GOT 'R DONE

I just got home from physical therapy and they have all the little escapees (crystals) back where they belong. For you farmers it is like when the sheep get out of the gate and go into the lane---you can get them back by driving them there or by just giving them enough disturbance to make them want to go home.

These crystals that have been causing me all the grief are in the left ear cochlea. Instead of being at the bottom where they were supposed to be they were near the top of the circular tube. This had my brain thinking the left side of my body was higher than the right side and so it kept trying to compensate to get things level. Hence I was off balance most of the time. I could get along just fine if I concentrated. Problem with that is you shouldn't have to concentrate to walk straight.

I am not sure how long this has gone on but for over a month I knew something was outta whack. I stopped taking all my meds that had dizziness as a side effect and waited for things to get better. They didn't get better but remained about the same so I broke down Tuesday and went to my Doctor. He ran a few tests and told me that I was never easy to diagnose anything on---mostly because I try to work through all of those things thinking the'll just go away on their own. He told me he thought I was having problems with the crystals in my left ear. He showed me what the inner ear looked like and showed me what he thinks is going on with the crystals and then sent me to a physical therapist to try to get the crystals back where they belong.

Wednesday I went to the first treatment and when the physical therapist laid me on the table my eyes started twitching like crazy trying to get level with the world. He did a few motion things to try to get the crystals moving back to the bottom of the canal instead of at the top. When he finished up I felt a lot better and things were pretty stable for the first time in a long time.

I have been thinking about this for a few days and it may have going on for as long as 1 1/2 years. Today I went in for the second treatment and when he laid me on the bed there was no eye reaction at all. He told me that was good and that meant the crystals were back near the bottom where they belonged and could be there already. He took me through another set of the treatment motions and when he finished up I felt really good. He told me that the crystals were where they were supposed to be and that it will take a few days for them to reabsorb but that he thinks we are finished with the therapy.

He told me to keep in touch and if I have trouble with dizziness in the next couple of months to give him a call and he'll do the third treatment but he doesn't think I'll need it. So time will tell but I think I have this one whipped.

By the way he has a sign in his office that says: "IF A MAN IS ALONE IN THE WOODS AND THERE IS NO ONE TO HEAR, IS HE STILL WRONG IF HE SAYS SOMETHING?" I TOLD HIM INKLINGS SAID THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS "DUH!!!!!"