My Meniere’s Diagnosis

Aftermath of an Attack Lingers

It’s frustrating to find the words to describe what I feel lake in the days and weeks after the last attacks. I had two attacks in one week, which is a first… that was, I think, three weeks ago… I say, I think because it’s all running together. I slept the better part of the weekend following those episodes. I’ve been tired and a little lightheaded most every day since. I’ve also been on the watch for any sign that the scales may be tipping towards another episode and trying to head it off if at all possible. Which led to a big mistake last Thursday…

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The beast still comes to visit | Meniere’s symptoms acting up

(Updated June 5th – see the bottom of the post.)

I see that the last of my scheduled posts about my initial diagnosis have now finished posting. That February trip I was talking about in the last post that I had my first need to get the prednisone filled was February/March 2008 and really the rest of 2008 was on the whole MUCH better than 2007 had been. The symptoms still acted up from time to time, a little roaring/stuffiness in the ear occasionally. Nothing really severe enough the rest of 2008 to require prednisone, but several days that tipped the spins enough to require the xanax to take the edge off. I’ve been getting the allergy shot every other week (Still – backing off to less frequently caused the symptoms to be a bit more active). I’ve even taken to using a rainbow (water based) vacuum at the house in the hopes that the dust will not be blown back out into the room in vacuuming. (The water is essentially the “bag” of the vacuum with the rainbows. The water get’s changed out after each vacuum and we dry it outside so there’s little chance of it becoming a mold risk for us. And no, the carpet doesn’t get wet….)

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