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Oh My Giddy Uncle!

Posted Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 at 13:16

I don’t want to bang on about health, but this I found quite amusing.

As a youth, one of the first Acts I planned on my elevation to the throne was to ban everyone over the age of 40 from discussing their health except with health professionals. I stick to that ukase faithfully; now all my friends are health professionals.

For the past two weeks I’ve been enduring bouts of giddiness. Standing up quickly, I nearly fall over. Rolling over in bed, I get violent pillow spin (no, it’s NOT the drink). I have to wait a few moments before getting up. At the Budapest exhibition at the RA yesterday I tilted my head to read a label on the back of a sculpture and carried on going down to the floor.

This morning I went to see the doctor about it. “Is it the drink?” she asked. She diagnosed it as inner ear problem; there’s some troublesome liquid inside which affects my balance. She prescribed some little tablets which I have to stick between my gum and lip and let dissolve. They’re called BUCCASTEM 3MG TABLETS.

Being a careful soul, I read the instructions which came with my anti-giddiness tablets carefully. They tell me:

“Side effects that may occur with Buccastem 3mg tablets are dizziness.”

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3 Responses to “Oh My Giddy Uncle!”

  1. sue Says:
    September 23rd, 2010 at 02:31

    Um…..that sort of defeats the purpose of taking the pills.

    hope that you are doing much better and don’t need any meds!

  2. Mike Says:
    November 22nd, 2010 at 11:46

    Might be worth checking this out if you don’t improve..

    http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bppv/bppv.html

    Sounds similar to my wifes symptoms. Good Luck

  3. Gwyn Says:
    November 22nd, 2010 at 11:58

    Thanks Sue, thanks Mike. I’m glad to say it’s all gone now, leaving me time to concentrate on my other ailments. Not before it was featured in The Guardian, however — have a look at this!
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/nov/12/simon-hoggarts-diary


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