For the past month my head has felt like it is swimming, for lack of a better description. Sometimes it will last for a few minutes and other times it hangs on for hours and hours. It is typically accompanied by a dull headache just to add to my misery. I've had several sinus infections this year and during on bout I blew my nose and the room began to spin and spin and spin. I saw my doctor a couple of weeks ago and she referred me to an audiologist for testing. My hearing is normal but my balance is well out of balance - I have vertigo. I've been using my trainer through all of this and at times the rides have left me feeling like I was on a roller coaster and not a bicycle while at other times things are perfectly normal. I've even been able to get outside on some of our nicer days and do some true riding with no problem. Yesterday I went back for the audiologist to correct the problem, to attempt to move the crystals in my inner ear back to where they belong. She informed me that I was not to ride my bike for at least a week and that I should cancel my massage next week. Okay I know it's not a big deal but I'm just really bummed - I want to ride so badly and now I'm grounded. I know a week off the bike is not going to kill me but to me it is like one of the worse punishments one could hand me - so the pitty party has officially started. As I told my BF I may stay off my bike until Tuesday but that would really be pushing it. I do get to take my cervical neck brace off tomorrow evening and sleep in a horizontal position,again so I guess that is something to look forward to - but I really want to be on my bike. So please all of you ride one ride for me this week while I sit and stare at my bike and count the days until I'm free again to ride!