INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Loveroflife

JunieB

Loverly - Believe it or not the amount they removed from my ears was not all that impressive. Must have been packed in there just deep enough to cause the dizziness. Also, I used to have a 1999 VW Beetle, but it was requiring too many repairs, so after the last round of $2,200.00 of repairs, I sold it for blue book value of $2,600.00. Ouch! I just couldn't afford to keep putting money into a 16 year old car, so now I use the local bus system. Much, much less expensive. I had to decide if I wanted another car or a puppy and I chose the puppy. Much better company. The only time not having a car is a problem is when I do my major grocery shopping or when I have to go to Portland (50 miles away) for a doctors appt. Gotta have your priorities ya know? lol.

whose birthday is it?

susan3

lover, it's my birthday today

My daughter taught swim lessons too. Was a assistant coach for awhile also. One of her coaches wanted to take her aside and work on butterfly. She had a great one. Was about 9 or 10 at the time. She didn't want to work that hard . She loved so many things, singing, theatre, swimming, piano. She wanted to do it all , and did. Swam in college for 3 years, then went to chile for a year. She is an immersion teacher. I actually got trained to be a official. Still got my whistle:

Smaarty

Susan! How old are you noooooowwwww!?

Holeinone

Happy Birthday Susan !

susan3

smaarty, I am 56..... Thanks for the great pictures guys!!!

feelingfeline

Happy Birthday Susan

feelingfeline

Loveroflife

JunieB

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN!

JunieB

So it appears that the ear cleaning did NOT resolve the dizziness issue. So I called Doc. today and they said as long as the dizziness isn't associated with nausea or vomiting, it is probably a touch of vertigo. Oh Goodie for me. NOT! Well I just have to keep remembering that it can always be worse and keep praying.

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Loveroflife

Susan, it's wonderful to hear Claire loves life and is talented. What is an immersion teacher? I happened to come across your post re: your BD when I was checking to see how MammaRay was doing. I think about her often. Glad she is still reaching out for support.

JunieB, I looked into public transportation at one time and it would take me two to three times as long to get to work as I live in the suburb and work near downtown. I hate traffic. It's one of the stressors of my life. Had a few car accidents in my lifetime (nothing serious).

Meadow

Happy Birthday Susan!

susan3

thank you everyone

Lover, Claire teaches English kids is all subjects (4th) grade, speaking Spanish all day long. They transition back to English next year, then by 8 th grade they are bi-lingual and bi-literal . She loves it.

Jazzy, sorry you are still dizzy....major ick

Gingerbrew

Happy Birthday Susan!

Your sitting room, parlour is spiffy. You could make a roman shade of whatever sort you wish yourself. You could find the supplies you need online pretty easily.

Well we own a new, to us, house officially today. We get the keys at 5PM and the great make it safer part of the move begins. We are in a rental so we have time to put the 3M treads on the staurs and grab bars in the bathroom and pull out drawers in the lower kitchen cabinets. I have the blinds on the way and closet systems already delivered. Our son in law will install the closet thiungys and an old friend who is a kitchen designer is coming to visit for a couple of weeks and she is going to install the drawers.

The house is a raised ranch flip so all the window coverings are gone and I leaned on Home Depot staff to try to get the order right. They are so nice and helpful.

I am excited but also nervous. I still can't really walk more than 20 or maybe up to 50 feet at an maximum but with a lot of pain. I want to walk so I can go to the zoo with my Granddaughter. I am thrilled to have a sewing room again, I even laid it out on graph paper. It is the family room, the whole room!!!!!! I will take a photo once I get it mostly organized. My Granddaughter will have this little nook to put on shows for us. She is 5.

About dizzines I have a history of getting inner ear infections in the early fall. I take decongestants and it seems to stave it off. If it goes full blown it is really debilitating.

Have a great birthday Susan!

Hugs Ginger

susan3

thanks ginger. Hope you get some stamina back. That's not fun...but the zoo is . I love going just by myself

Wren44

Happy Birthday Susan!

I have to say that one of the best perks of being retired is not having to commute in traffic. I don't miss that at all.

Ginger, How exciting to have a new home! And time to fix it up just the way you want. I keep trying to talk DH into looking at one story houses. I think he panics at the thought of not having a basement for his junk (stuff).

susan3

thanks wren

sas-schatzi

Susie & Junie I love the overstuffed time period too. Not stiff like Victorian or some modern. Homey, inviting just like your room. With couches, Greg and I would always lay down on them in the store with and without the couch pillows. Always got strange looks. Only made the mistake of getting one love seat. It did not last long b/c I couldn't lay down. Hmmm, the time I got the new couch after the loveseat failure, I had to convince them to sell me two couches.

