The Health Thread

[Motor City Sonics]

Imagine you're on a rollercoaster and that rollercoaster is on a boat in a storm.   that's what this morning is.   the need to vomit but not able to vomit and every time I move my legs I pull my calf muscles.   this is the most severe vertigo I've ever felt and I think I am going to urgent care or an er.  

[Motor City Sonics]

Update:   So, felt like I needed to get sick but could not.  Ate some toast and the sickness went away and then the vertigo too.   Try to figure that one out Dr. House. 

[IdahoBert]

On 2/24/2026 at 9:55 AM, Motor City Sonics said:

Update:   So, felt like I needed to get sick but could not.  Ate some toast and the sickness went away and then the vertigo too.   Try to figure that one out Dr. House. 

This sounds like at least some good news. Glad to hear it.

[oblong]

Anybody who's looked after elderly, like those over 85 can attest to similar things, even though that's not what happened here I assume.

Phone call at 2:30 pm.

"Hey, I need to go to the ER"

"What's wrong uncle?"

"I got a headache and am light headed. Kind of dizzy"

"What have you eaten today?"

"I had coffee this morning"

"Did you drink any water"

"No"

My wife says one of the symptoms of getting older is you lose hunger pains. So they forget to eat or don't feel like eating because they feel fine - until they don't.  THen they assume it's something else.

 

 

[Biff Mayhem]

7 hours ago, oblong said:

Anybody who's looked after elderly, like those over 85 can attest to similar things, even though that's not what happened here I assume.

Phone call at 2:30 pm.

"Hey, I need to go to the ER"

"What's wrong uncle?"

"I got a headache and am light headed. Kind of dizzy"

"What have you eaten today?"

"I had coffee this morning"

"Did you drink any water"

"No"

My wife says one of the symptoms of getting older is you lose hunger pains. So they forget to eat or don't feel like eating because they feel fine - until they don't.  THen they assume it's something else.

 

 

Is there perhaps some dementia occurring as well?

[oblong]

7 minutes ago, Biff Mayhem said:

Is there perhaps some dementia occurring as well?

In this case not really.  They just don't get hungry and there's probably some sadness and depression so they just don't feel like eating or drinking.  Their bodies tell them they don't have to.  My mom is 96 and her mind is totally there.  Sharp as a toolbox.  But we have to sort of make her eat sometimes.

 

[Motor City Sonics]

13 hours ago, oblong said:

Anybody who's looked after elderly, like those over 85 can attest to similar things, even though that's not what happened here I assume.

Phone call at 2:30 pm.

"Hey, I need to go to the ER"

"What's wrong uncle?"

"I got a headache and am light headed. Kind of dizzy"

"What have you eaten today?"

"I had coffee this morning"

"Did you drink any water"

"No"

My wife says one of the symptoms of getting older is you lose hunger pains. So they forget to eat or don't feel like eating because they feel fine - until they don't.  THen they assume it's something else.

 

 

try a piece of toast with a little butter and maybe a small amount of cinnamon or jam.

 

coffee with no food ......older guy..........blood sugar drops

 

a piece of toast with little bit of butter stopped my nausea/vertigo the other morning. 

Edited yesterday at 12:54 AM by Motor City Sonics

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said:

a piece of toast with little bit of butter stopped my nausea/vertigo the other morning

This reminds me that when we spent time on lake superior on a boat, the soda crackers were always on hand to help with seasickness. Bland starches are the thing I guess. 

[Motor City Sonics]

14 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

This reminds me that when we spent time on lake superior on a boat, the soda crackers were always on hand to help with seasickness. Bland starches are the thing I guess. 

My cousin in Boston retired from the insurance industry in his 40s and went in with two friends on a boat and they do charter fishing trips (Mass in the Summer, Florida in the Winter).   One of the two other guys ALWAYS gets seasick when it gets dark........every single day and he's been around boats his whole life.  

[gehringer_2]

6 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

My cousin in Boston retired from the insurance industry in his 40s and went in with two friends on a boat and they do charter fishing trips (Mass in the Summer, Florida in the Winter).   One of the two other guys ALWAYS gets seasick when it gets dark........every single day and he's been around boats his whole life.  

Darkness is the thing because you can't see the horizon. When we spent time on the lake, you always wanted to see the horizon when the boat was pitching because if what your eyes see matches what your ears (otoliths) say you have half a chance. Same thing with reading in a car. Look out the window while driving, most people are fine. Give you kids a book or game for the back seat which has them looking down and they are tossing their cookies in no time. I'm usually pretty resistant to motion sickness at sea but I never try to read while riding in a moving car for more than a minute or two. Oddly, the SO can read in the car but doesn't do too well in boats.

[LaceyLou]

Reminds me of the BRAT diet for when you're recovering from an intestinal virus-along with flat ginger ale. 

And butter on saltines is awesome.