Subs30

Hi Firechick

...."insight would be much appreciated"......

Well this stuff varies so much from person to person---it is hard to generalize---but---with BPPV---not so much with Lab or VN etc...it does seem to follow a historical trajectory......and my BPPV prob was "right side" only also....so...

Pretty normal BPPV---kind of "blip" sort of thing

---excellent progress---actually---compared to the norm----the fact that you have this---and can function---in the type of job---you have---keeping your wits about you---when---everyone else---is prob losing it---is amazing---that type of--performance---with this junk---would not---even be occurring---if you were not---in the process of dumping this junk.

...."So has this come back?"...

No not really---when we talk/discuss "ear rocks" we & people tend to think of them as one piece---and they can be---but---more then likely---they(rocks) are splinters---prob---one, two, three, etc...(can be one--but the material they are made of/from--argues for fragments)...in any case---just takes time---for them to dissolve/attach---depending on what theory you buy into...plus---depending on your movements---after the MEP---they can drift out---it sounds like---one might have done that...the fix is just to put it back with the MEP---three.....


...."I immediately panicked and did an epeley manoeuver, which was okay, no spinning, just the feeling that it might come on in the first position.".....

That is what you have to do----good sign---no spinning---and---great---on only first postion....your dealing with the "inner ear" which is smaller then the size of a "dime"---has very little capability to heal it self---just have to--stick with it----until rocks stick/dissolve---and for 99.99% of BPPV they do...

...." you said in the last question I posted that you do three sets of three of the EM, how many times a day and how far in between? How many days in a row? "....

After---the 13/14 months---that it took to fully compensate(think it took about 10/12 to dump the rocks) I would do the MEP---if I had a happening---like yours---usually happened after I worked under the car, laying on my back installing something in the house...etc....I would feel strange---knew it was time for MEP---in the beginning of that part of the recovery period---would get a slight spin on first maneuver of the set---but not any of the other maneuvers of that set...so if I did not get anything on the second MEP set---I would do three more sets---over a 24 hour period---and if I did not get anything during those---I would not do any more MEP's---Except for one set---once or twice a week---the purpose of those---were to just double check---to see if the rocks were still out----since if the rocks slipped back---the MEP would show it---with a spin on the first manuver....kind of...continued that routine...until---no matter what movement---I did never resulted in--any strange feeling.....to this day---I continue to do one or two MEP's---a week---just to----keep a check on this junk---but for the past 24 months---nothing has occurred.

..."You said you are a year without symptoms, did you have recurrences prior to that and if so how often did they occur and did the severity lesson or change each time?".....

Think I answered this above---but---it's been two years---yep had recurrences prior to that----depending on---what movements I had made---during time up to the recurrence---maybe once or twice per week---but I'm retired---so with your movements---could be more often

---but---it is important to recognize---that these are not set backs---just---a "blip" and part of the process of dumping this junk---there is no way to speed it up

---and if you were not well along in the process of dumping this junk---we would be having a completely different conversation---since---there would be no "I felt good all day & then when I took this position I.......(fill in the blanks)"..... " I have not had any trouble driving or functioning in some pretty intense situations, so I know I could have this a lot worse,..." etc...

..."but the thought of having to stop doing what I love"scares the life out of me."......

That's not likely to happen at this stage or your recovery----so relax---the probabilities are "it is not likely to happen"--as for--"scared"----reserve that---one---for.......(take your pick---but this ain't one of them---and after 30 years in submarines---that one I got "fully calibrated"---and---.I know you "understand" what I mean.....

Your doing good--continue to use the right stuff for this type of fire---and---stay focused---on winning---fires almost out!!!!!!