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Hi TES You can say I am an old slash new member, but has never actively participated on the site. So I hope to be more active and productive member in the future. Kind Regards Rona

Hello and welcome rona.

Those that were here will remember that over the last summer (or winter for the north) that I was trying to spend more time around the forums, however in January I disappeared again. Considering whats happened and where I'm at now its a good time to post this to let you guys know. For the past 4 months I've been quite sick with what has be diagnosed as an unknown balance disorder. After having a mild cold in January a part of my right ear which control balance was damaged or effected in some way which let me unable to do much. Something as simple as walking can be difficult and gives me a crippling headache within minutes, so obviously I cannot drive nor go and do much. This also led to dropping my university courses as I couldn't attend, however since I am at the end part of my studies I had to finish a research project that I could do from home, so that has occupied the hours when I'm well enough to work. Using a desktop is impossible, since it requires sitting up, but lucky using my laptop in a high-back chair does not cause problems, so that's what my life is at the moment. The area effected is one with very little research, they don't even understand how it works yet. This means they don't know whats caused this, don't have a name for the condition and there is no simple treatment. If I was doing medicine I would be my own research project. Yesterday I started physiotherapy which I is supposed to re-train the part of my brain that controls balance to understand the change in signals from my ears. The physio is simply to make my head hurt so much that it stops hurting, which as you can imagine is not very fun. I've got a deadline of 1 month until I have to stand and give a seminar on my research project, so for the moment that is my aim. Thanks for reading.