Saturday, September 11, 2010

Sept 11 follow-up remarks

So I looked up dizziness in the elderly and this article from the Merk manual ( http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec2/ch19/ch19a.jsp) describes everything we have been through up to and including the physical therapy. Mom does not have vestibular problems (ie. ear)... we just finished all of those tests. She doesn't appear to have circulatory problems, at least not in her carotids. We do know that she has some cerebral and cerebellar atrophy which could be a contributing factor but who knows. I must remember to ask the ENT. Her eyes are fine except for the macular degeneration. The physical therapy discussed at the end of the paper is just exactly what we did for 6 weeks and I think we should resume at home because it says that in weeks or months it could help the situation. I have all the exercises listed on a sheet of paper - one from the PT and one that I wrote as notations when we did PT. So, my plan now is to start doing the ambulator part of the PT. Mom does the eye and head motion exercises.

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