LOL! The spavined hip remains…spavined! Well…actually, that’s a bit of an overstatement. It does still hurt. As in HURT. But…nowhere as much as it hurt yesterday. The pain does seem to be going down a little.
My guess is (Doctor Hay Speaks!) that the worst of the pain will be gone after about another three days.
Just now, it’s a whisper on the nerve-wracking side. Horribly light-headed! Feel like I just might faint.
Why, I can’t imagine: it doesn’t hurt THAT much. But weirdly, somehow I’m dizzy and my heart is pounding and it does indeed feel like I could pass out.
Why I would feel like my head is about to float off into orbit: that escapes me. Haven’t had so much as a sip of booze all day: no wine, no whiskey, no nothin’ in that line.
Soooo….what’s with the crazy light-headedness? Seriously: it doesn’t feel like anything near enough pain to make me pass out. Hmmm…pulse seems to be pounding a bit fast…why??? Ears whistling….woooooooooooooooo!
Probably ought to repair to the ER. But my poor son has been SO HARASSED with this stupid stuff, I do hate to call him and ask him to deal with some new episode.
Should I walk up to the ER? Doubt if I can get that far, on foot and alone.
Hmmmm…. Let’s try reclining on the sofa…phone in hand. Assuming I can get that far….
WHOA!!!
Google “Can ibuprofen cause vertigo,” and here’s what you get:
LUUUUVLEEEEE!
Dammit! I’ve been gulping ibuprofen for…what? the past three days? Hell, longer than that! The past FIVE days.
Wouldn’cha know?:
Honestly, I seem to be growing more and more sensitive to over-the-counter nostrums. This is the first time I’ve enjoyed what appears to be a reaction to ibuprofen. But…hmm…on the other hand, I wouldn’t normally dose myself with it for several days in a row.
So????? Does that have anything even resembling significance?
Possibly: I may simply have OD’ed on the stuff.
……
hmmmmm….
Ear whistling seems to be backing off a bit. Both ears feel weirdly congested, but the loud WHEEEEEE is slowly fading.
What to do, what to do? If anything….
Hanging on for another few minutes: off to pass the idle time on the beloved Internet….
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Next Google: Can Ibuprofen cause tinnitus?
. This side effect is often temporary and reversible once the medication is stopped, as it often results from decreased blood flow to the cochlea.
Uh HUH! Wouldn’t you fukkin KNOW?!
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Hmmmmmm…. What to do here?
What to do what to do…. Well… As we sit here fussing, the ear howling is slacking off. It’ ain’t gone….that’s for sure. BUT…neither is it still wailing like an air-raid siren. Hmmm….
Welll…..it doesn’t look like this is gonna be fatal. (Hey! if it DOES kill me, at least the ear-wailing will go away!)
So I think it probably will be safe to wait another half-hour to sixty minutes, just to see what happens. If the wailing continues to fade, then I’ll just let it go…and never, EVER swallow another ibuprofen pill.
If the ears are still howling after a half-hour…then what? Guess I’ll just walk up to the local ER and see what they have to say about it.
Goody. 😮