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June 28th 2007

Chunky Update

Chunky Blanket - with each color at least twice

This is with each color used at least twice. I think it’s kinda charming how the middle rectangle looks crooked. I suspect it is because I cast on a bit too tightly and the middle rectangle is actually a bit more like a middle trapezoid. Oh well! It’s soft and warm and nice to knit on spread over my lap in the evenings. I’ve used up almost half of my yarn. At that point I’ll measure and figure out how many square inches I have, double it, and estimate what the finished size will be (since everyone who has seen the thing keeps asking me!).

If you’re wondering about the order of the colors, it is basically random.  I try to put colors that contrast near each other and I try to use each color on a different side each time.  I also try to arrange it so that I’m using up the different colors at about the same rate.  But some of these things occured to me and were implemented later than others so mostly its random.   I think after all the very careful calculation and measurement that went into making my mom’s cardigan, this is sort of my mindless, imperfect, just-keep-on-knitting project that I need to do right now.

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June 26th 2007

Back to Business

Here is the Chunky Blanket with all twelve colors and a couple of the colors used twice. It is much bigger than this now, I’ll take a new picture tomorrow to post:

Chunky Blanket - All 12 colors (plus two repeats)

Here are Dad’s Golf Cluvvers on the clubs:

Dad's Cluvvers -  on the clubs

And Dad agreed to pose for me:

Dad's Cluvvers - with Dad!

And just for fun, here is Oliver looking like a little demon Ewok as he chases Rosie (and Dad chasing both of them) with his ears flying behind him:

Dad Chasing Oliver Chasing Rosie

(If there was any doubt that my Dad is a devout golfer, check out those tan lines!) And some baby birds that just hatched in a hanging flower basket on Mom and Dad’s back porch:

Baby Birds in Mom's Hanging Flower Basket

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June 26th 2007

Meniere’s Disease Information and Health Update

Edited 1/23/2008 to add: I have decided to close comments on this post because I am uncomfortable with some peoples’ view of my website as a Meniere’s “group.” I appreciate that so many people have responded to what I wrote but this is simply an account of one patient’s battle with MD and not an appropriate place to ask medical questions, give medical advice, or seek support from a group. If you want a quick link to people to talk to please visit menieres.org. They have several forums and you can register and participate for free.

Thank you to the many people who have posted their messages of support, suggestions, and appreciation in response to my posts about my struggle with Meniere’s Disease. I want to remind everyone that I’m not an expert, just another patient. If you have vertigo, don’t assume it is Meniere’s Disease, it could be something else. Just because one treatment hasn’t worked for me doesn’t mean it won’t work for you. The best advice I can give anyone is to find a good doctor and get informed (ask the doctor lots of questions, take notes, bring someone with you to the appointment, etc.).

Cover of Meniere's Disease: What You Need to KnowIf you do have a diagnosis of Meniere’s Disease, the best resource I can direct you to is this book:

Meniere’s Disease: What You Need to Know, by P. J. Haybach, RN, MS which is available to order from the Vestibular Disorders Assocation website.

This is the only book written for patients with Meniere’s Disease and it is much easier to understand than a lot of the medical literature you may come across.

Some good, neutral online resources include:

If you are looking for people to talk to about Meniere’s Disease, I suggest menieres.org. They have several forums and you can register and participate for free.

(Edit to add:) Thanks Lynn for the heads up that there is now a MySpace community for people with Meniere’s Disease - this is another great opportunity for those of you looking to connect with others.

To those of you who have offered suggestions for various treatments to try, thank you and I assure you that I have thoroughly researched the options and possibilities and am doing what works best for me.

As for me, I had my third (and last) Gentamicin injection on Thursday the 14th. I had a small flare up of symptoms last week which means the treatment had some effect. I still am having the symptoms I was having before the treatments but it could just mean that it is going to take some time for my inner ear and brain to compensate for the damage done by the Gentamicin.

At this point if I stay at home, I usually can make it through the day without vertigo, just mild dizziness and nausea plus ear fullness and pain. However, I can only handle small amounts of time outside of the house at this point. My vestibular system is damaged and trying to adjust right now and exposure to too much light, noise, or external movement and stimuli can easily trigger vertigo and other symptoms. This last week I’ve been trying to get out of the house and be a bit more active but about two hours seems to be my time limit in public places before I get overwhelmed. Hopefully, this all means that my vestibular system is adjusting and compensating and my brain is learning to depend more on my good ear and my vision to determine my balance. Right now it is a wait and see situation. Three is the maximum Gentamicin injections my doctor is willing to try because in his opinion if it hasn’t controlled the symptoms at that point then more injections will not help and only risk damaging my hearing. I trust his judgment and do not want to go through any more injections. I will be thankful if this controls my symptoms, and if it doesn’t then I’ll deal with that when I get there.

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June 23rd 2007

New Look (Again)

I’m probably driving all 12 of you who view my website regularly crazy by changing its appearance so often but I’ve been having trouble settling on something that looks nice, serves all my needs, and is simple and clean.  I think this will be a good one for me after I’ve had a chance to tweak a few more things.

I can’t wait to get my Ravelry invite so I can keep track of my projects there instead of creating new blog pages for every project.  In fact, I don’t think I will make any more new pages since I expect my invite should come soon.   In the meantime, I joined the Kauni Knit Along and am looking forward to that.  I’ve never done a knit along before and it will be nice to have support for this project.

Not a lot of knitting progress today because I finally did thank you notes for the graduation party we had a month ago.  I’m not at home (Stephen’s out of town, I’m sick and at my parents) so I can’t post pictures till tomorrow of the Chunky Blanket.

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June 22nd 2007

Chunky Blanket Progress

I think that’s what I’m going to call it. This is what I did last night:

Chunky Blanket - one evening's knitting

And a close up look at the thick and thin yarn that makes the texture so chunky:

Chunky Blanket - close up on the thick and thin yarn

Today I went back to Kirkwood Knittery and got two skeins each of four more colors since I’d like to make a nice big blanket and wanted to get what they had left. So it’ll be ten colors in total. I’ve gotten a lot more done today so more pics coming soon.

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