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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 – Daily News 3B FEATURES Simple maneuver relieves vertigo Woman dreads retirement with hubby sense of imbalance. DEAR DOCIt also can cause TOR K: I suffer nausea, vomiting from benign paroxand ringing in the ysmal positional ears. vertigo. I've heard One treatment that something for BPPV is the called the Epley Epley maneuver. In maneuver may this maneuver, a help. Could you doctor or physical explain what this is? Dr. K therapist moves DEAR READby Anthony L. ER: Vertigo is the Komaroff, M.D. your head and body through a series of sensation that either your body or your environ- positions. You can also learn ment is moving, usually to do it yourself. You begin spinning. Vertigo can be a by lying on an examination symptom of many different table. The therapist gently illnesses and disorders. The moves your head to the left type of vertigo you have — and right, then has you roll benign paroxysmal posi- over and sit up. Each position moves the tional vertigo (BPPV) — is the most common form. As loose crystals through the you've probably experi- ear canal, repositioning enced, simply changing the them to relieve symptoms. position of your head can Your symptoms may cause a sudden spinning improve in as little as 10 minutes. Your doctor also sensation. Inside the ear are three may provide specific exertiny canals that help us rec- cises for you to continue at ognize the position of our home. I've put an illustration body in space and maintain balance. Inside the canals is on my website, AskDocfluid and tiny hairs attached torK.com, that shows how to nerve endings. The way the therapist will move the fluid washes against the your head and body (and hairs changes when your how you can do it yourbody is in different posi- self). The picture also tions. When the fluid moves shows how the crystals will the hairs, nerve signals are be repositioned during sent to the brain. Those sig- each step to relieve your nals get translated in a way vertigo. For more persistent vertithat lets you know what go, your doctor may recomposition your body is in. BPPV occurs when tiny mend something called balcalcium crystals form in the ance rehabilitation. The inner ear and become dis- types of exercises prescribed lodged. They bang around will depend upon what the canals and touch the sen- movements provoke your sitive nerve endings inside. symptoms. The Epley maneuver, The brain starts to get conflicting signals. You experi- and several similar exercisence this as a sensation of es, have given relief to many your body moving around in people with BPPV. Before the world (or the world spin- these maneuvers were discovered, the vertigo would ning around your body). If you have BPPV, sim- ultimately go away on its ply looking up or rolling own, but it could take over in bed can dislodge weeks. These maneuvers crystals and cause brief speed the improvement — bouts of extreme dizziness. from weeks to minutes. Vertigo can feel like the Unfortunately, attacks of room is spinning or as vertigo do often return, but though you are spinning in the maneuvers help drive the room. It can be just a them away. The Retirement Zone By Jennifer Cooper Social Security Manager in Redding You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of work and earnings, but of pension and leisure. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. You unlock this door with Social Security's Retirement Estimator and online benefit application. Next stop … the retirement zone. That's not exactly sticking to the original script, but some television viewers may be hearing the voice of Rod Serling ringing in their heads right now. The Twilight Zone television program first aired in 1959 and ran for five seasons — and continues to live on in reruns. The series took viewers through amazing journeys with each episode featuring characters who faced unusual or extraordinary circumstances. If you're nearing retirement now, it may seem an extraordinary circumstance that these days you really can do it all from the comfort of your home or office computer. Amazing but true: you can do so much online, including getting an estimate of future benefits, testing out different retirement scenarios, completing and submitting your retirement application online, and much more! Picture a man. A man sitting at his home computer. He isn't sure whether he should apply now, wait until he reaches full retirement age, or work a little longer and begin receiving benefits at age 70. He's about to find out … with a visit to the Retirement Estimator. The Estimator uses his past earnings and allows him to enter variable future earnings and retirement dates to complete the picture of a retirement he'd like to live. Imagine a woman. A woman with a laptop enjoying a hot cup of java at her favorite coffee house. She's done with planning and has decided it's time to take the plunge and retire. Before going to a local Social Security office as her parents and older siblings did, she visits www.socialsecurity.gov and discovers she can complete the entire application online and submit it in about 15 minutes. As in most cases, there are no papers to sign and no documents to provide. She ventures from www.socialsecurity.gov to an audio book and closes her eyes to begin enjoying her retirement. Back when The Twilight Zone first hit television screens, the idea of testing out retirement scenarios or even completing and submitting a retirement application online would have been science fiction fodder fit for an episode of the program. Today, it is reality. Try it out for yourself. Visit www.socialsecurity.gov and take a visit into … the retirement zone. Elizabeth Emerson Lise Helseth from Norway is looking for you 360-425-5309 360-751-3351 piness and satisfaction. It's not Dear Annie: I am retiring too late. Just take the first step. at the end of the week and am Dear Annie: What hapworried. I have been married pens if you invite your son's for 27 years to my second classmate to his birthday party, husband. For the past 24, he and the parent gives you a list has not once touched me, of things he's not allowed to said ''I love you'' or diseat — not for health reasons, played any affection. He is a but for religious or moral ones, good stepfather to my children and a wonderful grand- Annie's and the kid wants to eat them anyway? father, but there is absolutely For example, what if the nothing for me. I am a very social person, by Kathy Mitchell family keeps kosher, but the but he is happy reading or and Marcy Sugar kid wants the non-kosher hamburgers? Or the parents are working in our garden. When we do something together, it is invari- strict vegans and don't want their child ably what he wants to do. We go to eat anything with meat, milk or where he wants to go and eat what he eggs, but the kid doesn't care and wants the hot dogs and birthday cake? wants to eat. I feel I have let life pass me by. My Do I forcibly