Surviving and Thriving my life with Vertigo
One of the hardest things to do with vertigo, at least for me, has been exercising. I used to love to exercise. I did aerobics in the era of leg warmers, body suits and a lot of high impact moves. Lifting weights was my passion. I thrived on feeling strong and powerful. And I kept... Continue Reading →
It has been a few years since I have been here but I recently decided to try this again. I had originally written a blog to motivate myself while I was doing the dizzy dash. In a way I was outing myself - I really hated to talk about my dizzy. I didn't like to... Continue Reading →
Lately I have been doing my best to push my limits where vertigo is concerned. I got tired of letting it control my life and wanted to change. But I was also smart enough to know that going overboard would have a backlash effect and I could easily end up in worse shape than I... Continue Reading →
One of the reasons I decided to write a blog was to talk about my journey re-gaining my life while having vertigo. I know what causes my vertigo (damage to my vestibular nerve) and I know that it is not going to get better unless something new comes along. So what's a gal to do?... Continue Reading →
I was writing a different blog post while I was watching the Wendy Williams Show and she made comments about Brian Austin Green's vertigo and his divorce. It was an off the cuff " I get dizzy too sometimes and I still work" comment( and a few more later). My first thought was you really... Continue Reading →
Looking for a happy ending? Now that I have your attention, lets talk about massage. IT ROCKS! A few years ago when I was doing physical therapy for my vertigo, the therapist commented on the fact that damage in my shoulder (thanks drum corp and color guard!) was causing muscle tightness to pull on my... Continue Reading →
For my final blog of Balance Awareness Week – I wrote an open letter to family and friends. These are my thoughts and I certainly don't speak for everyone who suffers. But please read it. Thank you for putting up with my posts all week – hopefully they made you think about balance a bit... Continue Reading →
