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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN!
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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.
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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).
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Happy Birthday Susan!
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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
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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
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thanks ginger. Hope you get some stamina back. That's not fun...but the zoo is . I love going just by myself
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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).
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thanks wren
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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.
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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
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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.
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thanks jwoo:)
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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.
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Claire is in Grand Rapids Michigan. Water therapy...funny
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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.
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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.
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Our SusieQ March 10th, 2016
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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
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thanks sas, thatvwas beautiful
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Oh Ginger, I so wish I had a second bedroom to make into a sewing room. I live in a one bedroom disabled apartment and fortunately the bedroom is large enough to fit my bed, a desk for the computer and another desk for my sewing machine. All my fabric is in the closet on a bookshelf and on my kitchen table, which doubles as a cutting place. My cutting mat is on it along with fabric, so it never gets used for actual meals. I use a folding table for that at meal time.
In regards to the dizziness, I finally took a decongestant and it seemed to help. We'll see when I go to bed tonight. Last night after I'd gotten under the covers, I was adjusting my pillow and the dizziness hit then. It also affects me when I get up to go pee or turn too fast.
So Susan, please share if you wish what you did for your special day.
Sas - Thanks for going to the effort of researching the dizziness issue. I'll make sure to check out the link in the morning. I am too tired right now. I had to have my cell phone replaced and it took the nice young men at AT&T 2 1/2 hours to completely update and transfer all of my apps., contacts, etc. from one phone to the new one. However, the replacement phone, I do not like. It is the same make/model I had, but still different from previous one. I do not like the format it has.
Loverly - I get your dilemma about the distance you travel for work and not being able to use public transportation. Salem is a city of approx. 250,000 people. I live in an area of Salem that is called West Salem, which is over the bridge from the downtown area. So when I take the bus somewhere it usually takes about 45 - 60 mins. just in the Salem area. If I still worked that would be rather difficult. As it is, I mostly have appts., go groc. shopping, or other errands, plus my volunteering.
On a funny note. Today I got a text from my friend in Phoenix who is a nurse at the Mayo Clinic. Her first text said "Oh noooo!" I returned "Oh no what?", then Her - "The birdie.." , Me - "what birdie?" "Are you sure you're texting the right person?", Her - "Didn't you text me on 3/7 and tell me a bird had just poo'd on you? Me - "Yes!, I totally forgot about that - Chalk it up to chemo brain!" Her - Hahaha!
OH GOOD GRIEF!
So grateful for good friends that accept you were you are.
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June Bug it sounds like you have set yourself up quite ingeniously for sewing in your space. Are you able to store things under your bed? My DD has lifts on each leg of her bed that gives more storage room. Yiou know we have a sewing page on here. It isn't very active lately but folks do come around if someone posts. Maybe I will see you there sometime.
I am indeed very fortunate to have a space all my own, I am grateful for sure.
When ever I get organized I want to work with my Granddaughter. She has some old German sewing machines, post WWII that you use by turning the handle. She is five years old and eager to sew for her dolls. I got some pattern books and learn to sew for young children to aid us. I also need to play dolls with her with my old Muffie dolls 8" tall dolls from about 1958. I have some furniture and accessories for them too. If you say a word to her about any activity she remembers!
I hope your dizziness clears up soon. Turning my head always made it worse.
Hugs Ginger
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jazxyjune, we got things done that have been waiting for. Hung pictures . Took about 3 hours. When we redid rooms upstairs, we never got pics back up. So that got done, did a little shopping, watched some tennis from Indian wells, did get breakfast in bed....my fav. There are a handful of friends that like to take me out...we do that for each other's birthdays. So I still have 3 more outings. I don't always pick a dinner out, I usually pick things like archery, or horse back riding, or a walk around our lake. Couple of days before birthday 8 of us went to play trivia at a restaurant . That is so much fun. My hubby and I don't get a lot of down time. He works 2 jobs. So yesterday was perfect, just relaxing and hanging with my hubby
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Sounds great Susie, nice
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Awww....look at those bright eyes.
Susan, it sounds like you are loved by many, and I am not surprised
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