Rocks fall, feldman vomits
Sep. 21st, 2014 07:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feldmanI sometimes rib Mr. F about the tricksiness of his back injury. When he's up for it, he can help carry a couch, but has also been known to throw his back out toweling off after a shower.
Rotational forces are wicked.
I rolled over in bed this morning and the bed started rolling me like a hungry crocodile. I'd likely dislodged otolith gravel in my right ear. Hence, I spent the day keeping my head very still so as not to inadvertently hit the big red vagal VOMIT button.
Bad news: there's a correlation between getting migraines and getting this kind of vertigo. Age of onset is usually in your 50's, but for migraineurs it's around age 40. And flipping in bed is common rotational move that can trigger it.
Fucking rotational forces.
Good news: This maneuver helped get the rocks back into the proper place in my ear. Go Dr. Carol Foster!!! Harnessing rotational forces!
Of course, the first few times I did it, the last move totally punched the big red button. But I've done it three more times so far and the vertigo gets better each time.
Rocks fall; rocks have a strange twisty journey; rocks come back home.
Yay women scientists! Yay internets!
Rotational forces are wicked.
I rolled over in bed this morning and the bed started rolling me like a hungry crocodile. I'd likely dislodged otolith gravel in my right ear. Hence, I spent the day keeping my head very still so as not to inadvertently hit the big red vagal VOMIT button.
Bad news: there's a correlation between getting migraines and getting this kind of vertigo. Age of onset is usually in your 50's, but for migraineurs it's around age 40. And flipping in bed is common rotational move that can trigger it.
Fucking rotational forces.
Good news: This maneuver helped get the rocks back into the proper place in my ear. Go Dr. Carol Foster!!! Harnessing rotational forces!
Of course, the first few times I did it, the last move totally punched the big red button. But I've done it three more times so far and the vertigo gets better each time.
Rocks fall; rocks have a strange twisty journey; rocks come back home.
Yay women scientists! Yay internets!
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Date: 2014-09-22 04:39 am (UTC)BPPV! I had that last summer. It SUCKS.
Thank fuck for the numerous helpful doctors who posted Youtube videos of the Epley maneuver. And yeah, I had to do it three times a day for a week or so. As it is, the vertigo recurred at least once, and then went away again.
Now I'm still dizzy much of the time, but it's from a neural disconnect between my ear canals and my optic nerve, as a result of a poor reaction to inner-ear surgery, and nothing to do with BPPV. On the down side, the Epley maneuver won't fix it. :-(
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Date: 2014-09-22 07:38 am (UTC)I woke up to pee and did the half somersault again, partly to work the kink out of my neck from sleeping all propped up as directed.
Some of our clients have similar dizziness from optic vestibular disconnects, and find improvement with vision training. I'll look into details about the specialty if you'd like.