I have had ringing in my ears since bombs burst near me in WWII. I am now 84, so have lived wih it for over 60 years. I have learned to ignore it. I have found aspirin make it louder or stress. There are devises that one can use as ear phones that mimic the frequency of the ringing. But they are unhandy for day time use, but at night time could help. To my knowledge, there is no cure, but tolerance.

I am 84 so what works with me may not with younger people. I had to fight my doctors and insurance company for sleep meds. Finallyi found AmbienCr to work very well. One advantage with it is that it keeps me asleep for 6 to 7 hours which I find important. It is addictive, but at my age, who cares? I guess one benefit of being old. My doctors agreed to write prescriptions as long as I could get them. When the insurance stopped me, I bit the bullet and got them retail with no restrictions. Expensive, but the trade off was sleep.

A nice looking scooter. You are correct, the four wheeler cannot corner as well as the three. The batteries in yours seem to be covered like a golf cart. Those cards can stand the rain withour damage. My wheelchair has a lot of advantages for me, but must be careful outside as a wheelchair is mostly for the inside. Mine can do 9 degree curbs and fairly rough terrain as it has good balance. I have an air seat as I’m on my rear end 24/7 as I have to sleep on my back. When I was in rehab for two months, some patients had three wheelers which were easy to manuver as well as getting in and out. Since my cidp has taken my legs, I have to use a transport board with an cna helping me. So I go from a hospital bed to wheelchair, but at least I’m mobile. My wheelchair seat can go back almost 180, so I can nap in it without needing a cna. I hope you will enjoy your scooter. Do not do anything reckless.

When I had incontinence that kept me up almost all night, I got a pubic catheter. The biggest negative is carrying around the urniary bag, but I’m sleeping.

I found the protein reading in a spinal tap was conclusive with me.

Go to other doctors. I went to six before I found one that I liked and felt he knew about cidp.

Jim, quite interesting. I had a lot of pain im my lumbar region. After my cidp creeped up my body and went past that area, the pain ceased. I still don’t know whether to be glad or sad.

GaryO Get a second opinion. I had three before my cidp was confirmed.