malingerer
samarkand
- Time of past OR future Camino
- cf (2), de la plata, cp. (2003 -2018)
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Any one out there with personal experience and tips/tricks for walking with Meniere's Disease? Mine is getting worse! I fall inside as well as out of my flat I use my Pacer Poles most of the the time and shop using my hip-belt hiking trolley. This certainly ensures me social distanceI also find when using the trolley I balance better. Obviously cycling is a no-no but if I could afford a tricycle would contemplate that! Please do NOT tell me to lay off the good red wine when in Spain OR coffee either!
Thanks in advance!
The malingerer.
Please do NOT tell me to lay off the good red wine when in Spain OR coffee either!
I ocassionally have a short episode of BPV, which is Benign Positional Vertigo, but usually only when turning over in bed, so I sympathize with your condition and am impressed it does not keep you from doing what you enjoy.Any one out there with personal experience and tips/tricks for walking with Meniere's Disease? Mine is getting worse! I fall inside as well as out of my flat I use my Pacer Poles most of the the time and shop using my hip-belt hiking trolley. This certainly ensures me social distanceI also find when using the trolley I balance better. Obviously cycling is a no-no but if I could afford a tricycle would contemplate that! Please do NOT tell me to lay off the good red wine when in Spain OR coffee either!
Thanks in advance!
The malingerer.
It sure would be!I’d never do that! Coming from me anyway it would be highly hypocritical
My first CF was supposed to be this year so no camino experience. I suffer from vertigo - sometime slite, occasionally in bed dont move severe. When walking or trekking I try avoid sudden head turns, glances up and down and when standing have feet hip wide apart, helps with balance and wards off nauseous feeling. This especially when heading down hill. Lots of sleep helps especially after couple of nice red wines.Any one out there with personal experience and tips/tricks for walking with Meniere's Disease? Mine is getting worse! I fall inside as well as out of my flat I use my Pacer Poles most of the the time and shop using my hip-belt hiking trolley. This certainly ensures me social distanceI also find when using the trolley I balance better. Obviously cycling is a no-no but if I could afford a tricycle would contemplate that! Please do NOT tell me to lay off the good red wine when in Spain OR coffee either!
Thanks in advance!
The malingerer.
I know how you feel and avoid everything that might upset my balance. It can get a bit hilarious tho cos if I bend over, I fall over!My first CF was supposed to be this year so no camino experience. I suffer from vertigo - sometime slite, occasionally in bed dont move severe. When walking or trekking I try avoid sudden head turns, glances up and down and when standing have feet hip wide apart, helps with balance and wards off nauseous feeling. This especially when heading down hill. Lots of sleep helps especially after couple of nice red wines.
Sorry to hear about your Meniere‘s disease! I have it for over 25 years but it comes and goes and I do not know why. When I do have an episode, motion sickness pills seem to help some. Meniere‘s is completely debilitating for me (sometimes 12 hour episodes) and you need a support person to go with you. The Camino can have miles of nothing so an episode can be very scary. I did not have an episode when I walked the Camino but it was always on my mind.
I find that sports that require balance (biking and running) are extremely important to me. Maybe a bike with training wheels for awhile. I always tried to walk for many days in a row for 12 miles at a time to in the USA to test myself and build some confidence. Hope his works for you. I never really found a way to control meniere’s and my doctors are not any help. The Camino was so much fun for my wife and I and I really hope you get there soon.
My Meniere‘s is much milder than yours. My sister and I both have it, but hers is much more severe, and for her a bout can be completely debilitating for days and even weeks. As I am older than my sister I figure mine will never be as severe as hers. She has found amongst other things that a salt free diet helps - that is almost impossible on a Camino if you eat pilgrim dinners.Any one out there with personal experience and tips/tricks for walking with Meniere's Disease? Mine is getting worse! I fall inside as well as out of my flat I use my Pacer Poles most of the the time and shop using my hip-belt hiking trolley. This certainly ensures me social distanceI also find when using the trolley I balance better. Obviously cycling is a no-no but if I could afford a tricycle would contemplate that! Please do NOT tell me to lay off the good red wine when in Spain OR coffee either!
Thanks in advance!
The malingerer.
the medical profession has no answers for me.
That's because it is idiosyncratic - peculiar to each individual.
As a fellow MD sufferer, I have never taken betahistines or similar. I take the view that the drugs may mask a successful identification of a remedy and concentrate on non-medical solutions. So what I have done is to change diet. No coffee, only wine in moderation (though that is a high hurdle), limited salt intake etc. Anything that works for me.
I understand there may be [invasive] procedures if a condition is severe, so taking time to manage it can pay dividends and remove the need for such procedures.
But as MD is peculiar to each individual it may or may not work for you. I'd certainly think twice about taking advice from strangers on the internet and get specialist medical advice. Informed opinion yes, but not advice.
I know nothing about this disease state but I know it is a serious issue which as others have mentioned and you are aware of has the potential to cause injury. My only advice is when we are all able to walk again and you do decide to go please download AlertCop. It is an app that will immediately put you in contact with the police if you are injured or in a dangerous situation. I am not sure if it only works with a European Union telephone number or any other limitations. I always get a SIM card from Orange (their plan works best for my needs). If you do have an issue you can easily contact them. If you do not speak Spanish they will connect you with an English speaking person to assist you. I have luckily never used the app but I download it before each camino. You can get it at the iPhone app or Google Play app on your cell phone.
Good luck and Buen Camino.
I think the names are easy enough to distinguish. I was neither the first nor the last David on the forum and none of us are trying to claim exclusive use of the name. I wouldn't worry about it.Hi Goldie
Will people confuse us?
My name is Miki Goldie, have been on the forum for some time and have walked 7 caminos. Would you mind identifying with another nickname please.
Love
Miki Goldie
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