The answer to Kaela Davis leaving

[Billybonggg]

She is finished for the season, battling Meniere's Disease, which causes problems with hearing and balance. Source: 11alive.com

 

[VAMike23]

Wow - that's really unfortunate......are there effective treatments?

I wonder if this is what afflicted David Duval (PGA golfer) some years back? It sounds kind of similar.

Sure hope she gets healthy as soon as possible and that it does not affect her future Bball career. She's a great talent.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

She is finished for the season, battling Meniere's Disease, which causes problems with hearing and balance. Source: 11alive.com

Thanks for the facts in this matter.

http://www.11alive.com/sports/article/276678/5/Bufords-Kaela-Davis-has-season-ended-by-illness

 

[rbny1]

Very sad. I wish her the best for a quick and complete recovery. Here's a description of the disease, including its causes and prognosis, from the National Institutes of Health:

Meniere's Disease

 

[boontonbomber]

this is a very good example of a situation where people should not speculate before the facts are known.

 

[mcannon1]

Poor kid. Terrible to miss senior year. Get well soon Kaela.

 

[UConnChapette]

As a repeated sufferer of vertigo, which is one of the major symptoms of Menieres, I feel for her. I am getting over a bout of vertigo right now. Just getting out of bed or changing from a sitting to a standing position and slightly moving my head causes my head to swim. I cannot imagine how it must feel to play basketball with the constant stops and starts, falls to the ground, moving your head every which way. I feel the nausea just thinking about it.

 

[pap49cba]

Had a co-worker many years ago who came down with Menieres. He was incapacitated for a long time. It is no laughing matter.

 

[Icebear]

Had a co-worker many years ago who came down with Menieres. He was incapacitated for a long time. It is no laughing matter.

I have had a parishioner and close friend who has had menieres for several decades, on and off. But he has had it continually since 2000 when he and his were traveling with a group I was leading to Oberammergau for the passion play. In Nuremberg he woke up with a full blown attack so bad we had to take him down the freight elevator on a luggage cart. Menieres runs a whole spectrum of severities but it can often be absolutely miserable. My member has been to medical centers from Geisinger and Hershey Medical to Johns Hopkins and the Cleveland Clinic with little relief.

 

[DaddyChoc]

this is a very good example of a situation where people should not speculate before the facts are known.

the usual suspects are nowhere to be found

 

[UConnChapette]

the usual suspects are nowhere to be found

Call me guilty...I posted what I found on the GT message board about Dad seemingly being overly involved. I should know better. Bad Chapette, Bad, bad BAD!

 

[HuskyMJ]

Speculation deleted - DO NOT SPECULATE and DO NOT DRAG SPECULATION HERE FROM OTHER SITES. ~HuskyNan

 

[RadyLady]

If I am not mistaken, Kristin Chenoweth suffers from Ménière's disease

 

[meyers7]

If I am not mistaken, Kristin Chenoweth suffers from Ménière's disease

Love her.

 

[Icebear]

Meniere's and the accompanying vertigo is a miserable condition. I have a dear friend and parishioner who suffers terribly with it.

 

[Husky7882]

As a repeated sufferer of vertigo, which is one of the major symptoms of Menieres, I feel for her. I am getting over a bout of vertigo right now. Just getting out of bed or changing from a sitting to a standing position and slightly moving my head causes my head to swim. I cannot imagine how it must feel to play basketball with the constant stops and starts, falls to the ground, moving your head every which way. I feel the nausea just thinking about it.

Is that BPPV you suffer from? If it is, go to a physical therapist who knows about vestibular diseases. You will probably need a script from a ENT doc (they're the ones who diagnose BPPV and Meniere's). It's not a permanent cure, but at least you can function for a while. I've been getting it every year since 2006, it STINKS!...

Vertigo is very unpredictable and can be incapacitating. I don't wish it on anyone. Good luck!

 

[Icebear]

Is that BPPV you suffer from? If it is, go to a physical therapist who knows about vestibular diseases. You will probably need a script from a ENT doc (they're the ones who diagnose BPPV and Meniere's). It's not a permanent cure, but at least you can function for a while. I've been getting it every year since 2006, it STINKS!...

Vertigo is very unpredictable and can be incapacitating. I don't wish it on anyone. Good luck!

Amen.

 

[hoopsdiva]

Is that BPPV you suffer from? If it is, go to a physical therapist who knows about vestibular diseases. You will probably need a script from a ENT doc (they're the ones who diagnose BPPV and Meniere's). It's not a permanent cure, but at least you can function for a while. I've been getting it every year since 2006, it STINKS!...

Vertigo is very unpredictable and can be incapacitating. I don't wish it on anyone. Good luck!

Agreed. I have BPPV, and it can be brutal. The bad news is you never get over it; the good news is it can be managed. Look up the Epley/Semont maneuvers, and if necessary get a doctor or physical therapist to go over them with you til you've mastered it. Works wonders, if only on a temporary basis.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Chatter now that it wasn't the disease but rather her and the Head coach. Not sure if any truth to it!

 

[DaddyChoc]

who cares... the HS season is over