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Comment on Baby Ripple Hat – Crochet Pattern by Vickie Mains

Vickie Mains — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 03:48:43 +0000

I already LOVED this pattern and have made dozens of them. It is my go to hat because it is good for boys or girls but is fancier that just a plain hat for boys. I made 3 today. But. I am going to start one over using Maureen’s revision. The third one I used her revision and it just makes sense! Made a perfect pattern even better!! Thank you both!

Comment on Eating in the Zone: My new Menieres Diet by moldyrocks

moldyrocks — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 02:57:58 +0000

I have MD in both ears. I have a lot that I would love to share, but not enough time right now. However, I really want to share something that has helped me immensely. I use earplugs to help regulate / negate the pain in my inner ears from the barometric pressure and internal pressures as a result of increased blood flow.

I hope that this helps.

Cheers,
Moldyrocks

Comment on Baby Ripple Hat – Crochet Pattern by Heather

Heather — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:42:47 +0000

So cute, I love the mitts and the variegated yarn you used.

Comment on Eating in the Zone: My new Menieres Diet by Suzanne Meka

Suzanne Meka — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:49:10 +0000

Hi, I have meniere disease since age 13 and I m on low sodium diet. I avoid coffee and alcohol. I’m plan to do the mud race in April 13, 2014. I want to get into good shape before the race. I just hired a personal trainer. She gave me a recipe for smoothie with protein power. I just bought Natural Whey Protein Power from Wegman’s grocery store. I was wondering if protein power can effect my inner ear? Please advise. What do you recommend?

Thank you,
Suzi

Comment on Single-Bed Machine Knit Sock Pattern by Gloria Folkers

Gloria Folkers — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:24:02 +0000

I would like to have the pattern. I am a beginning knitter and hope I can do this.

Thanks Gloria

Comment on My DIY Chicken Coop and Run by Douglass

Douglass — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:57:12 +0000

I am thinking of using a children’s playhouse also made by rubbermaid. How do you think that would work?

Comment on Eating in the Zone: My new Menieres Diet by Bill

Bill — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:07:10 +0000

Thank you for this interesting information. I have had Menieres for about 12 years, with several severe episodes resulting in an ambulance ride to the emergency room. I maintain a reasonable diet, take a diuretic each day and have fortunately been free from any vertigo episodes for about 3 years(although being superstitious, I’m always reluctant to say I have had no symptoms). The diuretic has really been the most effective means of control for me. Good luck to everyone!
Bill

Comment on Eating in the Zone: My new Menieres Diet by Davi

Davi — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:31:31 +0000

Hello, I am a little confused on something. This zone diet appears to be a brand name, and you have to buy these products. I mean, I’m not opposed to purchasing products, but is this what you are doing instead of making up meals from a chart, or am I missing something?
I’ve been recently diagnosed with MD, and My earlier bouts were mostly just hearing loss and very minor vertigo, but I had days and even weeks of relief. Now I’m having daily changes, and in some cases it has been severe vertigo keeping me at home for days, having vertigo bouts at sporadic intervals
I’d also like to know if you or anyone else got the impression that this started out in their stomach/intenstinal tract? I remember months ago that I started having bowel trouble first, and at the time the MD was primarily just a little plugged up feeling in the ear. the one consistent thing aside from the usual MD symptoms has been irregularity, gas, acidy stools, and loose stools…or constipation, and at times of the worst vertigo, the stomach gurgles and even hurts, as well as muscular movement in that area. I eat fairly well, but I still may have overeaten given my physiology
and one last question if you will: I went through a few week period recently where the vertigo was more dominant than the hearing loss, and the attacks were accompanied by tenseness in the neck muscles to the point you could hear the bones cracking when turning your head, and when the attacks stopped (say 1 hour or 2) the back of my head got a tingling feeling like you get when circulation returns. It’s as though the muscles were strangling the blood vessels. I’ve not read this anywhere as a general symptom, but then again, I never read about the hypoglycemia link until today either
Thanks,

Davi

Comment on Eating in the Zone: My new Menieres Diet by nospin

nospin — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 03:24:16 +0000

I too am on a lower salt diet. It helps. The only thing that stopped the vertigo for me were gentamicin shots. A little tough at first; but so worth it. I have not had an attack in over 3 years.

Comment on The Nursing School Experience by Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 01:23:03 +0000

Wow! 3 years after the last comment on this article, and nothing has changed. It’s amazing how in a profession built on principles of caring and compassion, there is little to none given when it comes to the students who are the future of that profession. I could have written any one of these experiences myself. And that’s just sad! I agree with some of the above posters, it is much more like a bootcamp experience than a college one. As an adult student, and a mother, it is difficult to be disrespected in such a blatant and unapologetic way. The true problem lies in the kind of nurse this type of educational environment creates. A bitter, resentful, nurse who passes on to each generation of nurses thereafter an attitude of intolerance, and lack of compassion. Is this really what we want the future of Nursing to be?