Good news from the vestibular rehab therapist!
I went to a physiotherapy clinic for an assessment with a physiotherapist that specializes in vestibular rehabilitation therapy, and I got some extremely good news. She thinks she can have my functioning almost back to normal in about 6 weeks!
The physiotherapist videotaped my eyes using some goggles (they resemble scuba goggles, and this is the third time I’ve had to wear them for this particular type of test). They’re very tight-fitting and a bit uncomfortable, and they make things very dark.
Apparently there are infrared cameras inside the goggles that record your eye movements; so after the physiotherapist shook my head back and forth with her hands, I had to look up and to the left, and then up and to the right.
It made me feel a bit dizzy, but not too bad. But when we reviewed the tape, I could clearly see that my eyes were beating toward the left, and then drifting back to the right side. She told me that this means that the right side is where I have a deficiency.
I really hope that she’s able to get things back to normal in that short of a time (6 weeks). She said that if I do my exercises every day, I should be feeling much better in just a few weeks. I haven’t felt this hopeful about things for a long time — today was a great day!
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Dizzy Dame
FANTASTIC!!! I truly hope this works for you.
Aug 1st, 2008
Vertigo Guy
Thanks! I really hope it works for me as well. Well, I’m off to do my exercises (with my fingers crossed!)…
Aug 2nd, 2008
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