You guys have such serious stuff going on that I even hate to bring anything this trivial but I'm a bit concerned that Alan got dizzy for about 10 seconds today.

It doesn't happen often, (I asked him), he said "Oh this happens every couple of months". I said what happens? and he said "well, today I was sitting in the chair (he was in NYC attending some seminar). He was sitting in the chair (not rising up or anything like that), but just sitting , when he said he began to feel light headed. I asked him "did you turn your head or anything?" and he said "well, I don't know what I did but all of a sudden I got light headed and I just gripped the chair and I was fine in a moment".

So we have this dizzy thing happening every few months or so, (the last time he got up fast from the bed, and that lasted for a few seconds), and that was last month or so. But this time, it happened for no reason.

He does have a history of being dehydrated. He DOES NOT DRINK FLUIDS like I do. That much I know. And oh, he is on a no-salt diet for almost 2 years now, every since the stent (and way before, when he got the vertigo and went to the doctor and was told he had Menieres). She there is virtually no salt in his diet.

Now he does take metoprolol (25) once a day. He has never been on blood pressure meds in his life before the stent. His pressure (before the stent) was always 100/65 or thereabouts, so this guy NEVER had any kind of blood pressure thing going on. But when he got the stent we were told that once a stent goes in the body, the body's blood pressure rises, and you need the meds. So he did what he was told.

Now he will be seeing Dr. Fred next week to pick up his plavix. He's going to tell Dr Fred what happened and they'll check his blood pressure.

Oh, he has no headache, his balance is fine. He's inside eating some yogurt and watching tv and seems fine. So this spell (for lack of a better description), lasted a moment or two about 5 hours ago.

But usually, every time he gets a blood test, they always say "you're dehydrated". Can this cause occasional dizzyness??

Thanks much

Melody