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How am I going in this realm of dizziness which has become such a part of my daily life?
I have good days and bad days, that's the only way I can really explain it. Some days it is barely noticeable, other times it is enough to keep me from wanting to move.
Testing at the ENT revealed nothing other than an inability to hear sounds at a certain high pitch and TMJ, which is apparently the cause of the feeling of ear fullness, popping and crackling which seemed to be coming from my ears.
Still doesn't explain the dizziness though so more tests to be completed. Balance tests. I'm sure these tests will actually make me dizzier but they need to be done so I guess I will see how it goes.
An interesting comment was made to me by my physiotherapist who has been treating my neck for a whiplash injury back in March. Apparently my neck is very stiff, even when I'm seen on a weekly basis that the physio asked me if I have had dizziness and went on to describe practically all of my symptoms. Surprised, I told her yes and she said that it is common when the neck muscles are that stiff to experience dizziness due to proximity of these muscles to certain nerves and even the brain stem. I looked it up and saw that these types of neck symptoms can indeed cause dizziness. I wish it had been mentioned to me earlier, I have been going there for awhile now and this was mentioned to me by a new physio I started seeing after my old one changed her hours.
I started keeping a diary and noted that the dizziness always improves after a physio session and seems to be worse if I haven't had a session for a few weeks. Not something I want to self diagnose but still an interesting consideration. Time will tell!
September 25th 2009 22:51
There is a lot of movement going on in the new season in Greece, shows have been axed, people you don't expect to see being offered a role have one and people you would expect to immediately get a new role have not been offered one while others are simply taking their time to decide on a new role.
Most shocking of all - Proinos Kafes no longer existing as part of Antenna's line-up, a show Eleni Menegaki made famous which has been continued with varying stages of success by others. Clearly not enough success as the show has not been renewed. The duo of Haritatos and Karameros will instead be doing a show in this highly competitive morning time-slot and rumours are rife as to who will be their female counterpart on the show. Will it be Manolidou, Thraskia, Boule or no one? All rumours, none substantiated. In this case, I believe the presenter who would best fit in with the style of show and this duo, would be Rania Thraskia. I may not like her but she's very smart and should fit in well. She was axed from Alter while still in the maternity ward, not a great move by the channel I think. ANT1 and MEGA are likely fighting over her now that she is no longer with Alter.
Nadia Boule is a shock to be without a position and having other much less talented presenters (if they can call themselves that) taking a role over her on MEGA must have been a blow. No matter though, she is a talented up and coming presenter, she has proven herself to be not just beautiful but smart as well and is not afraid to take a chance. I'm sure she'll be snapped up by one of the large stations, they'd be silly not to. In related news her romance with Gregory Arnaoutoglou is said to be on the rocks, well, I'll believe it when I see it though I hope not, it's about time Gregory settles down with someone and she seems a good match.
Queen of this 10am to 1pm timeslot has always been and I believe will continue to be Eleni Menegaki. She's back for her 14th year in television in this time-slot and I am sure she will continue to do it successfully. She's not complacent though, she acknowledges the competition and does her best.
September 12th 2009 01:51
The French couple who decided to get themselves out of debt by poisoning their children, believing it would be easier without them, have been given sentences of 20 years and 10 years respectively. Meaning the 29 year old monster of a mother will be out at age 49 (probably less if the sentence is later reduced) and her husband, age 39, not the biological father of the children, will also be out at age 49. What about life sentences? These two pathetic excuses for human beings still have time to commit more crimes when they get out of prison. What will that useless mother do when she runs out of money next time?
Instead of becoming a sex worker (maybe she was too unfortunate looking), or making her husband do the same, or coming up with some other way (get 5 jobs if you have to), they killed two innocent children to clean up their debts. Sterilise them both, please. I'd also like to know the reasoning behind why the judge did not give them the 30 years the prosecutor was going for. 30 years to life would have been more suitable sentences for these people. I use the term people very loosely here because they are certainly not decent members of society.
A longer sentence will not bring these two children back but the fact that a life sentence was not handed down is slightly disturbing, considering the crime which was committed. I often harp on about soft sentencing but it is an area of the law I am passionate about and would like to see more justice rather than the token slap on the wrist.
As a relative of the couple shouted out when the sentences were read out, "they should have got life...". They should have, but didn't. This was pre-meditated murder, yet Schapelle Corby got a harsher sentence for drug smuggling than these two got for murder. Different countries have different legal systems but the issue of sentencing should be one that all countries consider.
If justice is to be served then the sentences for those who commit crimes need to be a reflection of the crime committed, protect society from criminals being out on the streets much sooner than they should be and by all means, rehabilitate the offender if this is a viable option, but do this from the confines of prison, not by allowing them out to re-offend.
At age 84, he enrolled in primary school with dreams of learning reading and maths and was even made a school prefect. Just shy of completing his primary school education, Joseph Stephen Kimani Nganga Maruge, has died, aged 90.
Not having had the chance to complete school when he was younger, he began school when the government began offering free schooling and was passing his classes with flying colours, a model student. He has four children, nineteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild
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This break from our scheduled programming is a small demonstration of one of the things found on the internet that always makes me laugh...lolcats.com
I'm actually allergic to cats but it doesn't mean I don't enjoy these. Some are very silly of course but there are some gems in there. A few of my favourites
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You've got to love those out there stories to incite a giggle or two. A man in Florida told officers the child pornography found on his computer was not downloaded by him...no, it was downloaded by his cat! His cat allegedly jumped up on the keyboard while he was downloading music.
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This has been all over the media since it happened and I honestly don't see why this issue has become as big as it has.
It is horrible yes, that this girl's mother would take her on a radio show to do a lie detector test, already knowing the information which was disclosed. Discuss it in the privacy of your own home, not live on air. How mortifying for the girl that her own mother would put her through this on the airwaves
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Well-known television presenter, Rania Thraskia, gave birth to a baby boy early on Monday morning by Cesarean and both mother and baby are doing well. Early reports suggest the baby has his mothers looks, no word on whether he took one look at his proud daddy and thought he was the grandfather. Me, mean? Never! But yes, yet another baby has entered Greek showbiz. After Niki Katsona giving birth to a boy also and newly married Kelli Kelekidou ready to pop too. Now let's hope Thraskia remembers what a 'private' person she supposedly is and doesn't start splashing him all over the magazine covers....because that would be tacky. It isn't known what name he will receive yet.
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It's an interesting world we live in when parents are legally able to ABANDON their own child. A child who has been raped and needs all the support she can get from her supposedly loving parents. Someone sterilise them please, this is ridiculous.
Police aren't even charging these pathetic excuses for human beings/parents, instead Phoenix Police Sargent Adam Hill says that "they didn't abandon the child" and "committed no crime. They just didn't support the child
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Can you be too nice and therefore used, abused and trodden on as others without this maddening quality push their way past you?
This thought occurred to me while a friend in med school who has a part-time job in retail was telling me about her troubles with a supervisor, who in essence, bullies her. She just takes it and is too nice to say anything about it. Nicest person you could meet, gets along well with everyone, yet she allows this to happen to her because she doesn't want to 'cause trouble
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