses time, and the Doctors time.

Now all I want to do is catch up on some much needed sleep. After not sleeping for so long I am cranky and starting to look like the living dead.