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Hello ,

Your reply to Re: Vertigo caught my eye.

I started having dizzy/vertigo spells approx. 5 to 10 years before

my CT was found. Since then I've had 2 surgeries done, and the

dizzy/vertigo spells have not subsided at all. I remember the day I

got home from the hospital after having my CT surgery the day

before. I was sitting on the sofa and all the sudden I got this

terrible vertigo. It may have been just the surgery causing it or

may have been linked to BPV who knows?

My family doctor suspected I have BPV because most of the time got

it when I was just starting to wake up in the morning. I wouldn't

have my eyes open and I would have to spinning sensation. I seem to

get this right around spring into summertime. The last time I had

it, it was severe, my husband took me to the ER they had given me

something called Bromaline spelling, all I can remember is was for

motion sickness and it put me to sleep for hours. Also the ER doctor

said more then likely BPV was to blame.

My family doctor refered me to a physiotherapist who is said to have

had good luck with giving BPV treatments. I haven't gone to see him

because the ER Doctor " thought " I had to have the BPV at the time of

treatment for it to work. Do you know it this is true? I have a hard

time with this since the last thing I want to do is hop into a car

to have the treatment done while I've got the spins.

Let me know,

Thanks,

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> There is something called " Benign Positional Vertigo. " I was not

> dizzy when I first had a c-toma removed 10 years ago, but it began

> about 10 months afterwards. I asked the otologist about my

diziness

> and he tried out the procedure for getting rid of the BPV and it

> worked. It is a simple procedure. It has to do with particles

being on

> the wrong side of something in the inner ear, I think. You can do

a

> search on it and find out more. I have learned to do the

positioning

> procedure on myself when it happens.

>

> I am not saying that this is what is bothering your son, but it is

> worth checking out.

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> >

> > My son had cholesteatoma surgery October 18, 2006. He is 21

years old.

> > He had some dizziness post op but since then has gotten

progressively

> > worse. He has been back to the ENT that performed the surgery

and he

> > says everything is looking great and he sees no reason for the

> > dizziness. He has sent us back for another CT scan with

contrast. This

> > was normal. We have been to an ophthamologist. Again everything

is

> > normal. We had a consult with a neurologist this am. He is

sending us

> > for an MRI. This is the only side effect that he has had but as

I said

> > before it has gotten progressively worse since the surgery. He

is now

> > to the point of having to use a cane to walk. Any one else have

this

> > problem or know what might be going on? Any help/ifo would be

greatly

> > appreciated.

> >

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