Earlier this month hubby and I went to the pumpkin patch. I was having a really good day. We had a great day together. We played in the pumpkin patch, went through the petting zoo, and had kettle corn. Last weekend I had another great day and carved the pumpkin I picked! Yay Pumpkins! (sometimes it doesn’t matter how much you pay for things later, it’s worth the fun you have in the moment)
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*this post mentions poop. if you are uncomfortable reading about poop or the smell of poop well, you probably shouldn’t have read this sentence….oops. Really this is as bad as it gets so if you’ve gotten this far, you’ll be okay.
The past few days I’ve been a big poopy pants. No really. I’ve had some kind of bug that had me running to the bathroom constantly. I’ve been trying to loose weight but this was not the way I planned. I’m sure most of you can relate.
What most of you can’t relate to is how this virus affected the rest of me, namely my vestibular system. When something like this hits me my vestibular system seems to think it needs to attack me too. I was suddenly having vertigo while fighting a vicious virus, well poop. Running to the bathroom with the room spinning can be a challenge. (thanks hubby for all the help, sorry about the smell.)
Any kind of stress can cause a person with Meniere’s to have more vertigo. When my stress levels rise there is a strong likelihood I will have vertigo. When my body is under stress there is even a greater likelihood that I will have vertigo. A virus will often have my head spinning. If I don’t have vertigo when I am stressed at the very least my balance will be more compromised than usual…yes even more than usual, it really is possible!
What can I do? When I have a virus there isn’t much I can do about reducing my stress levels, but I can try. I practice deep breathing exercises, not only does this reduce stress, it helps reduce nausea. I sleep as much as possible. When your sick sleep is a good thing. Really there isn’t a lot I can do, so when the vertigo comes I ride it out the way I do every vertigo attack and hope it isn’t going to be a bad one. Luckily, the attacks I had during this virus were not very bad. As long as I stayed calm, practiced mindfulness, and relaxed as much as possible I was able to get through it with as little extra stress to my body as possible. This was very important, as I was really sick.
I’m pretty darn lucky that I have a great hubby to help take care of me when things like this happen. REALLY LUCKY!
Now it’s time to catch up on life. What’s up with you?
Picnic with Ants 