Sitting at the dining table, I was suddenly hit by a wave of nausea, dizziness and then the strangest thing happened to my eyesight. The best way I can describe what I was seeing, is if you can imagine looking at an old 8mm cine film that has reached the end, getting stuck on the same frame, the picture in front of your eyes keeps flickering up and down. This disconcerting eye movement shaking my equilibrium thankfully lasts only approximately 20 seconds at a time, (for now). Having a routine check-up with my wonderful Neurologist, I was told this interesting although disturbing phenomena is called: Opsillopsia, which is normally associated with neurological disorders. How delighted am I (this is said with great sarcasm) that I now have yet another symptom to add to my ever growing array that makes my life far from boring! I love watching films, so I guess Opsillopsia (if one can even pronounce it) is quite fitting, making me feel that I'm constantly at the cinema. Someone recently hearing about my life said to me, “your story would make a great film”, which left me a little uncertain, not entirely sure this was a compliment. However, I seriously doubt that anyone has ever been nominated or won an Oscar for having Gaucher, Parkinson’s and Opsillopsia.
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