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It was explained to me that the brain has only so much bandwidth, and there is a hierarchy of messages that get through. The survival-related...
I've never had a problem with the actual flying, but found the patterns in the airport carpeting to be stimulating nausea and dizziness. When I...
1. I was 63 when I had the laby. 2. I'd had MM for 17 years. 3. I had no useable hearing in the bad ear -- i.e., zero word recognition. My good...
I had lost all useable hearing, which means my word recognition was zero. I could probably still hear a tiny bit of sound, but honestly noticed...
Prescription Zofran (ondansetron) was effective for me against the nausea at its worst. I found there were a few creative activities that could...
It's interesting to see a gene therapy that addresses balance as well as hearing. Like me, my father had Meniere's, but genetic factors are not...
Doctors are trained to treat illness, and they don't get trained in conditions for which there is no treatment. Most really would like to help us,...
Brian, as you know from this forum, you're not alone. I think one of the worst aspects of this disease is the fear that it instills. The...
I was told Mayo Rochester takes Meniere's patients only from Minnesota and states adjacent. Perhaps the Florida clinic has different policies. I...
I had a good experience with my laby at Mayo in Rochester, MN last August.
My non-medical $.02: If you think maybe you should stop, then stop. Don't suffer. Get yourself stabilized for at least a week, and then make a...
The hardest part of the laby recovery is retraining the brain to balance without the missing portion of the vestibular system, and that takes a...
Jen, I'm not on Facebook and don't participate in any other groups. This forum has been a great help to me. I was fortunate to be going through...
Jen, when I got to having multiple vertigo episodes per week and it felt like there was no life in my life, I finally considered destructive...
Amy, if your meniere's is sodium-sensitive, you might consider bringing some homemade trail mix for sustenance in case the provided food gets to...
Yep, we all get better through the sharing.
It's too bad your doctor didn't explain the likelihood of this before your injection. The good news is that it probably means your vestibular...
I didn't like the side effects of the diuretic I was on (spironolactone; the normally prescribed HCTZ side effects were worse), but it definitely...
Diana, it's terrible to be having symptoms without a clear diagnosis to sink your teeth into. Many of us have been there before finding a doctor...
Riplip, I'm not too far behind you, with zero hearing in my laby year (last August) and diminished hearing in my "good" ear. I hope that the CI...