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BPV - benign positional vertigo A couple of years ago, I experienced sudden, intense vertigo after crawling into bed with my son. I was lying on my left side, and thought at first that the bed broke - it was that intense. I thought I was having a stroke. The ER doc determined that it was only when I was lying in a certain position. Apparently, some of...

Cold-water coffee - we have used a Coffee Toddy for years (20+) and have given one to every member of our family (to varying degrees of acceptance). It's basically a plastic bucket/bowl, with a filter in the bottom, and a plug below that. You fill it up with a can of ground coffee, add water to the top, and let it set a day or two. Drain it into a carafe...

Greetings to all. This is my first posting. I'm 46, and was diagnosed about a month ago. My GE noticed "prominent villi" (he later stated that he should have said, "damaged") when he was looking around my gut, trying to figure out if my chronic heartburn was doing any longterm damage. He sent me for the blood tests, and they came back quite positive...