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Strawberry blonde in a dizzy world!

Birthday girl!

April23

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Oh dear another year older but not too worried as I’ve had a few people lately think I’m in my early twenties (yay!) and I still struggle buying wine in Tesco’s. It’s so flippin hard getting myself to the drinks isle in the first place due to my vertigo (why is it always the furthest place away once you get in the shop?) it’s almost funny to then get ID’d just to make it that little bit more of a challenge!

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Had a quiet birthday made really nice by my family all descending with alcohol, cake and gifts (they know me so well) despite me saying I didn’t want to do anything. After a couple of Prosecco’s and not being able to find the scissors my cousin showed me the ‘Bread Knife and Two Pairs of Hand’s’ method of flower arranging – hmmm wonder where he picked that skill up?

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I then spent the weekend with friends in Reading where I found out the hard way why wearing a white top and eating a curry is a really bad idea (especially after one or two drinks!). I think Buster the dog also enjoyed some sensible adult company πŸ˜‰

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I have an appointment next week at the Visual Vertigo Clinic which should be interesting. It’s most likely that it will make me really really poorly but if there is even the slightest chance it will work I’m going to give it a go – let’s face it I’m pretty desperate. I have heard that one of their ‘tricks’ is to look at a big disco ball until you fall over. I’ll brush up on my dance moves (oh and my stacking it on the floor moves – come to think if it I’ve pretty much mastered those lately!)

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Right, now for some light reading πŸ˜‰

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5 Comments to

“Birthday girl!”

  1. Avatar April 23rd, 2013 at 5:53 pm Emma Says:

    Hope you had a good birthday Sues! πŸ™‚


  2. Avatar April 24th, 2013 at 10:26 am Susan Cartwright Says:

    Cheers Emma a big bottle of Prosecco was opened πŸ˜‰


  3. Avatar April 28th, 2013 at 2:06 pm Snowy Says:

    Video of the disco ball test please!!


  4. Avatar May 8th, 2013 at 7:18 pm Susan Cartwright Says:

    Cheers guys – the glitter ball test was not a pretty sight!


  5. Avatar April 30th, 2013 at 12:52 pm Tasha Says:

    Cake and Prosecco sounds like my kind of Birthday, hope the disco moves go well!


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Hi, My name is Susan and in 2010 I suddenly got very sick with vertigo and extreme fatigue. My life as I knew it changed forever. I had to leave my job as a junior Doctor to move back home with my family as I was unable to look after myself, let alone other people. It took a very long time, about 2644 doctors visits and ALL the tests to be told ‘congratulations, all your results are normal there is nothing wrong with you’, which was the most devastating news of all as there clearly WAS something horribly wrong, we just could not identify it.

 

Eventually, I was diagnosed with Chronic Lyme Disease which was great news as I finally had a reason to feel so ill. That was until I realised that there is no real recognised treatment and I was once again left to trying to navigate debilitating symptoms alone. More doctors, more tests, protocol after debilitating protocol and plenty of ‘ah ha’ moments later I finally started to heal. It was quite the journey and I have learnt a lot about what treatments are out there, and perhaps more importantly, the body’s amazing capacity to heal. I am now in a position where I want to help others to reclaim their health.

 

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