My Meniere’s Diagnosis

Meniere’s Update and Coming Articles

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here or on my other sites. This last year has been rough, but not for Meniere’s Disease. My Meniere’s symptoms have been mostly under control, with occasional flares. Most of my challenge the last year and a half has been Rheumatoid Arthritis. Truth be told, the last year has been pretty rough. Medicines have not seemed to be working since last fall. I have just had the best two weeks since last fall though and am starting to feel like I’m coming back. I plan to write all about it here (as I don’t intend to start an RA blog…. may change my mind on that though…)

I can’t say when I’ll get things written up here, but am eager to write.

The Spoon Theory

I don’t know exactly when I first read “the spoon theory” – but WHEN I did, I knew “that’s me.” I hope it’s okay to repost this here, it was originally posted at But you don’t look Sick. Last I looked I wasn’t able find the writeup on the butyoudontlooksick.com site. (Although I did find a fun list of the top 10 worst suggestions given to someone with a chronic illness. I’m sure most everyone can relate.

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Spinning out of Control

Sometimes it really feels as though if you change the routine just a little bit things go spinning out of control. Side effects from one medicine, change the timing of something and everything falls to pieces. For a long time I’ve been getting an allergy shot every other week (every second Monday.) I get a bit of ear pressure and roaring for a couple days. I feel like I’ve run a marathon and am worn out for a few days, but the spinning usually doesn’t hit. Well… we had a big snowstorm and I missed my usual time and made it Wednesday instead. It (as expected) hit me harder than usual. I didn’t make it to full vertigo but had a day or two of dizziness (moderate to heavy). I consider the dizziness to be a stage below the vertigo and it hit New Years day. (No alcoholic drinking was going on either.)

But currently that little bit of dizziness is the least of my concerns.

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Welcome to the story of My Meniere’s Diagnosis

I don’t expect this site to JUST be about my being diagnosed with Meniere’s Disease. I do expect to provide resources that may be of use if you have, or suspect you have Meniere’s disease. I also want to explore some of the things that I’ve learned through all of this. Thanks for visiting, please come back soon!