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Really need everyone to pray for me
cjwood:
--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on December 23, 2012, 11:41:41 AM ---
Work is still my biggest problem. I'm too light headed to do anything of consequence. It takes a lot of effort just to write in this thread.
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dennis, i remember when i saw you in mobile in the middle of september, while visiting manuela, that you told us how hard you were working and how much time you spent taking care of business (paraphrasing). manuela told me that you were always working, working. i highlighted the above part of your post because i was thinking, maybe God is causing you to have to slow down. and the only way you were gonna slow down from working was to, well, knock you on your butt.
but, you will get better and come through this, and you will most likely try to make up for lost time at work. but please, take good care of dennis. you are the only dennis we have.
love,
claudia
Dennis Vogel:
--- Quote --- i was thinking, maybe God is causing you to have to slow down
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No doubt I've slowed down. Only worked six hours in the last eight days. All very simple stuff.
Day seven and there is no change. The hardest/most dangerous thing is taking a shower. I sit on a milk crate so if I fall it will not be too far. Think how much you move your head in the shower with your eyes closed. I try to make sure I bounce off a wall and not the shower door. After bouncing off a wall I have to sit very still for a while to keep from getting sicker and get my balance.
I'm getting use to it. It's becoming a way of life. When it starts to get worse I take another pill. How did people deal with this before drugs?
Foxx:
can someone give you a ride to the ER :-\
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on December 21, 2012, 10:22:31 AM ---I was at the doctors yesterday but I told him this has always gone away with antibiotics so he did not look to closely. But he looked in my ears and nose.
I'm going to try and see him again today but many businesses are closed until after Christmas.
I've had to sleep sitting up the last two nights and I'm not sleeping well.
It happened again just a few minutes ago and I have not taken the antibiotic yet. So I know I'll be a little more sick for a few hours after I take it.
I have a friend who's sister has had it for over 20 years. She is house bound. That scares me.
Thank you all.
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Dennis,
Antiobiotics only work on bacteria and for this to go away due to antibiotics would suggest an ear infection which is messing with your equilibrium when you lay down. I'm no expert on ear infections so I don't know if it's possible for them to screw with your equilibrium like that but it would be reasonable to think so. I mean it does make sense, the choclea and the semi circular canals are apart of the inner ear and they are responsible for balance, equilibrium, detection of acceleration etc.. through the perilymph and endolymph fluids contained within them. An infection of this area due to bacteria could really mess with your sense of balance but I think an infection that deep is rather odd but again, like I said, i'm no inner ear expert!
Here is another suggestion to the cause Dennis;
http://vestibular.org/understanding-vestibular-disorder/types-vestibular-disorders
SRC: http://vestibular.org/node/10
--- Quote ---Because balance is a complex function, there is often no single identifiable cause of falls in an elderly person. However, older people with chronic dizziness or imbalance are two to three times more likely to fall in comparison with older people who do not experience these problems.1
Symptoms of a sense of lightheadedness or disorientation (dizziness) and/or a mild to violent spinning sensation (vertigo) can have a variety of causes: vestibular (inner ear) disorders, central nervous system disorders (such as stroke), cardiac problems (including low or high blood pressure), low blood sugar, infection, hyper-ventilation associated with anxiety attacks, medication side effects or interactions between drugs, or an inadequate or poorly balanced diet. A thorough evaluation by a physician is usually necessary to help sort out these different possible causes and arrive at a correct diagnosis. This task can be even more complicated when multiple problems are present. In such cases, the trouble in any one system may not be severe, but the combined effects may be enough to cause a serious problem with balance. For example, an elderly individual with arthritis in the ankle joints and a mild degeneration in vestibular function may be able to balance adequately until under-going an operation to remove cataracts. The disturbance in vision during the healing process and the adjustment to the new glasses or contacts may then be sufficient to result in imbalance and falls.
Of all vestibular disorders, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common in older adults. BPPV causes vertigo, dizziness, and other symptoms due to debris that has collected within a part of the inner ear. This debris, called otoconia, is made up of small crystals of calcium carbonate (sometimes referred to colloquially as “ear rocks”). With head movement, the displaced otoconia shift, sending false signals to the brain and causing dizziness or vertigo.
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This is what the vestibule and the choclea of the innner ear look like which are responsible for the balance, equilibrium, acceleration detection etc..
http://images.medicinenet.com/images/illustrations/ear_cutaway.jpg
Might give you an idea of where this is happening and what it is affecting if you can visually see it.
God bless,
Alex
walt123:
Hello,Dennis
This may work for you,hope you get better.
http://youtu.be/6LN2QDaQr38
Walt
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