Comments on: Doctoring

By: sb

sb — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:57:32 +0000

Ugh, sorry you’re feeling so awful. My father had/has a similar condition. Nasty stuff.

By: sheepish

sheepish — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:50:43 +0000

Yikes, that sounds tough to deal with. Hope you feel better. I have to express a little surprise to learn that the Epley maneuver is not a finishing move in Greco-Roman wrestling, but you learn sumthin’ new every day.

By: wolfa

wolfa — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:40:54 +0000

But — but — advice? Please?

The Epley maneuver involves hanging your head off a table and having it turned this way or that to clear out particles in your ear.

My father is now into telling me it’s Legionnaire’s disease (which he had when I was little), except neither of us think it is that. Which is good, what with it having a high fatality rate. Though it seems less frightening than a brain tumour.

By: sb

sb — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:09:54 +0000

If you don’t have other symptoms, it seems like an inner ear problem isn’t unlikely.

My father ended up in the hospital for 3 days - he was so incapacitated they thought he’d had a stroke. He was diagnosed with labryinthitis, but what he said the docs said (crystals etc.) makes it sound more like bppv to me. (I wouldn’t be surprised if they described both to him or something - he has, uh, selective hearing on a good day.) There wasn’t much to do about it except wait and see if it improved. I don’t know if they did the Epley stuff with him or not. The vertigo and nausea did gradually go away over a couple weeks.

So, I’m sure that’s helpful. :) Maybe try meds for the vertigo so you can work?

By: Phantom Scribbler

Phantom Scribbler — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:36:28 +0000

My friend and fellow-whiner Neighbor Lady has been plagued by the same problem for several years now. I’ll try to reach her tomorrow morning to see if she has any advice.