It's All Falling Apart: #02

For the past week, my nipples have been sore, and I've had worsening bouts of vertigo. My only explanation for this is that I might have sinus problems – although I don't know how that explains the sore nipples.

The vertigo had gotten so bad I decided to book a doctor's appointment. For some reason, the clinic booked it as a phone appointment. After a series of questions about how bad it was, when it usually happened, whether I felt like I was going to throw up when it happened, and whether anything made it worse, the doctor brushed it off as one of those things that just happens "with old age" – I didn't know that started at 25. They wrote a prescription for anti-nausea medication and said they would send it to my pharmacy.

I forgot to mention my sore nipples during the appointment. I don't know whether this would have changed anything – pinpointed some rare disease with odd yet specific symptoms. "Oh yeah – sore-nipple vertigo disease. Take two paracetamol a day until it calms down." Maybe next time.