Balancing the Balance Issue

[FrankinCA]

I have a 2.3 treated with Kama Knife about 9 months ago.  I have never fallen or anything like that and have never had wonky head but I am constantly dizzy feeling especially when I am tired hungry or any of that.  My wife had me on Meclizine but I finally figured out that was what was causing a rash and some other side effects.  It actually made me feel better though.  I am going to start walking again as I hear that helps.  Any body else on Meclizine or other stuff and what else are you all out there doing to deal with this issue?  Also why is the other side taking its time in compensating?

[MissMolly]

Hi there,
I had surgery June 22 and continue to have some balance issues as a result of the surgery.  They are slowly improving with specialized physical therapy - call Vestibular RehabilitationTraining.  You may want to ask your physician about referring you to this.  You do have to find a PT who is trained in this as not everyone is.  You can look on vestibular.org for more information on VRT.  Good luck!!

Miss Molly

[stoneaxe]

I had serious balance issues for years following proton beam treatment. it wasn't until I started really working hard at it by taking up standup paddleboarding that I saw real improvement. Everyone is different but from what I've read of others situations frequent hard exercise that challenges your balance works. Best bet...find something you can enjoy doing and do it often. Here is the thread on standup.
http://anausa.org/forum/index.php?topic=8379.0