Leigh takes drugs!

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So my dizziness was getting bad. Really bad. It's not dizziness per se as in "my head is spinning". This seems to be the part people don't get.

My head isn't spinning; it's bobbing up and down.

You know how when you stand on a boat or a ferry and you try walking, you're kind of trying to move over the syncopation of the waves as they toss to and fro… well, it's like that. When I'm standing up, my head thinks the ground is going up and down and my head feels like that. Sometimes even when I'm sitting, but it seems to happen a lot while I'm moving. It's makes walking and walking up stairs interesting, I'll say that.

So I've had this since Wednesday. I went to see a doctor about it on Sunday.

It's not a cold. It's not an ear infection. It's… she doesn't know. Apparently liquid can seep into the ear and cause imbalance but I've been prescribed Stemetil (which I've bought in the form of Stemzine) that I'm supposed to take two pills of 3 times a day. It's supposed to clear it up reasonably quickly if I have it… but if it doesn't, I'll need to go back in for tests.

Guess what? It ain't working very well. It might be a start mind you as I don't feel quite as off, but I might not be noticing it as much on the weekend because I had stuff to do. I only noticed it Wednesday through Friday last week on my breaks really… mostly when I was wondering why the world was behaving so strangely as I hovered in front of the urinal… or hovered more than I usually do. So it might be happening the same amount since on the weekend I wasn't doing a lot.

I notice it more when I'm standing and I like to stand at my computer at home, but that's because I like to stand over the radiator heater. Mostly, I think it tries to burn my balls off, but since no one is bothering with them besides me, it provides a nice amount of heat without singing my testicles off.

I've never been able to swallow pills, mind you. You'd be surprised how quickly you learn when faced with the prospect of "take pills" or "have a brain test". Still, if these don't work it'll be Door Number 2 for me…

Anyway, today we had a TV shoot for Cybershack… my first one. So I grabbed a taxi with work money and headed down. The shoot was okay I guess. Lots of tempting of gear I'll never be able to afford from Bang & Olufsen. Nice people though.

And now for no other reason than just to be strange, have some pussy:
 

Anyway, on the way back, the cab driver dropped me off on the other side of the road from where the building was. I blame the "design" of St. Leonards. So, as I'm trying to get the HP box onto the evil hand trolley and get it situated to it'll actually work up the hill, the damn hand trolley flicks itself in one direction and then comes back hitting the right side of my face near my eye. It hurts. It's a bit puffy. I will tell you… St. Leonards-isians are sooooo nice with people trying to cross the road with a hand trolley and a big fucking box. They don't move out of your way or even offer the slightest bit of help. Just… fuck.

I've also noticed how bloody rude some of the train people are. Like… the right side of escalators is for walking down or up… not standing next to your best mate or girlfriend or boyfriend so you can make the rest of us want to force a rabid hamster into your rectum and see what it does for fun. Jesus Christ… I know people do it in Westfield Shopping Centres too. You people who do it… you're asses. Read the fucking signs and stop cramping the rest of our schedules.

*sigh*

I'm glad I've gotten that out of my system. I know it's not one of the side effects of the medication, but fuck it… I'm claiming it is anyway.