Sorry to hear that, John. It can be very debilitating. My son suffered
from vertigo for two years after his helicopter crash until his chance
meeting with a naval flight surgeon who had a through understanding of
BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) and the "Epley maneuver".
Naval flight surgeons receive training in this and, much to my surprise,
many other doctors seem to know nothing about it.
There are certainly other causes of vertigo other than BPPV but if it is
BPPV be prepared to fend for yourself. You may have to educate the
doctor. The Epley manuever usually resolves BPPV with a single
treatment. My son required a re-do for some reason but he was 98% cured
after his second treatment. It takes only a few minutes. What a relief
after two years of incredibly expensive, time consuming (and
ineffective) treatment. You can even do it yourself as there is a
self-administered form of the Epley maneuver.
Read about BPPV here
<http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bppv/bppv.html>
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> I'm sorry to hear that Chuck. For my birthday on Wednesday 5/27, (57
> btw), I saw a neurologist and she thinks I may have developed a case of
> vertigo. An MRI is next. The doctor also ordered an MRA, but the Blue
> Cross bean counters with their superior training decided I didn't need
> that. Wow, we're falling apart.
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> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I saw the doc this morning. He just referred me to an orthopedist. I
>> suspect knee replacements are coming in the not so distant future.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Brian Swale wrote:
>>> Chuck wrote that his knees have suddenly gone downhill over the last 2
>>> weeks.
>>>
>>> I hope the doc can make a real difference. Loss of mobility is not nice.
>>>
>>> Best wishes.
>>>
>>> Brian Swale.
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