It all started eigth years ago. Before Shah was my 'abang'. After rigourous and exhaustive testing, Shah was diagnosed with vertigo. Intially it was very bad. He could not even stand on his feet or even sit up. Everything, to him, seemed to spin. It must have been very scary. But Shah took it all in his stride. Back then, he just had to bear with it and leave his family, his safe place and travel to the UK to pursue his degree. Unfortunately, his vertigo didn't subside within a day, a week or a month. He beared it for years. Slowly the intensity of the spinning sensation subsided. He managed to pursue his degree (and even higher), enjoy life in the UK and carry on working. Ploughing through all the while with the sickness paying a visit once in a while.
Unfortunately last Sunday, it returned full force. He woke up from sleep with a bad spinning sensation and he couldn't get up from bed most of the day. He could not lecture because the slightest movement of the head brought on the effects of vertigo. He got a referral letter from the GP to see an ENT specialist. So today, we payed the ENT specialist in P*ntai Medical Centre a visit. He confirmed again that Shah has vertigo. But he narrowed it down to positional vertigo or more accurately Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). There is no magic pill that can get rid of BPPV. He'll have to take the physiotherapy route. And to be safe, the doctor also wants Shah to undergo an MRI scan to overrule any other causes for the spinning sensation. So, next Wednesday we'll be visiting the hospital again.
I am worried for Shah. I hope I am doing all that I can to ease his pain and I pray to Allah that this time around he will get better much much faster. Hopefully the sickness will go away for good. Please pray for Shah's speedy recovery too ok? We'd really appreciate it and thank you with all our hearts.
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