I thought this would be helpful..... I live in Minnesota....I would recommend going to The University of Minnesota Medical Center. They have a department of Otolaryngology and the doctor I happened to see was Dr. Samuel Levine. He is a professor of Neurotology. He has a good bed side manner and knows what he is talking about. Buffy
Originally posted by Buffy-Again in the old Database. http://www.menieres.org/forum/index.php/topic,10773.0.html
My doctor is a Neurotologist in Tacoma, WA., Dr. Charles Souliere of the Franciscan Ear, Nose and Throat Associates formerly known as the Tacoma Ear and Balance Center. He is the one who preformed the ESD w/ Shunt and is tops on my list.
I need to go to an audiologist to see about hearing aids. Does anyone know of a good one for people with Meniere's in the Lawrence KS / Kansas City / St. Joseph, Mo area?
Learned long ago that one patients acceptable doctor's bedside manner is another's nightmare. I have absolutely adored/disliked liked specialist where other patients are the exact opposite. It's almost like your hair stylist. ;D
I'm sorry to hear that, no pun intended. Sometimes you need to travel out of comfort zone to find that perfect fit. MY ENT doctor is over an hour away. I absolutely love him, others might now.
My ENT let me try antivirals for a short time, when my script ran out she refused to write me another one. I told her how the daily dizziness and vertigo has stopped since taking it and her response was its a placebo affect grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr In the meantime I had gotten a new pcp and brought all the documentation to her and she said she will give me a test for herpes and if it is positive she will prescribe acyclovir for me (she needed a reason that is accepted for writing the script if she was ever questioned about it) Well the test results were positive and she has been writing me scripts ever since.When I see her now and then I tell her I am still vertigo free she says, I am a success story I am grateful to her for thinking of a way she can prescribe av's for me that she is comfortable with.
My primary was the one who first prescribed it too. In fact she talked me into it. I was afraid of it and she said she didnt see any reason it would be risky for me and that she would orescribe it if i wanted to try it. We both knew it might/might not work. Happily it did. Once i knew this was a key for me, i went out of town to work with an oto that did prescribe antivirals so i could have the benefit of her experience. She switched me to famvir.