<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from catherine.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 catherine.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-21T19:19:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-11-21:links.412191736</id><title>I just love doctors and needles</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/i_just_love_doctors_and_needles.htm"><![CDATA[Last night as we sat down to dinner, I had a strange pain in my chest. Sort of chest pain, if you will. Odd, I thought. Whatever. I ate. I stayed there. It just kept staying there. I breathed and it stayed there. I moved around and it stayed there. I]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/i_just_love_doctors_and_needles.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-11-21T17:19:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-21T17:19:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-11-14:links.412190825</id><title>vince weighs in</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/vince_weighs_in.htm"><![CDATA[Okay, I saw my beloved Vince yesterday and his team, and I am feeling better. First off, I was very validated by the way my story drew a crowd in there, and the way Vince&#39;s mouth was hanging open, literally, in complete shock. Of course, he&#39;s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/vince_weighs_in.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-11-14T13:27:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-14T13:27:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-11-10:links.412190029</id><title>still upset</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/still_upset.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been ruminating, fuming, mulling and analyzing yesterday&#39;s conversation with the goddess of vestibular problems all night. When I opened my eyes this morning, the whole thing started up again in my head right away. I just went to attempt]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/still_upset.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-11-10T15:47:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-10T15:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-11-09:links.412189893</id><title>medical labyrinth</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/medical_labyrinth.htm"><![CDATA[A totally exasperating, miserable, frustrating, worse than useless follow-up appt with the marvelous dr. today. Remember how three months ago I went up to the Cleveland Clinic and had six hours of grueling vestibular testing, and the upshot of it was]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/medical_labyrinth.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-11-09T18:42:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-09T18:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-11-07:links.412189703</id><title>An ill wind</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/an_ill_wind.htm"><![CDATA[Is being a smartass a symptom of H1N1? If so, then Isaac has definitely had it. Indeed, I think it&#39;s swept through the house in the last two weeks, felling each of us separately like a stand of trees. First was Elias, the smallest, weakest member]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/an_ill_wind.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-11-07T19:37:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-07T19:37:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-10-18:links.412186941</id><title>Vince Wins!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/vince_wins.htm"><![CDATA[Wow-- that was interesting. I can NOT provoke a vertigo attack just by wearing bad shoes and attending a martial art&#39;s themed birthday party. I rotated through several pairs of soft squishy shoes last night, challenging myself pretty much hourly]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/vince_wins.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-10-18T14:34:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-18T14:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-10-17:links.412186879</id><title>the worst homework assignment in the history of mankind</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_worst_homework_assignment_in_the_history_of_mankind.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m sitting here wearing wool socks and running shoes. Why, you ask? Have I gone mad? Am I cured? Unfortunately, no and no. My shoe issues are still huge. Today I endured outright mocking at the farmers&#39; market. It was maybe a brisk 39 degree]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_worst_homework_assignment_in_the_history_of_mankind.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-10-17T22:39:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-17T22:39:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-09-26:links.412184189</id><title>The Truth About Isaac</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_truth_about_isaac.htm"><![CDATA[He is an alien, from the planet X. O. That explains a lot. I mean, would any child of mine use an &quot;inappropriate finger gesture&quot; at school? Refuse to complete any work whatsoever, nor sit down, nor refrain from jovially kicking, hitting, po]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_truth_about_isaac.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-09-26T16:48:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-26T16:48:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-09-26:links.412184192</id><title>A bad birthday present for a good little boy</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/a_bad_birthday_present_for_a_good_little_boy.htm"><![CDATA[Asthma. It&#39;s looking all too possible that Elias, my precious little honey spilling, Benadryl drinking, climbing, dumping, smiling sunshine, has asthma. You see, he has this tendency to get croup. Like the slightest sniffle turns into a horrible]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/a_bad_birthday_present_for_a_good_little_boy.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-09-26T14:08:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-26T14:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-09-25:links.412184128</id><title>Shoes and the feet who wear them</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/shoes_and_the_feet_who_wear_them.htm"><![CDATA[Major footwear issues around here, and it&#39;s not just fall fashion week. Basically the problem is that I have one (1) pair of shoes that I can stomach. All others bring about dizziness and motion sickness in very short order. Like, within minutes.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/shoes_and_the_feet_who_wear_them.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-09-25T18:35:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-25T18:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-09-11:links.412182244</id><title>Comedy Gold</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/comedy_gold.htm"><![CDATA[While all this vestibular constant process has been going on, the kids have maintained a steady supply of their usual comedy gold, which I feel must be captured before I forget. For one example... In the car one day, we were at a stop light. A woman]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/comedy_gold.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-09-11T20:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-11T20:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-08-24:links.412180284</id><title>in the vestibular spa</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/in_the_vestibular_spa.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m now up and running with my new treatment protocol, vestibular therapy. Indeed, I&#39;m going against much of it right now by sitting in a non-ergonomic manner and keying this... apparently my neck has more than a minor role in the whole dizzi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/in_the_vestibular_spa.