Help with ear problem

[jenbooks]

Hi, I use a 'mild' inflatable home hyoerbaric oxygen chamber that goes to a pressure equivalent of about 11 or 12 feet deep. It helps ameliorate my symptoms of chronic Lyme disease. Nearly ten years ago when I got my bad case of Lyme I found that hyperbaric helped more than antibiotics. I went several times for a month or two at a time for daily sessions in clinic chambers which go to an equivalent of 50 feet depth and use pure 02 from tanks. My ears did fine. Itcwas expensive though and time consuming and when I stopped I got worse again. So I got the home chamber which tho not as effective does help.

Four or five years ago the home chamber needed repair and a nurse with Lyme who had her own professional clinic chamber in her home and had trained as a hyoerbaric tech to learn to operate it and self treated offered a free session. I actually didn't need it since there was a mild portable at a chiropractor's office nearby I could use until mine was fixed. And she had a monochamber where you lie flat and I don't like those as they make me claustrophobic. But it was a nice offer so I went. She must have pressurized too fast as I had barotrauma (like a scuba diver gets) and that ear has had isues ever since. It can make me feel off balance and get swelling or congestion.

But a few months ago it got much worse and after gping in my chamber I havd had very persistent mild vertigo, clicking, and upsetting steadiness when I walk. At night lying down I have an internal sensation of moving. It's all very perturbing. Yes I went to an ENT but she wasn't much help so far which is typical of HMO medicine these days.

Needless to say I ruminate often and with sadness and anger that I ever went to that stupid nurse's chamber where her unprofessional or hurried technique caused me lasting problems especially since hyperbaric is so helpful to me. I look back and feel it was all so unfortunate and unecessary. I know she treats others at times as well.

I just did an online reading on this and got Grace with first line moving so shifting then to Keeping Still. My question was how to heal my ear tho I really just mean the current balance and dizzy issues. Maybe I should also ask why it happened.

Needless to say I am upset over

 

[Trojina]

Needless to say I ruminate often and with sadness and anger that I ever went to that stupid nurse's chamber where her unprofessional or hurried technique caused me lasting problems especially since hyperbaric is so helpful to me. I look back and feel it was all so unfortunate and unecessary. I know she treats others at times as well.

I just did an online reading on this and got Grace with first line moving so shifting then to Keeping Still. My question was how to heal my ear tho I really just mean the current balance and dizzy issues. Maybe I should also ask why it happened.

Needless to say I am upset over

Sounds like theres 2 issues here.., one is the ear discomfort..the other that this nurse made it worse. Would it be easier to bear if you knew that she hadn't caused it, it would have happened anyway ? I know things can feel so much worse if we think 'if only I'd not seen that practitioner' we feel we bought it on ourselves and theres regret to deal with too.

Anyway I know absolutely nothing about these treatments you describe or your condition so I've no idea if the worsening could have happened on its own or not...but 22.1 suggests basically you proceed under your own steam and also simplify things in terms of treatment as much as possible.

Thats as much as I have to contribute I'm afraid ,maybe others will know more about what you describe

 

[jenbooks]

Thanks. If I was unclear, I had NO ear problems until her session caused barotrauma. It's hard for me to believe therefore that it would have happened anyway as I'd been in multiple chambers and used them even when travelling (would find a center ahead if time if I'd be away for a few weeks.) however once you have barotrauma it can cause permanent issues and I've had them ever since. It just got worse lately and I'm not sure why--the ear is vulnerable now and so having allergies or a cold can be an issue.

So I have to say I do feel it's her 'fault' and it does upset me as I had no need to go in her chamber at that time since I had access to a closer one I was using while mine was being repaired. I think she meant well but was not competent.

Thanks for the interpretation.

 

[meng]

Bless your heart, Jen. I can understand your inner turbulence toward this other person. Fate can be awfully cruel, even to the well meaning, and in your case, to the innocent. That's a tough break for anyone.

22's meaning includes the showing of life force or chi, and I think that's relevant to your reading. Life is both strong and delicate, and worth living.

If you're not yet familiar with LiSe's translation and commentaries, this is her 22 line 1:

Energetic in one's feet. Abandon cart and go on foot.

Anything you do which is really you is beautiful and creative. Be wary of the danger of tools and examples. Every use of them takes part of your own doing away. They add possibilities and comfort, will maybe bring admiration - but people always long back to the good old uncomfortable days when life was still simple and real. Tools bring the accomplishments of today, your own creativity connects to the eternal sources.

The latter part of that is her commentary on the text, not the text. but it's a worthy commentary. I don't know if it speaks to your feelings toward this other person, though. Sounds more like to your overall situation. Do you agree?

52 is strong, steady, supportive. It's a matter of what to support, what to stand strong in?