I got into the old stuff b/c of Mom and her sisters. Started at 19, but thrifting started in earnest with BC. I'd figure time for one stop before and one stop after. It took the energy(control) away from cancer. It was cheap, I'm cheap. Prayer, love, thrifting, and BCO got me through the rough times. Like your knitting, jazzy's music, Jwoo's concert trips and travel, Mags painting and remodeling. Chevy's gardening. Now Ginger get's to play b/c she's closing on a new house. Clean slate to recreate herself.

sas-schatzi

Junie, loved your story about the dizziness AND that she listened to you. Dizziness is one of the most difficult to pin down a diagnosis, that's why she said go to the ED the next time. Never ever heard that bear (autocorrect for ear)wax can put so much pressure on the eardrum that it sets off an imbalance.

I'm going to google it and see what it pulls.

I'm 2hours from Tampa. DS Steve lives there. I will drive over if you come down. Lickety-split. Or you and your friends could do a road trip here

sas-schatzi

Well, that was fun, I never studied ear wax. This doc did a nice little paper that is evidence based and he kept it simple. It's like he's sitting on Susie's comfy couch talking to us. It is truly worth a read.

http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/hearing/wax2.html

However, it has set me off on a quest. He referred to a reference associating it with BC. Drops it in, but no other explanation. Not fair. Now I have to work.

JWoo

susan3

thanks jwoo:)

Loveroflife

JunieB- We must have posted at the same time. Sorry the dizziness came back. Dehydration? Congestion? Sinus infection just as Ms. Ginger mentioned?

Susan- in what state does Claire live? And here I thought immersion teacher teaches people some sort of water therapy

Ms. Ginger, how exciting about the new house! Can't wait to see the pictures. What is causing you pain? Oh boy, I just realized I am ask too many questions in one posting.

I would love to retire now, but then we would have to eat packaged ramen noodles everyday.

susan3

Claire is in Grand Rapids Michigan. Water therapy...funny

sas-schatzi

Junie, suggest an Ear/Nose, and Throat doc. Likely can be from a week till 1 1/2 months if you are a new patient. When I said it could be difficult, this link is to a differential for dizziness.

http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/index.html

I suggest you take you BP in the morning after you pee. Then also, take it when dizziness occurs

Date/ time............BP............pulse...........Note...................................................................................................... Use lined paper.

Under note put either no symptoms, or describe symptoms, and if they're was any activity before the change. What you did, and how long before it resolved. By the time you get into a ENT doc, you will have some info for him already documented. This will save time as the very first rule out of dizziness is cardiovascular. He will think you clever.

The biggest number of falls related to dizziness occur with trying to get up to go pee. Fast movement is our nemesis. Figure out rules to not get up fast. Might even include an alarm wake up if you don't wake in the middle of the night. That way your bladder won't be too full to allow you to go through your new ritual Which is when you awake, sit at side of bed for a few minutes. Then stand slowly. Stay in one spot till you are sure you aren't dizzy. If dizzy, falling back on the bed will get you down the fastest. But if you have ortho problems sit. The risk though is if you have a major bout of dizziness, taking time to sit may allow for a fall to the side or forward. The bed will catch you.

Many here have dizziness. I developed BPPV after a head knock in the middle of the night. Yes, you can laugh the docs did. 63 y/o ladies are thought not to do such things. Feels like a roller coaster ride. But it has majorly improved.

Blessings is very knowledgeable about dizziness. I suggest pm'ing her.

sas-schatzi

The story of BC link and a certain gene has had a bit of research. This abstract is from a study of over 3000 women. They're conclusion is they're is no relationship

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21165769

But the research is continuing. The total story isn't done yet. The first link to Junie about earwax had a very good layperson's description of wet and dry earwax. Wet and dry is all based on genetics.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,10&as_vis=1&q=Breast+Cancer+and+ear+wax

24,000 google response of scholarly citations. The first link is nice, but it didn't convince the science community.

sas-schatzi

Our SusieQ March 10th, 2016

Gingerbrew

The reason I have pain is a car wreck 2 yrs 6mo ago. I broke the L1 vertebrae. It was missed in the ER and found 5 months later by my Onc. she ordered MRI. Then I wore a brace for 5 + months and the direct pain was gone. I went to physical therapy for a long time but the muscles along the sides of my spine seize up and continue to cause pain strong enough to bring me down just from walking from one room into the next. I think I have to move more to be able to move more. This is wretched not going anywhere. I somehow need to figure something out. I do have those little electrical pads that stick to your back and I need to start using them again. I have a treadmill and need to get motivated to start that again. One thing that I think is counterproductive is that I do not hurt sitting (if leaned back a little) or reclining.

So there is my answer about the pain.

Yes Sass I once had a sewing room all organized and it was a wonderful place to be. I want that again, it always made me feel like there were possibilities, all around me.

I am not sure if I have the Shirley Temple bowl, whenever I get unpacked I will see if I have it too. I know I have seen it on ebay but cannot remember if I bought the thing!

Laters Ginger

susan3

thanks sas, thatvwas beautiful