[AT] Vertigo

charliehill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Mon Jan 4 10:36:22 PST 2010


Well I'm just glad to know you survived the pneumonia and septic shock Dean. 
There is some bad stuff going around these days and some of them are 
antibiotic resistant.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Van Peursem" <deanvp at att.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Vertigo


> Charlie,
>
> I think the close overhead reaction is relative to an accident I had a few 
> years ago and probably
> more of a nervous reaction than a physical one. I think it just agitates 
> and complements the inner
> ear thing to where it becomes overbearing.  I've had quite a bit of 
> testing done for this Vertigo
> problem and have had an enormous amount of tests done very recently due to 
> a bout of Pneumonia and
> Septic shock, spending 4 days in an ICU, that there just about isn't any 
> test that hasn't been run
> on me in the last 6 months. I will ask my eye doctor about it the next 
> time I go in but I'm pretty
> sure my vertigo comes primarily from an inner ear issue. Thanks for the 
> suggestion though. Never
> hurts to check.
>
> Dean Van Peursem
> Apache Junction, AZ
>
> If we take the time to count our blessings we don't have time to complain.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com 
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
> Of charliehill
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 4:20 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Vertigo
>
> Dean, when say the actual rolling around motion doesn't bother you unless
> there is something relatively close overhead.  That tells me your problem 
> is
> vision related.  Perhaps your eye doctor can help you with it?
>
> Just a thought
>
> charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dean Van Peursem" <deanvp at att.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 6:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Vertigo
>
>
>> Dick,
>>
>> No my vertigo is caused by laying on my back and working on something
>> above me. The Dr suggested
>> laying down in bed, slowly rolling from side to side and then getting up
>> again repeatedly. In other
>> words do almost exactly what causes the problem, over and over until the
>> body trained itself to get
>> used to it and not be so impacted by that particular activity. I found 
>> out
>> I had to have something
>> above me in relatively close quarters to truly duplicate the same 
>> results.
>> Maybe part phobia
>> induced. Anyway, the bottom line is I still get a bit dizzy but I don't
>> get so sick I become
>> non-functional. It took quite a while of repeated exercises to reduce the
>> effect. The site I
>> referred you to offers some exercises to try.  In my case it is an inner
>> ear issue and yours might
>> be the same.
>>
>>
>> Dean Van Peursem
>> Apache Junction, AZ
>>
>> If we take the time to count our blessings we don't have time to 
>> complain.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
>> Of Dick Day
>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 4:08 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Vertigo
>>
>> Thanks Dean.  You mention exercises, eye exercises?
>>
>> Dick
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Dean Van Peursem" <deanvp at att.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 1:30 PM
>> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Vertigo
>>
>> Dick,
>>
>> I suffer from Vertigo as well but from slightly different triggers. I
>> visited the Dr about the issue
>> and he gave me certain exercises to repeatedly perform to attempt to
>> reduce
>> the problem. They have
>> helped but not totally eliminated the problem. At least I don't get sick
>> to
>> my stomach any more.
>> Might want to see what is recommended on this web site:
>>
>> http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/vertigo
>>
>>
>> The second page offers some home exercises.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>> Dean Van Peursem
>> Apache Junction, AZ
>>
>> If we take the time to count our blessings we don't have time to 
>> complain.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
>> Of Dick Day
>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 11:35 AM
>> To: ATIS
>> Subject: [AT] Vertigo
>>
>> 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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