Re: Bike Ridimg

On 2/5/2025 12:27 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 2/5/2025 11:36 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Thu Jan 30 14:45:18 2025 Jeff Liebermann  wrote:

When I phone my cardiologist, gastroenterologist, urologist, or
ophthalmologist, the first thing I hear on the phone is a recording
with "if this is an emergency please hang up and call 911".  I have
yet to call any doctors office that fails to provide that warning.
<https://www.google.com/search?q=if%20this%20is%20an%20emergency%20please%20hang%20up%20and%20call%20911>
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Total loss of balance is an emergency, or will soon be an emergency,
if you try to drive or ride without being able to balance yourself. If
you elect to wait the days/week/months before an appointment with your
neurologist can be arranged.  If your neurologist is available, the ER
(emergency room) will call his or her office with the medical details.
You might consider going to an "urgent care" or "walk in" clinic and
have them call your neurologist for permission to have an ER doctor
look at your medical records.
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This might help, if you can read it:
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"Should you go to the emergency room (ER), urgent care or doctor?s
office?"
<https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/cultivating-health/should-you-go-to-the-emergency-room-urgent-care-or-doctors-office/2023/07>
"When to go to the emergency room (ER)"
Among the symptoms listed are:
"Vision problems, such as double vision or loss of vision"
"Severe dizziness"
"Head injuries, loss of consciousness, fainting, confusion, or
seizures"

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How long have I been saying that I have no balance and how long has
Liebermann been oretebdubg that he cannot read?
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The change was that my left eye was not tracking the right which made
balancing even more difficult since I have to orient myself by looking at
my surroundings, With eyesight problems this became difficuolt.
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At the moment, if I start falling I cannot catch myself and reorient
myself fast enough to keep from fqalling. I'm taking the bike out to see
how much of a problem this is.
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Possibly vestibular in nature, does effect eye tracking mine apparently
don’t track as well as should do.
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It’s one of the things the Vestibular physios look for when they get into
one’s personal space, and stare into one’s eyes which is fairly
uncomfortable to be honest!
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If one’s balance is impaired then do tend to fail to catch oneself, though
the bike for me seems to be the one exception, on foot I tend to just
collapse or rather sit ungainly, or use my reach and strength to hold on
and brace.
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If from your other post it’s from a blood clot/brain I’d expect it just to
be done than left certainly that’s the NHS way.
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Roger Merriman
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A scan is indeed indicated but NHS is no more prompt than
the failed US systems:
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/nhs-mri-england-government-department-of-health-b1152601.html
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The crux of problem is delay, not cost IMHO.
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I’ve found it’s fairly prompt if it’s time or medically critical of which
Tom’s does sound like it.
 That’s not to say that the NHS hasn’t had 14 years of real world budget
cuts as well the hope as ever is to privatise it so someone can make money,
as it’s working so well with various utilities, my favourite being Thames
water asking if after spending its money paying dividends to shareholders
rather than doing maintenance, has asked if the government would pay its
debts!
 Kinda unlikely really!
 Roger Merriman
 

Indeed, water utilities in UK are a world-class object lesson in failure.
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