Hmm, six years ago I wound up having temporary PE tubes in my ears due to my Eustachian tubes being blocked, then "permanent" ones done in 2013, 2014, and 2015. So far I've still got the holes from the last set of tubes that fell out. Never had tubes as a kid though. Hoping vertigo stays away from all of us.
dtw757 wrote:
Hey Jim....not hocus pocus.....from 45 years worth of flying, pressure on the drums going in and out, the vertigo issues started occurring a couple of years ago. They started talking about Menieres Disease, where the fluids were finally drying out and other issues with crystals breaking loose in te semi-circular canals and when it rubbed against the little "hairs" at the bottom of the canals...vertigo, vomiting etc. To make the story short, about 6 months ago, I am down on my face after the vertigo and my eyeballs flicking left and right uncontrollably. Went to my FAA doc, he sent me to a ENT clinic immediately and after 10 minutes of rapidly positioning my head in various angles, the eye movement went away, the vertigo stopped, as did all the side effects. They sent me home with a cheat sheet so my wife can do the same thing (has occurred once since my initial visit) for me.
The procedure is quick, easy to do, and it's whole purpose is to put the "broken off" material in the canals back into position. Both "incidents" started with a mild earache that went away before the vertigo started. I'm 64...it's not unusual evidently...Show more →
Very interesting. That deal where your eyes dart back and forth uncontrollably is just horrible isn' t it?! Well the whole thing is pretty horrible. Not a box I want to check on my flight physical for sure, unless I can show a specific cause. Thanks for the info!
JDE1 wrote:
"The Flying Sparrows" -- Wonderful. High point of the day.
Not to mention the soundtrack from 633 Squadron...great movie (if you don't filter in the missing vertical stabilizer when they are filming the flight crew from the front looking backwards) oops
dtw757 wrote:
Not to mention the soundtrack from 633 Squadron...great movie (if you don't filter in the missing vertical stabilizer when they are filming the flight crew from the front looking backwards) oops
I fired up my fully configured stabilizing rig for the first time today. The 8x8's take about 15 minutes to spool up and when they did, it was perfectly balanced and rock solid. Possible first mission early next week!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I fired up my fully configured stabilizing rig for the first time today. The 8x8's take about 15 minutes to spool up and when they did, it was perfectly balanced and rock solid. Possible first mission early next week!
Not only does it look like a piece that will function perfectly, it is very pleasing to the eye as well. Good job from concept to production.
It is a bit of a handful with the two 8x8's mounted up. The most logical workflow will be to mount it in the aircraft, mount the gyros, then mount the cinema camera, then it's very manageable.
Ok, on the health front it appears that a second opinion is always a prudent course of action. I saw my ENT today and basically none of what my internal medicine people told me was very accurate. This whole episode had nothing to do with my blood pressure whatsoever. The sequence of events was caused by Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Apparently, on me anyway it is caused by laying on my back, tilting my head back and rotation it 45 degrees to the right. He recreated the scenario exactly on an examining table in his office, the whole eye movement thing and unfortunately the nauseating spinning. So, what DTW757 told me is 100% accurate, it's relatively common and treatable. My ENT is a young guy who was a flight surgeon in the air force so he is very familiar with what is, and what is not threatening to one's ability to fly, this is not. That has been weighing very heavily on me over the past week. We went through the exercise to "fix" BPPV in his office, it's no fun and made me sick as a dog so we couldn't do it in triplicate which apparently is the magic number to put the offending crystals back in their spots. I'm going to a therapist that works with him to see if we can't get that done. He also said that I could do it at home and most likely be successful. Just makes you so darn nauseated that going through it several more times is not very appealing.
He suggested a great Baylor cardiologist as well because he was a little skeptical about some of the things I'd been told along the way and thought I should have a specialist watching over me just to make sure I'm on the correct path.
James, I am so pleased that it was not Meniers. I am not decrying the anguish and gross discomfort you experience. I feel for you. It is the most awful set of symptoms. very similar to Meniers. That said, be very thankful that it only Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
My first episode of Meniers: A pleasant evening with Diana relaxing in front of the TV. The TV suddenly and all by itself started to float round the room. As Diana didnt make a comment, I realised it was my problem - within seconds, severe dizziness followed by nausea, then the vomiting started it didn't stop. After an hour I was rushed to hospital, semi-conscious. Very cold. shivering but sweating profusely, when conscious very dizzy. Morphine injection into stomach stopped the vomiting - got colder. Pulse rate 180bps - I ended up with hypothermia as well as all that - two weeks in hospital.