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-08-24T19:24:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-24T19:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-08-18:links.412179748</id><title>Just When Things Were Getting Dull</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/just_when_things_were_getting_dull.htm"><![CDATA[Elias dropped a major rock on his toe this morning.Last night Ben managed to catch a garter snake, and we had him in a cage (the snake, not Ben). We were looking around for things to feed him. It&#39;s been really dry so worms were hard to come by. I]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/just_when_things_were_getting_dull.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-08-18T19:14:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-18T19:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-08-18:links.412179706</id><title>Normal Study</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/normal_study.htm"><![CDATA[I got my MRI results yesterday. My results are.... drum roll.... &quot;normal study.&quot; This means that I don&#39;t have a brain tumor, or aneurism, or some other ungodly thing in there that I didn&#39;t know about. What I have is a normal brain (]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/normal_study.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-08-18T11:43:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-18T11:43:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-08-17:links.412179676</id><title>40 Hours in New York City</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/40_hours_in_new_york_city.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m back and more or less in one piece after what may have been the briefest and most intense, physically and emotionally demanding trip I&#39;ve ever taken. First off, the weeks leading up to it were intense. Will I go? Can I go? How can I go? W]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/40_hours_in_new_york_city.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-08-17T16:36:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-17T16:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-08-14:links.412179436</id><title>Together We May Balance</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/together_we_may_balance.htm"><![CDATA[The last few days have been a blur of medical facilities, babysitter finding, insurance wrangling, and boy-struggling. I&#39;m pretty tired by all of it. But that has been the theme of the whole summer hasn&#39;t it? I think I work 20 hours a week on]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/together_we_may_balance.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-08-14T12:03:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-14T12:03:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-08-11:links.412179158</id><title>new, improved diagnosis</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/new_diagnosis.htm"><![CDATA[Yesterday I went to the Cleveland Clinic to see Dr. White, a wonderful woman who I think can make my life much, much better. She&#39;s the Head of the Vestibular and Balance Disorders department within the Head and Neck Institute. In short, she&#39;s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/new_diagnosis.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-08-11T11:17:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-11T11:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-08-05:links.412178619</id><title>I bought a cane</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/i_bought_a_cane.htm"><![CDATA[This is surely a premature milestone in my life. I&#39;m wavering between being incredibly depressed that it has come to this, and being all (sing it) &quot;I am strong... I am invincible... I am WOOOMAAAN!&quot; I&#39;m not going to let the fact tha]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/i_bought_a_cane.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-08-05T13:09:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-05T13:09:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-08-03:links.412178437</id><title>sun, waves (and dizziness)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/sun_waves_and_dizziness.htm"><![CDATA[We just got back yesterday from our sojourn to the wonderful south. I&#39;m getting so fond of the whole region, and it&#39;s not just the grits and sweet tea. The Inn where we stay has become a second home to us-- we stay in the same room, and the s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/sun_waves_and_dizziness.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-08-03T12:12:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-03T12:12:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-07-23:links.412177571</id><title>the unreliable car in my head</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_unreliable_car_in_my_head.htm"><![CDATA[this is a nice short explanation of Meniere&#39;s disease:&nbsp;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-b91ughElY&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_unreliable_car_in_my_head.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-07-23T11:13:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-23T11:13:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-07-22:links.412177512</id><title>Visually Dependent</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/visually_dependent.htm"><![CDATA[So here&#39;s the latest 411 on my favorite vestibular disorder. Yesterday I went to this vestibular therapist-- it&#39;s a sub-specialty of Physical Therapy that is focussed on balance and inner ear issues. I had hoped that she could work wonders wi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/visually_dependent.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-07-22T16:14:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-22T16:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-07-17:links.412177055</id><title>the honey bandit strikes again</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_honey_bandit_strikes_again.htm"><![CDATA[Unbelievable. And yet. I think the amazing part of the story, really, is that I let my guard down yet again. I... maybe I&#39;ve been a bit preoccupied by my new life with Meniere&#39;s disease. Maybe I&#39;ve been a little bit dazed and not entirely]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_honey_bandit_strikes_again.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-07-17T01:56:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-17T01:56:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-07-07:links.412176250</id><title>The Dizzy Lounge</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_dizzy_lounge.htm"><![CDATA[If this keeps up, I&#39;m going to have to create an off-shoot blog, tentatively titled &quot;Half A Bubble Off: My life with Meniere&#39;s Disease.&quot; So yesterday I went to see the Ear Nose Throat guy. This is the appt I&#39;ve been waiting for]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/the_dizzy_lounge.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-07-07T16:47:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-07T16:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-06-27:links.412175354</id><title>Chronic</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/chronic.htm"><![CDATA[Just yesterday I was so incredibly happy-- almost borderline euphoric-- because I felt SO normal! I didn&#39;t feel dizzy at all. I did wildly risky things, like bending down to get something from a low cupboard, and standing on a STEP STOOL to get s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/chronic.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-06-27T20:04:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-27T20:04:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:catherine.blog-city.com,2009-06-22:links.412174901</id><title>Tenative Normalcy?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://catherine.blog-city.com/tenative_normalcy.htm"><![CDATA[This morning feels at last like the first morning of summer. I guess that&#39;s fitting because of the solstice last night (or on Saturday?). But since school ended ten days ago, one would have expected this feeling a little sooner. The whole Meniere]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://catherine.blog-city.com/tenative_normalcy.htm"/><dc:creator>catherine</dc:creator><author><name>catherine</name></author><updated>2009-06-22T15:38:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-22T15:38:00Z</published></entry></feed>