about a month ago i had a mild cold, but on top of everything else i wound up in bed for 3 days. when i got out of bed i noticed that balance and equilibrium were MUCH better than they'd been for the previous year. it was like my head was switched off of "vibrate mode".

although the "experts" were telling me that nothing was wrong with my ear that would affect balance or equilibrium, it seemed like there was a correlation between stuffy/congested and change (improvement) of vestibular symptoms. i was expecting my balance and equilibrium to decline as the post-cold congestion eased. now it's about a month later and i've had very few episodes of dizziness/disequilibrium.

since it's been a month since this big and sudden improvement, it seems like it's now time to push/challenge it.

over the last week i've been back on my bike a few times and last night i made it through a yoga class (i'm looking forward to the next class). i'm doing better with those things than i am with walking... at first that didn't make sense, but over the last year i've re-learned how to walk while ignoring vestibular feedback and focusing on visual/tactile feedback; now i have to un-learn that. getting on a bike, i had nothing to unlearn.

so, does this seem like a fistula? if it's been a month, does that mean it's healed, now?

i'd like to think that as i re-learn to walk, most cognitive capacity will return to pre-injury levels. my only concern is memory.

i'm still sleeping too much and eating too little, and waiting for an appointment with an endocrinologist to look into it.

relevant ear tests:
* pure tone audiogram - normal/excellent
* VEMP - normal
* calorics - normal, but not by much; weak on the side i landed on