Dizzy broads

Right before I left Chez Melina on Saturday to visit my mother, I received a call from my older brother. He was telling me not to go to her house to see her, as she was in the hospital.

The situation is a bit strange, but thankfully it doesn't seem too serious. It's the usual "I've fallen but I can't get up" thing. She didn't break anything and only bruised an elbow, but after two hours of her trying and failing to stand up, my brother called 911. (She's a bit like me; she usually won't go to the doctor or hospital unless someone else insists on it.)

My mother has had severe vertigo for years, and even though she's been through just about every test known to man and medicine, it never improves.

One irony of all this is that her usual doctor (who I don't like) is on vacation, so another doctor was sent in. I like her ten times better. She isn't big on stuffing my mother with prescriptions and she doesn't talk to her like she's a retard. And she even diagnosed low sodium, which often causes dizziness.

Most doctors (including my mother's) bang on about how we all need to lower our sodium intake without ever considering that it may not be necessary. This is something I found out 12 years ago, as my vertigo has never returned after my neurologist suggested I put salt on my food now and then.

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[Maurice]

Your post title reminded me of a joke.

What's the difference between Sarah Palin and the Panama Canal?

One's a busy ditch.