Six months later another attack. Started with severe perspiration on my forehead - dripping like I had been in 10 rounds with Tyson. Then the dizziness to the point of imperative instinct to have my head in contact with the ground. Continuous vomiting for several hours. Severe coldness again. Semi-conscious - in and out of awareness bitterly cold. Ambulance to hospital. Hypothermia (temp 20c!) Dr told me later that with that temperature, I should have been dead! Wonderful sensation of warmth as they put a heat blanket on me pumping warm air to get my core temperature back up. Another two weeks in hospital with every possible scan, probes poked in every place you can think of! Even an angiogram. Declared fit - sent home.
I have had 5 or 6 episodes/attacks but the last one was some years ago. The longest the dizziness & vomiting was 18 hours shortest was about 6 hours
I read one description of a Meniers attack by a sufferer trying to describe what it is really like: Imagine being very, very drunk to the point you cant stand/walk etc. You over eat the greasiest food imaginable. Then get on the biggest and wildest roll-a-coaster you can imagine and stay on it for several hours. That is Meniers
As I say, Jim: Give thanks that it is only Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
Donald Gray wrote:
James, I am so pleased that it was not Meniers. I am not decrying the anguish and gross discomfort you experience. I feel for you. It is the most awful set of symptoms. very similar to Meniers. That said, be very thankful that it only Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
My first episode of Meniers: A pleasant evening with Diana relaxing in front of the TV. The TV suddenly and all by itself started to float round the room. As Diana didnt make a comment, I realised it was my problem - within seconds, severe dizziness followed by nausea, then the vomiting started it didn't stop. After an hour I was rushed to hospital, semi-conscious. Very cold. shivering but sweating profusely, when conscious very dizzy. Morphine injection into stomach stopped the vomiting - got colder. Pulse rate 180bps - I ended up with hypothermia as well as all that - two weeks in hospital.
Six months later another attack. Started with severe perspiration on my forehead - dripping like I had been in 10 rounds with Tyson. Then the dizziness to the point of imperative instinct to have my head in contact with the ground. Continuous vomiting for several hours. Severe coldness again. Semi-conscious - in and out of awareness bitterly cold. Ambulance to hospital. Hypothermia (temp 20c!) Dr told me later that with that temperature, I should have been dead! Wonderful sensation of warmth as they put a heat blanket on me pumping warm air to get my core temperature back up. Another two weeks in hospital with every possible scan, probes poked in every place you can think of! Even an angiogram. Declared fit - sent home.
I have had 5 or 6 episodes/attacks but the last one was some years ago. The longest the dizziness & vomiting was 18 hours shortest was about 6 hours
I read one description of a Meniers attack by a sufferer trying to describe what it is really like: Imagine being very, very drunk to the point you cant stand/walk etc. You over eat the greasiest food imaginable. Then get on the biggest and wildest roll-a-coaster you can imagine and stay on it for several hours. That is Meniers
As I say, Jim: Give thanks that it is only Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. ...Show more →
Well, I'm glad about several things here....
1) That your situation has been under control for some time - long may that continue.
2) That Jim's situation is different and amenable to treatment.
3) That I've retired from the butler trade.
Yikes! Grateful I am! How terrible. The feeling is so absolutely vile and helpless, I cannot imagine it persisting for that long, you poor guy! Let's pray that it all has departed from us never to return!
I have a growing list of projects with very tight deadlines. Combine that with our incessant clouds/rain, the pressure is mounting, which doesn't help at all. Got on my knees this morning and turned it all over to The Lord and drove off to my first assignment. Brings me back to the question, how do people navigate this life without faith? Overwhelmed, knowing that he has blessed me with all this work, 40 years of it in fact, I just trust Him to work it out and I'll keep doing my part.
Nick, I think you would make a most excellent "Gentleman's Gentleman"!
Yikes! Grateful I am! How terrible. The feeling is so absolutely vile and helpless, I cannot imagine it persisting for that long, you poor guy! Let's pray that it all has departed from us never to return!
I have a growing list of projects with very tight deadlines. Combine that with our incessant clouds/rain, the pressure is mounting, which doesn't help at all. Got on my knees this morning and turned it all over to The Lord and drove off to my first assignment. Brings me back to the question, how do people navigate this life without faith? Overwhelmed, knowing that he has blessed me with all this work, 40 years of it in fact, I just trust Him to work it out and I'll keep doing my part.
Nick, I think you would make a most excellent "Gentleman's Gentleman"! ...Show more →
Thank You, kind Sir. I need to point out that appearances can be deceiving ..... just say 'in.
Earily speaking, I had to have both my ears vacuumed out today. Hole in right tympanic membrane is now closed, hole in left tympanic membrane is still open. Due to the perforations, they can't just squirt out the ears like they normally do, I have to have them vacuumed by the ENT.
Also, I hear they've moved Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby out of the museum already.
