labyrinthitis many years later

I have had many recurrent bouts of labyrinthitis over the years. I got used to so I put it at the back of my mind and pretended like it didn't bother me. This worked... well not very well, but for some reason I thought I had to just put up with it. I didn't want to go to doctors or go on any more medication (which had made things worse!). So I lived with it for years, even during my pregnancy. But it was when I was holding my little baby in my arms and I felt my body teetering about that reality set in. It was no longer just me I had to worry about, I had a little one to take care of now.

I saw my kinesiologist who gave me some Gaze stabilisation exercises... they were ok.. but they weren't enough.

SO I went to google and I found the following exercises

http://www.brainandspine.org.uk/vestibular-rehabilitation-exercises

I tried them all, they didn't all work but I got there in the end.

I found that by building on the gaze stabilisation exercises by quickly bending over then standing, at first a little alarming, really got me there. I don't know why, but it helped.

But if I am honest they worked well with the combination of not cleaning my ear so much! I have always been a bit nuts about it, but I left it a little to see if it would help.. and I really think it did.

I have been fine for months now.. just exhaustion sets my eyes to fussy these days but that's to be expected.

I hope this helps someone out there looking for a little hope. Its a truly awful experience and a little maddening. Your not alone!

Chips!

I love chips. I love them anyway they are made and in any form... however, that does not mean they always love me.

Those tasty morsels with just a hint of fish batter always send my stomach into melt down. I feel so dreadful and it can set off my IBS symptoms. But these days its not burger and chips that are sending me to bed early... its chips in any delicious form!

Particularly Pringles... I mean what has happened there. They taste different and my goodness they feel different. And it's not just me, even my husband is running what used to be a fan favourite in our house. It isn't the only brand to. It seems the cheaper the chips, the more we end up with stomach cramps.

I don't know if it is my age or something that manufacturers are putting into their products now, but I am finding it harder and harder to find anything that wont give me a stomach ache!!