My ENG test today

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Hello everyone,

I wanted to let you all know how my ENG test went today. For those of you who

don't know, this is a balance test. The sole purpose of this test is to make

you have a dizzy spell so they can record the brain waves during the episode.

My husband had one of these a few months ago at another place, so I was a little

familiar with it, but when I got there I realized that they do things a little

differently at my doctor's.

They use a pair of goggles that have tiny cameras in there to record your eye

movements. The tech explained to me that I had to keep my eyes open during the

test or we would have to repeat it. I ended up having 4 episodes of vertigo

during the test, all recorded. Only once did I close my eyes, and the tech

said, " You closed your eyes, let's start over... too bad, because something was

starting to happen there. "

The first episode was when she told me to lean forward and very quickly turn my

head to the left and lay back, head hanging off of the table. She told me she

would support my head. Sounds easy, right? Well, I forgot to mention that

these goggles are closed in and completely dark, and remember, I had to keep my

eyes open at all times. Try focusing on nothing. Easier said than done. When

I went back, head to the left, everything seemed fine. I thought nothing was

going to happen, then that feeling I get hit me and I told her, " It's

happening! " and she said, " I know honey, keep those eyes open, you're doing

great. " She was really excited because she was getting good readings, but

normally when I have these dizzy spells, I HAVE to close my eyes. I started

crying because it is a scary feeling and it was such a tremendous effort to

force myself to keep my eyes open!

When it was over, she sat me up, was very compassionate and allowed me a few

minutes to compose myself. Another spell happened when she had me turn from my

front to my side, but it was mild in comparison. The last two occurred when she

blew the cold and hot air into my ears. She had me count backwards from 100

during this, and when the feeling hit me, I couldn't concentrate enough to do

it. I didn't really feel dizzy, but things were not feeling right. I asked her

when it was over if something happened just then and she said yes.

Unfortunately. I won't have the results until next Friday. The test was

uncomfortable because of what happened but I am glad it happened while they

could record it. The technology amazed me and, afterward, she checked her

computer and backed it up where the really bad episode was and showed me and my

husband how crazy the brains waves were during that time.

I know I blathered on forever. I apologize, but I just wanted to share this

experience with you. I am hoping for some answers soon. Hope everyone is doing

okay...

Gail

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