New here, had accident

[Grog]

Gwen, welcome to TE!

I'm sorry about your accident. I can't really help with personal experience since I've been lucky enough not to have a similar accident happen to me.

My partner's dad (60 yo), a long-time cyclist, had a major crash going down a hill last Summer and broke many bones. He also got dizziness from some ill-located bones in his inner ear (different to Denise's condition I think). It was pretty tough for a while but it's starting to get better now and he's starting to ride again. From what I understood of what his doctors say, he's probably adapting to the new inner ear configuration. I heard of another treatment that's almost too weird to be true, but it is (both weird and true): they sort of throw you around (I'm exagerating but not that much) in hope of moving the little bones back into place. A friend of mine who's a medical clerk worked with a doctor who practiced this once, and it's documented in the literature. This was not really an option for my partner's dad because of his broken bones (!!!).

Good for your keeping your sense of humour notwithstanding this annoying accident. I hope you feel better soon, and I look forward to reading more from you on TE.

Cheers!

[DeniseGoldberg]

I heard of another treatment that's almost too weird to be true, but it is (both weird and true): they sort of throw you around (I'm exagerating but not that much) in hope of moving the little bones back into place.

Weird, but it's true. That was mentioned to me as an option, but the doc recommended that I not do it. He said there was too big a chance that it wouldn't work for me, plus apparently you can't lay flat for 72 hours after that procedure.