Thank you so much for the welcome.


--- In copinglist@yahoogroups.com, jeannette antirien <jeanandsuzie@...> wrote:
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> Brenda - welcome to the group and it is nice to meet you.  I think you are
very lucky to have been diagnosed so quickly.  I had symptoms for over two and
half years and saw every specialist that my PCP could think of and finally got
diagnosed, because i thought i had a ear infection that wouldn't go away, not
knowing it was the fullness that is caused by Menieres.  i got diagnosed on a
fluck, and now i can't find a specialist, mine is retiring.  Anyway i am 34 I
was diagnosed last march and have learned so much from this wonderful group of
people.  Welcome!
>  Suzanne Muscianese/ phoenix
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> From: bmc021979 <bmc021979@...>
> To: copinglist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:04:48 PM
> Subject: [copinglist] Hi Everyone!
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> Hey! Just wanted to introduce myself. I am pretty new to the online group
thing but ready to jump right in...
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> My name is Brenda and I was diagnosed with Menieres Disease about a month ago.
I have to say that first attack was probably the scariest experience I have ever
had. I was at work (luckily in a hospital) and everything started to spin. Then
came the sweating from head to toe and finally the never ending vomiting. I
didn't know what was going on with me. I thought things like "is this what a
heart attack feels like?" "am I going to die?" I really just didn't have a clue
as to why the spinning wouldn't stop. After being in the ER for over 5 hours,
they sent me home with meds and an appointment with an ENT doctor. You know the
rest after that.
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> I am 30 years old, married and have twin babies that will be turning 1 year
next month. I have many questions and fears and am hoping that finding a
community of people that have the same disease I have will help.
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> Brenda
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