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Balance issues and hearing loss
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Oct 9, 2019 | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
I was falling and heavily. Also knocking into things. Doorways were not wide enough. I was flicked off by my PC many times between 2002 and 2012. Things finally escalated in 2015 and I was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma. Having that mental challenge that now I had a caterpillar in my head helped.
Now I have trained myself to look ahead. If I want to look at something I stop and turn. I guess I'm a fast moving robot. Each position and action is separate. Now I take a tumble about twice a year.
I also had bilateral cataract surgery so vision improved.
If I have to go out in the dark I take two torches or flashlights.
Hope those few hints help cos it sure hurts when we tumble
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I to have an AN but am on a wait and see program. I have been dizzy with vertigo for years and they just now found the tumor. I have done vestibular therapy for years and am going again although I can do it at home. I think it helps but some days I can't get out of bed. Pounding in my ear drives me nuts. I use a cane when out of the house because when I am in open spaces I get even wobblier. Falling is not an option with osteoporosis so I try to move as much as possible.