Distilled: Something foundational that supports life. Sometimes with a chronic condition we're faced with a choice: to support our weakness or to develop our strength.

hang in

 

[meng]

Or, a more literal interpretation of "something foundational that supports life" might be:

a) Finding a reliable hyoerbaric oxygen chamber, either private or elsewhere.

b) Adjusting your disposition toward this other woman (going to your original question) to a more stable, peaceful and reliable way. Forgiveness leaves a lot behind.

 

[jenbooks]

Thanks Meng

Thank you for those insights. I have since replaced my own chamber and it is reliable.

That is an interesting interpretation of grace. I agree with it in regards to life itself and have simplified much since getting Lyme and having many health issues. In regard to health tho, sometimes the tools can save a person.

I have expressed myself to her. It was indeed a bad stroke of misfortune overall.

 

[meng]

In regard to health tho, sometimes the tools can save a person.

Agree completely.

In my personal readings, I've generally found 22.1 to refer to some situation I was emotionally bound up in, and leaving it meant simply walking away.

 

[rodaki]

hi jenbooks,

just wanted to thank you for sharing your reading and story, they've been very helpful for understanding a 22.1 reading I had about someone very dear to me -she's also had physical difficulties due to medical malpractice and takes medication to relieve the symptoms but hadn't thought about the connection till I read your posts . .
i know now that in that case 22.1 was talking about a treatment that ameliorates the effects without affecting any actual healing -more like a patch up effect . . maybe that's the case with the chamber too? there's a hint in your 52 that if you stopped using the chamber you could find your balance back, but it could also mean that you'll be more capable to see the actual size of your condition and maybe in the process find another way to treat it?? . . 22.1 seems to say quit the quick fix and start on a slow road to a more permanent solution (pretty much what others have mentioned already . .) bear in mind tho, my understanding here is very much colored by my own reading/experience, so not sure if it would be the best thing in your case . . still, it might be useful to try . .

wish you all the best with this!!

 

[jenbooks]

Rodaki

Thanks. So I gather from these answers that I must seek my innate true self or talent, thus go on foot no cart. I do know the virulence of the bug and need hyperbaric. My ear problem and disequilibrium are perturbing as something is wrong and pressurizing in a chamber adds to the problem. It's true that hyoerbaric suppresses not eradicates. Still I don't think I can do so by being more authentic or true. One other therapy I may find too strong is rife (frequency devices). Now a scientist named Char Boehm has figured out rife frequencies based on DNA info of organisms. Only a few people have tried it but this approach resonates (ha) with me because it is more exact than trial and error. Like an opera singer shattering the wine glass the right frequency disrupts the organism. But rife devices can be hard on the system. The other option us biophoton therapy. If either of these work they are not palliative but rid you of the organism.

 

[bamboo]

Have you considered that the way to heal the problem is by walking energetically and routinely? That was the first thing that struck me with the reading. It might be difficult at first, but maybe as a discipline it could provide what is needed to get back your equanimity.

walking does many things, not the least of which is to stimulate brain activity. presumably the barotrauma is a messaging from /to the brain that has gotten out of whack, but the brain can be stimulated to correct a lot of conditions. A baby's crawling , for instance, is a very important function pre-first steps, because of it develops certain centers in the brain tho I forget the technical word for the attribute it develops, but it has to do with balance.

the reading just seemed so simple....get out and walk, and you will recover your solid balance.
I am not being glib at all, and I really sympathize with you re those symptoms, they can be quite distressing. perhaps if you feel too unsteady, you could walk with a big walking stick for awhile. It seems like it might be worth a try

 

[Ichanged]

Hi All, My name is Ruth. I live in Timaru, in the south island of New Zealand, and are new here.
One thing I would like to ask: Have you spoken to the women about what has happened?
If I have a problem like what has happened to you,
I take the courgage (which can be hard) to go back physically and talk to the person concerned.
I get the feeling you have left something behind and need to go back.
Also, if you cup your hand over your ear and tap your hand with the other hand it will give relieve.

 

[rodaki]

hi Jenbooks,

I wish I could be of more help to you with this but I'm hardly qualified to give medical advice . . If I were in your place i'd go with consulting my physician on both problems (the bug and the ear problem) and try to figure out a treatment that would accommodate both in the best way . . what you have described sounds quite radical as treatment, not something to decide upon based on a reading . . also, your question was mainly about the ear, what if you made a question including your other condition? or maybe after discussing with your doctor you could ask for Yi's advice on your options . . I hope I haven't muddled your waters bringing up my own experience with 22.1 . .

again, I wish you best of luck with this!!
-do let us know how things turn out . .

 

[Trojina]

One thing I would like to ask: Have you spoken to the women about what has happened?
If I have a problem like what has happened to you,
I take the courgage (which can be hard) to go back physically and talk to the person concerned.
I get the feeling you have left something behind and need to go back.
.

Thats a good point..