keep the child away from marriage vows said ''until death us do the unapproved food? Or do I say, part,'' so divorce is out of the question. ''My house, my rules''? — Gary, Ind. Dear Gary: We know it can be difWill I be able to find happiness in retirement? I'm dreading it. — Is ficult when you feel you are catering to a wide swath of food restrictions, There Hope for Me? Dear Hope: Since divorce is not an but the parents' rules apply. You must option, please use your energy to tell the child, ''Sorry, but your parents carve out your own life within your said you aren't allowed to have that.'' marriage. Assert your independence, Of course, it would be a kindness to and do some things just for yourself. serve something that all the kids can Join a book club, choir, theater group eat, and it's not as complicated as you or political organization. Volunteer might think. Ask the parents for assisyour time at a children's hospital. Take tance. And if you cannot accommoa trip with friends. You also might find date the child's requirements, please it beneficial to get some counseling, inform the parents ahead of time. with or without your husband, to help They may prefer to pack him his own you navigate the rest of your life in a food or not send him. Dear Annie: This is in way that brings you some type of hap- Mailbox response to ''Tired of Poor Customer Service.'' I have been in customer service for 30 years. I have been cussed at, threatened, had food thrown at me and worse, all the while with a smile on my face. I love working with the public, but the public needs to remember that I am there to provide a service. I'm not your slave. I deserve to be treated with respect the same as you. I don't respond well to rudeness and demands. I will help any way I can, but if I can't get you what you want, don't blame me, swear at me and tell me I'm stupid. It is not my fault that you lost your job, your marriage is failing, your car broke down or your dog died. I am sympathetic, but don't take it out on me. I agree that customer service is becoming a thing of the past. But, dear customer, take a look at yourself, as well. Would you want to be treated the way you have treated me? A smile, a kind gesture and a positive attitude go a long way on both sides of the counter. — Still Smiling in Indiana Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. Holiday gift guide for kids ages 3 to 7 My husband and I have done our best to buy toys for our grandson Eli, age 4, since the day he was born. We buy toys that will spark his curiosity, challenge his mind and prompt him to love learning. The more he learns, the more fun we have, and the more fun we have, the more Eli learns. That's what I call a win-win! With Christmas only weeks away, you may be wondering what gifts will spark the joy of learning in the children and grandchildren in your life this Holiday Season. Eli and I had fun coming up with the following gift guide for kids ages 3 to 7 -- toys that are really fun to play with, and that educate too. (For your convenience, I have posted pictures and resources for each of these toys at EverydayCheapskate.com/kidgifts). • Schleich Animals. Made of solid soft plastic, these animals are incredibly detailed and beautifully made. These animals are so lifelike, yet designed for small hands and rough play. The attention to detail is exceeded only by the reasonable price point. With each addition to his collection, Eli learns all about that particular animal's natural habitat, what it eats, how it raises its babies plus a few fun, if not silly, facts. Check out the entire collection to see just how beautiful these • Cash Register. Eli and I spend animals are. • LeapPad. This adorable learn- endless hours playing zoo, toy ing tablet from the folks at store, mall and grocery store. And LeapFrog is like candy to a kid what better way to learn about who loves to learn and is not money and math than with a great intimidated by electronics. cash register? The Learning Eli received a LeapPad 2 for Resources Pretend & Play Calculator Cash Register is quite his birthday and lifelike, comes with a good what a great toy it supply of pretend money is with five apps (the credit card for ours included and 4GB for has mysteriously disaplimitless learning fun! peared). It is solar-pow• Art Desk and chair. ered with LCD display. This sturdy art desk and • USA Map Puzzle. cute matching chair is This beautiful wooden just packed with cool puzzle map is so much fun features. It has a large and for the younger set, work surface. The somewhat challenging. hinged desktop compartBut that's a good stretch ment doubles as a white Mary for a young mind! And board. There are two once the placement comes large storage comparteasy, you can add the capiments on the sides for tal city and other facts for coloring books and paper each state. and plenty of room to store markers, paints, Would you like to send a crayons and pencils. The tip to Mary? You can email push-button batteryat operated task light is an unexpected her fun feature. Requires assembly but mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, don't worry, it's easy. • Razor (a Kick Scooter). This P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. kick scooter is just the best ride for Include your first and last name and beginners. We love the way it gets a state. Mary Hunt is the founder of and kid onto wheels without the experi- www.DebtProofLiving.com ence being too scary. And storage is author of 23 books, including her a cinch because this scooter folds 2012 release, "7 Money Rules for Life." up to fit into a handy bag. Hunt Everyday Cheapskate Ide Adobe historic park seeks volunteers If you have a love of history or just want to know more about what's in your own backyard have we got a place for you. The William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park is looking for volunteers. Volunteers are needed to help staff the visitor's center, to help with costume care, at educational programs and for special events. All ages and levels of experience are welcome. An upcoming threepart training has been scheduled for midNovember at the park, 21659 Adobe Road, in Red Bluff. A two-hour orientation meeting will be held where various volunteer opportunities will be explained. There will also be two additional four-hour trainings on Saturdays. Ide Adobe is hoping, Thurs, Oct. 31 3pm-10pm $2 SPECIALS Bowling-Shoe Rental-Mini Golf-Burgers Lg. Sodas-Domestic Draft Beer (12oz) $2 off Large Pizzas Costume Contest & MINI GOLF 365 S. MAIN ST, RED BLUFF, 527-2720 • www.lariatbowl.com if enough volunteers are recruited, to host demonstrations during the weekends anywhere from once a month to a few times a year. Come learn the life of the 1850s and experience the joy of passing on knowledge of skills such as candle-making, baking, woodworking, brick-making and shingle-making to students of all ages. Interested parties can call the park at 5298599 or follow us on Facebook and Twitter: @Ide_Adobe to learn more.