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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Saskatchewan
Posts: 237
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Saskatchewan
Posts: 237
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How does one get to see a vestibular specialist?
Great info, as I've wondered about this myself. I've not been receiving any therapy to this point, coming up on 3 months post injury.
Mokey, I may have asked this before or maybe you said it but I can't remember. How did you get this therapy in Canada?
For me the terrible neck and head pain are number one, but second is dizziness. I can't travel in a car without feeling sick, turn my head certain ways, feel sick, wake up and look at ceiling... Feel sick. Dizziness isn't exactly circular either... It's not like the room spins like traditional dizziness. It's like a general unsteady feeling like my head is a magic 8ball... That likely makes no sense to anyone. Lol
The more pain I have, the more dizziness affects me.
I had no idea what vestibular therapy was until coming here and even now I'm not really getting it.
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About it: October 26, 2012 I fell backward on an icy parking lot at work. I was on Workers Comp for 9 months. My PCS : everyday headaches became once in a while headaches, and neck pain became manageable. Still have occasional mild dizziness, sometimes fullness in the ears, convergence insufficiency, sequencing struggles, short term memory struggles, verbal processing delays. CT neg, MRI neg. Therapies: prism glasses, acupuncture, icing neck, resting, supplementing, Elavil 20mg at bedtime.
NEW: Completed 12 weeks of physical therapy and returned to work full time.
About me: I'm a marketing manager, a mom with a blended family and wife to a heart attack survivor. I believe my brain injury taught me more than it cost me. I'm grateful to still be me!
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