I know what is causing the brain sliding around feeling!

CRYSTALS!

Well, technically it's Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) - you have these little calcium crystals that form normally in the ear, and sometimes they get dislodged. You feel vertigo when the crystals end up in the ear canals that help you sense direction - there's sensory ( Read more... )

This weekend has been a better one than I've been having lately. The past few weeks I've been feeling incredibly lethargic, and have been tempted on several occasions to call in sick to work, so my weekends have generally ended up being spent indoors not doing much.

Since I haven't any major symptoms of illness, I think I have to put this down to ( Read more... )

I think it's been a while since I've ever been this sick. I ended up taking the past three days off work, and hopefully will be recovered by Monday ( Read more... )

I am ill. I suspect it's the flu ( Read more... )

I ended up taking two days off work this week - came back today in time for a morning of work, and then the Finance & Legal department's Christmas lunch, after which we were all told we could go home. For a moment I thought about hanging out in the city for a bit and doing some Christmas shopping, then when it took me a lifetime to hobble down to ( Read more... )

Went to the doctor - unlikely to be a serious injury (my mum made him write out a script thingy for an x-ray just in case) but need to keep off it and elevate it and ice it, etc. etc. It's swollen up a bit and I'm making old person noises when I hobble, but I guess I'll survive ( Read more... )

Hurt my ankle in the first 10 minutes of training tonight. Some montage, huh?

Tomorrow's gonna hurt...

PS - "Are you woman enough for derby?" is a question that I'm pondering, and would also like on a t-shirt. I have not reached a conclusion as yet.

PPS - Sydney-siders, I've been reminded to tell you about the last roller derby match of the year - Seasons beatings! Get thee to the appropriate rink or indoor hall ( Read more... )

Sitting at the computer waiting for my family to get ready to go out. (The zoo! We're going to the zoo!)

And my right arm is trembling, ever so slightly, when it's at rest.

...

I think I should probably be gentler with the slamming into concrete pillars next time.

I woke up this morning with a crick in my neck. Not any old crick I may have thought I've had before - this is the mother of all cricks. It took me forty minutes to work up to sitting up and reaching for the laptop.

I feel like I'm being stabbed under the jaw every time I turn my head to the right.

I'm burning my pillows the first chance I get.