all praise to nhs direct
This morning, at around 04:30, I woke up. The room span, my eyes wouldn’t hold still and I couldn’t focus on anything. I felt nauseous. Every slight movement of my head caused me to vomit.
As you can probably imagine, this was pretty terrifying, as I’d never experienced anything like it (when sober). In a panic, I rang NHS direct, as I didn’t want to disturb the local GP unless I needed to. The nurse I spoke to was fantastic. She calmed me down and asked me questions to try and determine what was wrong with the hyperventilating, panicking, croaky female on the other end of her line. At one point she asked me if I had any neck stiffness, and of course I wiggled my neck to test this, and promptly threw up at her. But she was great, and I need to remember to write and tell NHS direct this, as they probably don’t get nearly enough thanks for the job they do.
Anyway, the local GP rang me, and told me that I had vertigo, and that I probably should stay very still for the rest of the day. Given that the slightest movement made me vomit violently, I agreed. Except that I woke up again at about 9am, and could move. So, I went to work.
I think I’m okay now, still a bit dizzy and spinny, and pretty much haven’t left the sofa since I got home, except to make the philb some honey and lemon for his cold.
I shall go to bed now, with all paws crossed that it doesn’t happen again.