Hello All
Just thought I would drop by again. It's been a year now since all my treatment finished but amongst my post op and treatment, I found that I was getting dizziness and this has been going on since Jan 19. Sorted out my lactose intolerance and now doing OK on that front.
To recap, I had Stage 3 N0M0 gullet and the Ivor Lewis Op in Sept 18. Recovered from that but then got dizziness which was intermittent and wouldn't go away despite antibiotics, betahisatime and countless visits to the docs.
Was then referred to a specialist who tested me for vertigo as well as other things (which is was none of ) - conclusion was that the chemoradiotherapy that I had has affected my balance. I had never heard of this before in my extensive reading of cancer so if there is anybody out there suffering with the same, they give you exercises to do to strengthen your balance and co-ordination.
He made me do some weird positions with my head off the edge of the bed and rise quickly to sitting on the bed, and seeing if I could stand still with my eyes closed. Strangely , I think he may have reset my ears somehow as I feel a bit better today !!
Anyway, it's just another thing to deal with. One year on, every day is do-able. Yeah I take a combination of drugs for gastric stuff to do with the cancer, as well as arthritis, osteoporosis and other things including the morphine still but it's not a horrible life. As Stephen Hawkings said "Where there is life, there is hope". My hope is that I am here a few more years. Always have that hope and try to think positive. Take care all. xx
