Things I Have Learned: On Jack in the Boxes and Whack A Moles

[morgandawn]

 My positional vertigo is not gone but lies lurking, ready to jump out at me like a jack in the box. Flying in planes and looking up or down seems to trigger it. The anti-vomiting meds are still effective.

I have had right ankle problems since April and have been working with a podiatrist to find a pair of shoes that will cushion my feet more. I

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[seagull2eagle]

When I had surgery a couple years back, I posted a question on my group weight loss list for "how do I exercise when I'm not allowed to bend over?" and got zippo. Switched groups and posted a new question last year when I sprained my ankle for "how do I exercise with a sprained ankle" - got a few things from that. Sadly, I don't think I saved any of them.

But yeah, mess up the feet and everything else goes to hell.

What doctor set/hospitals/insurance are you with?

[catalenamara]

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's so frustrating! Good luck in finding something you can do.
I ran into the same problem. My physical medicine specialist told me the only safe exercise I can do is deep water pool exercises (no exercises with my feet on the bottom of the pool). Just about everything else is guaranteed to injure me even further.