Author Archives: Cheryl Schiltz Photography
What was my work history prior to all this happening?
So, what kind of work history did I have prior to all this happening? I think I have an eclectic resume of employment that never bored me, and always challenged me. I began my employment history, like almost every … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System, Vocational Rehabilitation
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Making it up, making believe
So, there I was, finished with physical therapy. As if the 12 weeks I was afforded by my health insurance had made some miraculous change in me… Sorry to say, it didn’t. I wobbled, banged, crashed, stumbled and fell just … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System, Vocational Rehabilitation
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambria Wisconsin, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, Physical therapy, silencing the noise of disability, United States, University of Wisconsin
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An Anatomy Lesson
I believe it would be helpful to provide some basic anatomical information to provide you with a better understanding to what a vestibular system is and why it’s so important to our connection to our surroundings, our center and, to … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System, Vocational Rehabilitation
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, Surgery, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Disconnected
It was very much as if I were a child learning how to sit, stand, or walk. I held no concept to my connection to perception, to perceiving where I was in space. Through what were most likely basic survival … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Perception, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vocational Rehabilitation
Tagged Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Ah, the Joys of Physical Therapy…
It took weeks for the proper paperwork between insurance and referrals to coordinate so I could begin physical therapy that, as the doctor had put it, will help me “get use to it” referring to the damage the antibiotic Gentamicin … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vocational Rehabilitation
Tagged antibiotics, Balance Master, brainport, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, madison, meclizine, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, Physical therapy, silencing the noise of disability, Surgery, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Noise, Noise, Noise
The ride home with Mom was spent in painful silence. Neither of us could come up with anything to say. But in my head there were incredibly noisy screams of fear, anger, confusion and uncertainty. What the hell was … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, madison, meclizine, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, siliencing the noise of disability, Surgery, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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The Discovery
When the tests were finally completed I was told that the doctor would be in shortly to talk to me about the results. I needed to use the restroom and on my own made my way to it by hanging … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, madison, meclizine, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, siliencing the noise of disability, Surgery, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Testing… 1, 2, 3…..
I spent the remainder of that evening frantic and tearfully waiting for the next day to call my doctor and talk about what I had discovered. I prayed that what I found had nothing to do with my symptoms, that … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, madison, meclizine, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, siliencing the noise of disability, Surgery, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Pills, Fear, and Forever Changed
I felt that no one was listening to my concerns. I had a bad feeling that what I was experiencing had something to do with the antibiotics I had been taking. I tried to communicate this but it seemed to … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, madison, meclizine, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, siiencing the noise of disability, Surgery, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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“Why can’t I stand up? What’s happening? Why does everything look like its moving? I can’t tell where I am! I don’t know which way is up! I can’t stop myself from falling! Oh, someone help me….” There was absolutely … Continue reading
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