WHAT'S THIS SPINNING IN MY HEAD????

For the last couple of months I have been having a little trouble walking in a straight line but could do it if I concentrated on it. About three weeks ago I got VERTIGO really bad and the whole house seemed to spin around at times. I went to sit on a chair when this was happening and missed the chair completely. I have been taking some medication for high cholesterol that has dizziness as a side effect. When I missed sitting on the chair I quit taking the meds immediately and waited to see if this vertigo went away.

Well I got feeling pretty good about it but I still occasionally had a little spurt of dizziness. Enough that I wouldn't climb on the roof to fix anything there but nothing like what I had the week before. When I rolled over in bed sometimes it felt like the bed started spinning so yesterday I went to see a doctor to see if anything was wrong.

My Doctor gave me several tests and then told me I had some problems with my inner ear. He told me I had some crystals in the cochlea that weren't where they were supposed to be and that was causing my problem. He then sent me to see a physical therapist to get it fixed.

Today I went to see the therapist and it turned out the one I see is the father of one of the little girls Inklings and I teach in Primary. We also taught his son that is a little older. We are always commenting that they are doing something right in their family as their kids are so good. I was pretty comfortable seeing him and went through all the questions he had and told him I had no clue how I got whatever is wrong with me. I have had no bumps, falls or head trauma that I can remember in the last few years.

For the therapy he tested me to see which ear the problem was in by turning my head to the side and holding it still while watching my eyes. When he turned it to the affected side I could feel my eyes flitting all around as well as feeling a little dizzy. He then moved my head around several more times and told me he was trying to move the crystals that are out of place and in my cochlea back to where they are supposed to be. After moving my head several different times into different positions he told me it was looking good and that I would have to come back either 2 or 3 more times so they could be certain they were successful.

Just before I left the treatment room he said "THIS REALLY ISN'T VOODOO IT IS JUST WHAT THEY TEACH US TO DO IN PHYSICAL THERAPY TO FIX THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE---HOPE IT WORKS."

I hope it works too. I really can't remember when the first time I felt dizzy but it has been a long time ago. It'll be good to have this fixed.