We’re in the middle of a deep freeze, here in the Northeast. It’s cold, even for the Boston area. Yes, we have heat in the house. I have heat in my office. But, when the sun goes down, or before the sun comes up, the house is awfully cold. I’ve taken to wearing my green […]
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When you have a broken leg, you get a cast. Your bone takes 4-6 weeks to heal. Maybe you need physical therapy, maybe you just exercise. You’re done. If you have a cold, you take cold medications, or you wait until your cold is better. If your cold gets bad enough to have bronchitis or
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I was returning from Albuquerque after PSL last week. I was in the security line. Airport security lines are unpredictable. Sometimes, they move at a regular pace. Sometimes, they move at an uneven pace. This one started off slow, and then zoomed. I was caught with my shoes still on. Uh oh. I do have
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I often take a little nap on the couch before I go to bed for the night. I know, most people take naps during the day. I’m different. So was yesterday. It all started a week ago… Low on Disk Space I started seeing the dreaded, “Your computer is low on disk space message” a
Have you seen Inside a Vertigo Attack? I never expected the kinds of comments I’m getting. That’s because there aren’t too many first-person accounts of what it’s like to live with vertigo. My dizziness is called oscillopsia, because I have no vestibulo-ocular reflex on my right side. That means when my head goes up and
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Mark showed me his bottle of CoQ10 was empty. He buys our groceries because you buy them in person. I buy our vitamins, because you buy them online. He looked at the label. “Antioxidants. I don’t want to rust from the inside.” He paused. “This must be why mid-westerners are so nice. They put these
I walked into physical therapy today. Judy said, “Did you grow today?” I immediately grinned, and said, “No, but I’d like to! Why?” She grabbed my cane—which has been at the same height all along—and said, “Your cane is too short. Here, this is the right height.” She made the cane one inch higher and
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In a comment on Forwards, Backwards, Who Cares?, Sherry noted that she recently started to wear progressive glasses. I’ve been wearing them for more than a decade. So, when I had my first eye exam after my vertigo, my eye doctor wondered if she should take them away. “Why would you do that?” I asked.
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How do you walk downstairs? I suspect you walk downstairs the way most people do: facing forwards. What about with a cup of tea in your hands? Do you still walk forwards? This past summer, when I had an acute back problem, radiculopathy, I found it impossible to balance and walk downstairs to my office
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I had to fill my gas tank the other day. I’m one of the few people who enjoys filling the tank, because I see a full tank as a source of endless possibilities. When you have a full gas tank, your car can take you many miles. All you have to do is decide where
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