[AT] Vertigo

[Indiana Robinson]

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Dick Day <ddss at telebeep.com> wrote:
> This is related to tractors since it only bother me when I'm backing up in
> my tractor :)
>
> I have vertigo and it only bothers me when I do more than just a few minutes
> of backing up.  Moving/clearing snow is normally when this bothers me most.
> More than 10 minutes of this and I am so nauseated I can hardly stand. The
> New Holland I bought in 2004 does not have mid-mount PTO so putting a snow
> blower on the front is not an option.  Unless I trade this one in for one
> with that option, I don't ever see me buying a rear-mount PTO-drive snow
> blower (this year we could sure have used one).
>
> My question is, does anyone else on the list have vertigo and if so, how do
> you treat it when there's work to be done?   I am to the point that I can no
> longer take Dramamine due to a reaction I have to it.
>
> Any home remedies you can suggest?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick Day
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I don't have that problem but I do have a hard time looking back. When
I turn to look back it is hard for me to see. George Willer says it is
because our skin is loose from age and that when we turn our heads
tightly to look back the skin stretches across our eyes... ;-)
One of the reasons I got rid of my little Yanmar 1500 Diesel was that
in addition to being hard on my knee to mount/dismount the narrow
fenders sitting right against me on each side made turning around in
the seat impossible. On my little TO-20 Ferguson I can almost swivel
in the seat. The 8N will be the same way as is the case VAC. Other
than that the little Yanmar was a sweet little tractor, really well
built. The way it was (and the way I am) it was kind of dangerous.
Even backing up to hitch to an implement was hard.
I'll quiz an active list I have about home remedies...


-- 
Have you hugged your horses today?

Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com