I WAS DRUNK!

Not really but thats what I felt like this morning. Let me explain... I was dreaming this morning and in my dream the room started spinning. I woke up and I was laying there and the room was spinning!! I laid there for a minute and then I knew I had to get up. I got up and it was still spinning. I managed to get down stairs. I walked into the wall one time. I kept thinking it was ease up but it wouldn't. I can only describe it as feeling like I was drunk. Or like on a boat or something. I wasn't naeseous at all. I just felt wobbly. It was really weird. I actually called someone to pick up the girls b/c I knew I couldn't drive that way. It lasted for about an hour. I called a few people to ask them what was going on and I kept getting told it might be my inner ear. So I finally went to the doctor.... thanks to my FIL who came to watch the boys.

By the time I'd gotten to the doctor I wasn't feeling it anymore. I wasn't feeling myself but I wasn't spinning anymore. My blood pressure was up... mine is normally around 110/68 or so but today it was 143/74. He said that could just be b/c I was freaked out about the spinning junk. He checked my ears and nothing. He did several neurology test but said it wasn't that either. He said it might be _____ (i can't remember what he called it) but he said he wasn't really even comfortable saying it was it.

I mentioned to him that I had recently started working out but he said he didn't think that had anything to do with it either. I also mentioned my past heart issues. He said it wasn't that either but he was real interested in my heart issues. I told him my diagnosis and he was familiar with that. He said he was going into cardiology but went through a divorce and stopped. I told him I'd seen 2 different specialist and both said they'd do something about it but they never did. He ended up making me go up the stairs and then listened to my heart and he heard the skipped beat. He also did and EKG and it came back with some abnormalites too. He had me sign over my release papers for the heart doctors to send my stuff. He's going to check into it and find something for me. I was very excited about this b/c like I said... the other doctors kept telling me what they were going to do but everytime I'd follow up with them they'd just put it off.

No I didn't get the answer for what was wrong this morning but I'm pleased about the heart part. He did give me something to take if I were to have my dizzy spell again.

Needless to say with all that drama I didn't make it to the gym this morning and I was very disappointed. BUT.. Matthew came home early so I was able to go this afternoon. I set a new record for myself. I walked 3 miles in 1 hour. I was really proud of myself. I watched Ellen and Extra to get myself through it!

I did weight myself this afternoon... I normally weight on Friday MORNINGS. According to the scales I've only lost half a pound but I'm not sure thats right since it wasn't my usual weight in time.