You wake up, sit on the edge of the bed and, before you take the first step, there it is again:
that soft but annoying dizziness, as if the floor was made of rubber or the head did not quite fit with the body.
It is not a vertigo that makes the room spin.
It’s something more subtle, more treacherous: heavy head, unsteady steps, a feeling of “floating.”
Many are told: “It’s normal, it’s age.”
But as a geriatrician, I, Dr. Luis Luna, have seen too many patients improve to accept that phrase as fate.