tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post3840127341812128341..comments2024-03-28T08:18:57.280-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: the ENTellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-6858021623730521552017-04-04T08:52:38.142-05:002017-04-04T08:52:38.142-05:00thanks. I do tilt my head down to swallow. Just ...thanks. I do tilt my head down to swallow. Just one of several coping techniques. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-64411129785516889882017-04-04T08:50:34.278-05:002017-04-04T08:50:34.278-05:00similar but it's a squeeze bottle.similar but it's a squeeze bottle.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-59665272281362697562017-04-03T18:25:39.848-05:002017-04-03T18:25:39.848-05:00To swallow tilt your head down to close the airway...To swallow tilt your head down to close the airway, to breath till your head back to open the airway, this may help you if you can do that when an episode hits. I have a weird thing happen when sometimes air gets trapped in my esophagus and I can't swallow and its painful. Like when a baby needs to burp... I have found just sipping some water helps make the air bubble move. Sondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485055844682296876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-17221740798603590912017-04-03T18:15:36.117-05:002017-04-03T18:15:36.117-05:00Sounds like a neti pot to me - I found ours when w...Sounds like a neti pot to me - I found ours when we moved (I swear I thought I'd thrown it away). And I don't know why I didn't use it - after inhaling all that dust I'm sure it would have helped no matter how disgusting...The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-33039721740198718872017-04-03T14:27:47.353-05:002017-04-03T14:27:47.353-05:00Amazing. And we haven't even been hanging out ...Amazing. And we haven't even been hanging out together...hahalivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-80360739748917295192017-04-03T12:36:26.526-05:002017-04-03T12:36:26.526-05:00you mean on FB? my younger brother just can't...you mean on FB? my younger brother just can't help mansplaining to me. he is highly educated, I'll give him that but it makes him think he's smarter than everyone else. or maybe it was my reply to Tabor. anyway, my dad was a doctor and he didn't have much use for them either.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-12845497443354052532017-04-03T12:30:28.401-05:002017-04-03T12:30:28.401-05:00I swear, you're right on that last comment you...I swear, you're right on that last comment you made. I mean- really. Pills and surgery. Which sometimes can be the answer but not usually. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-87628472563664992422017-04-03T10:59:40.471-05:002017-04-03T10:59:40.471-05:00it's been my experience that doctors don't...it's been my experience that doctors don't know more than they know. if it can't be addressed with a pill, they have no clue.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-65307927263432390002017-04-03T10:58:06.380-05:002017-04-03T10:58:06.380-05:00yeah, me either since after the first half dozen t...yeah, me either since after the first half dozen times there just isn't much in there. Only been doing it twice a day anyway.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-33951400059760900412017-04-03T10:14:45.661-05:002017-04-03T10:14:45.661-05:00Very odd and I am guessing that is why the doc has...Very odd and I am guessing that is why the doc has no solution. Keep working on it. If it gets better you well know that "something" worked. I find as I age, doctors do not listen to me much! It is as if my complaints are never serious because I am old and going to die anyway!Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-10376280060313706352017-04-03T10:14:01.492-05:002017-04-03T10:14:01.492-05:00I hope he didn't leave the room to flip a coin...I hope he didn't leave the room to flip a coin. The rinse sounds rough, not sure how long I would do it.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-84935413276701974712017-04-03T09:34:49.419-05:002017-04-03T09:34:49.419-05:00I would suggest that you work at whatever air you ...I would suggest that you work at whatever air you can during one of these very disturbing episodes, and only if you can't, keep that lovely 90% in mind. Keep pushing for answers, Ellen. Make sure you're heard. <3<br />Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-46956690961292787982017-04-03T09:32:21.737-05:002017-04-03T09:32:21.737-05:00So sorry you must endure this. I hope a solution c...So sorry you must endure this. I hope a solution can be found. Take care.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-31332138427933335882017-04-03T08:50:44.143-05:002017-04-03T08:50:44.143-05:00Well, I guess it's encouraging that the doctor...Well, I guess it's encouraging that the doctor isn't more worried. If he believed it were something super-serious he'd have a much more urgent response. But all the same, he sounds a bit obnoxious. I hate it when doctors seem disbelieving. It's so disrespectful to the patient.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-64474172059896374752017-04-03T08:15:41.996-05:002017-04-03T08:15:41.996-05:00They will spray a numbing spray in your nose becau...They will spray a numbing spray in your nose because most people are scared of the tube, but in actuality, there is no pain and they don't need to. Usually those ENT guys are very good. I sat for 8 hours in the ER with daughter yesterday. She'd had a migraine for four days and couldn't see; it was like looking through a kaleidoscope with lines and triangles, minus the colors. They did an X-ray, CT scan and they only things they came up with is that her pupils were very dilated. Has to go to more doctors and tests this week. They sure seems to have trouble diagnosing more than a cold or flu these days.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.com