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Comments (136)Hi folks, I'm glad I found this thread. It has a lot of great info on it. I have a mask plant I got a few years ago. I keep it in a bright window behind a curtain. It's currently potted in soil less mix and stays moist. It's grown a LOT and sent out a flower this year. However, the tips of all the leaves are browning and curling. This just started in the last week. I don't want to repot for a few weeks until I can take it outside to do it and I plan on using some of the suggestions here for potting medium. But in the meantime, can anyone tell me what might be happening? It looks like burning, but hasn't been in the sun, and has been consistently moist. Also, what fertilizer should I use? Could I use the same one for my orchids? Oh yes, it has about 8 large stalks now and they look raggedy where the old leaves have come off, plus some new babies coming up. What would be the best way to repot this? Divide, larger pot, etc?...See MoreTinnitus
Comments (45)I just found this thread about tinnitus -- thought I'd tell me story, in case some pieces of it may help someone else. Mine started very suddenly and loudly in August 2000 while I was sitting in a room where there was a VERY LOUD collating machine working on our marketing mailing at work. The loud squealing sound in my ears did not quit that day, or the next day. I saw my internist, then an ENT. The hearing test indicated that I had not experienced any hearing loss, and I believe that to still be true. The only thing they had to offer was a special hearing aid to provide white noise. I didn't really like that option. The following week I went to see my husband's chiropractor, even though I was very skeptical and basically a non-believer in chiropractic. I was desperate, so I decided to try it. He said he would know within two weeks whether he could help me. Just hours after the first adjustment, I was experiencing a change -- it was as though someone were taking a radio volume dial and changing it louder, quieter, louder, quieter, etc. It was awful, but I chose to think of it as a positive in that he had effected a change. I was hoping that change could end up being something more desirable. I had daily appointments that first week, and each day the volume decreased. The following week I only saw him three times, and the appointment frequency continued to gradually decrease. I currently see my chiropractor about once every three or four weeks. Sometimes by that time, I am hearing the squealing (much quieter now than originally -- usually I can even just ignore it), but sometimes I go just to stay ahead of it. It turns out that I have a spondylosis, complete with lower back stiffness, and the adjustments help. It may be noteworthy that my father also had tinnitus -- perhaps he had the spondylosis too. If anyone thinks this might be an avenue worth checking, I strongly suggest finding a Gonstead chiropractor. (Gonstead = the gold standard of chiropractic -- and they are not likely to pressure you to sign up for the "lifetime program." Their motto is to find the problem, adjust it, and then leave it alone.) I do find that exercising (walking, climbing stairs or using the elliptical) is helpful. Hope this may be of some help to some of you. My question for all of you -- do any of you also have: - lower back stiffness? - bad knees ? (I need to have two knee replacements, but I'm still in the putting-it-off mode) - hips that are sometimes stiff or tight feeling? I'd like to find out whether there is a common pattern to this. Thanks....See MoreSudden roaring in ears?
Comments (2)Hi Catherinet - I too had Tinnitus, the ringing and buzzing in my ears. I have done some research and found that it does happen in menopause but can also be caused by a condition known as Otosclerosis, which effects the middle ear. It has to do with bone growth on the tiny stapes bones in the middle ear. The bones prevent the middle ear bones from conducting signals going to the inner ear. There has been evidence showing that HRT can be a problem when it comes to tinnitus during menopause, among other things. Of course, it becomes more common the older we get also. Unfortunately I haven't found anything to take care of this but I thought this might be some interesting information for you anyway. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Bobbi...See MoreRinging in ears
Comments (21)I have it too. I use to have a clicking in my left ear, and In desperation I got into the habit of using my thumb to push in behind the left earlobe, until I found a spot that would stop the clicking. That was painful at times. Now I have some hearing loss, and the clicking hardly ever happens any more. (I don't know if the pushing caused the loss or not.) If it does I do the thumb push and the clicking stops, but the hearing loss continues. I do hate having to ask people to repeat so I can hear them, and yes, on the phone is the worst. I have seen one audiologist years ago. She said I only don't hear the low tones. Hearing aides are terribly expensive, and a lot of people say they don't use them after they get them. I have the dizziness once in a while, and have been given the exercises, but I don't do them. I keep Meclizine (Rx) on hand and that takes care of it. Do you find that most people now, especially young people, talk too fast? That includes the TV folks especially. I have to tell my grandkids to slow done all the time. Sue...See MoreDCM1519
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