 

[jenbooks]

Reading itself

Hi, though I want to thank everybody for replying the last few replies have either ignored info I already gave, or rather than helping me interpret the hexagrams are giving personal opinions. I already indicated I expressed my upset to the nurse. I also indicated I went to an ENT. As for radical treatment and the idea I haven't consulted top physicians, that's incorrect. I'm not discussing Lyme in this reading anyway and I appreciate the earlier responses that attempted to give me insight on what the I Ching was saying, and though I'm sure others mean well please reread my previous postings before suggesting I do something I already did and please refrain from telling me what you think you'd have done in my situation medically. Thanks and wishing everyone happy holidays.

 

[bamboo]

Your words puzzle me. Ruth was being kind, and you really hadnt said much about going back to the person who gave you the treatment, except to say you had "expressed yourself."

Just for the record, Mine was not a personal opinion, jenbooks, it was an interpretation of your reading according to your specific question. sometimes the simplest most obvious interpretations are very revealing

 

[flor05]

Hi Jen,

Strictly about your reading:

22.1 "Energetic in one's feet. Abandon cart and go on foot."

I can't help making the connection between the cart and the hyperbaric chamber. If you have really exhausted posibilities and there's no way you can try another treatment instead, that's fine. But don't discard the chance of at least exploring something else and "leave the carriage". Especially in medicine, what is great one day is not that great the other, and treatments can change A LOT from a one year to the next (my experience here: close relative with Multiple Escleroris).

If we get very literal, 22.1 talks about walking and 52 is usually the image for meditation. These 2 activities added to your daily routine will do a lot for your health. I'm no expert to tell you exactly what could be the impact on your ear problem, and frankly I don't know if they could be connected; but normally, in the case of cronic disease, everything you do yo improve your overall quality of life will help you reduce the symptoms, or their painful reminders.

Hope that helps. Cheers,

Flor.

 

[rodaki]

the reading itself:

22:
"Fire at the foot of the mountain:
The image of GRACE.
Thus does the superior man proceed
When clearing up current affairs.
But he dare not decide controversial issues in this way. "

22.1:"Nine at the beginning means:
He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks."
(The current mindset/approach seems more direct but might not be the right one, better not try to find an easy way out, a more slow and gradual advance might be more useful in finding the right way to proceed -hence go through your choices again, don't rush into making a decision, sometimes there is no direct way to get to your destination)

52: "True quiet means keeping still when the time has come to keep still, and going forward when the time has come to go forward. In this way rest and movement are in agreement with the demands of the time, and thus there is light in life. "
(Take things at their stride, 52 can also be about a stability gradually attained, the frequency treatment described sounds more like 51 than 52, hence seemed too radical for your reading)

the above was the basis of my previous post. Not more than my interpretation/opinion of it (quotations from Wilhelm translation)

 

[jenbooks]

Reading

Thanks for further clarity. It's interesting to suggest walking and meditation. I have lived in what over time became a very toxic city environment. My home went from a relative sanctuary to a disaster, for me anyway. A developer bought our prewar building and turned 2/3 into luxury condos while 1/3 remained rent regulated by law. But during the two years that he gutted and demolished those apartments and the courtyard and basement and lobby we essentially lived in a construction site and had endless horrendous noise, endless bursting pipes and leaks and even floods, endless dust and disruption, frequently broken elevators and mice invasions. I and others got suck or sicker during this time. Because he installed hvac systems in condo apts and we kept radiators he joined new piping and new wiring to old. Ever after the heating pipes banged and cracked all winter. My neighborhood got more and more upscale and crowded. I was over an inner city schoolyard used a few hours a day when I first moved in and over time as the school got more crowded they renovated the huge schoolyard and soon it was in use by hundreds of screaming kids eight hours a day. My place was noisy to a breaking point. Moreover I had mold issues from all those leaks and floods. Well around the time my ear got suddenly worse we took a trip down to Georgia and are back here. Even a winter sum is bright and nourishing. We are in the country and I could walk tho the dizziness really upsets me. I could meditate. I sat in the sun today. I keep one window of our room at the bed and breakfast open and a bird hopped into the room today and looked around a bit and hopped out. Birds have always been messengers for me so I was glad she visited. However I have berm very sad and glum that my ear and balance would get so much worse when in good faith we were finally after much trial and error and endless obstacles, finding our beginning toward a more natural life. To tell the truth it has felt like some very negative energies have been on my path and maybe I will ask the I Ching about our attempted move and post it here.

 

[rosada]

A disease's ravages - and politics

Jen-
"Under the eightball" a movie that may be of interest.
You can read a review of it in the Los Angeles Times 12 - 18 - 2009.
Tells how the government hired former Nazis to come to Plum Island near the town of Lyme Conn. to experiment with germ warfare where among many experiments ticks were injected with the terrible disease. The film's most unsettling documentation is that the government not only has a long history of secretly exposing the public to biological testing but also that it apparently continues.
-Rosada