Hey - it's another one of those 'is this normal' posts.? Sorry.



So life goes on and I'm slowly coming out of this 'fog'.? The ringing in my ears

persist and there's this sense of a low hum that coats the inside of my

skull....a reminder of the roaring dizziness of two weeks ago.? I spend alot of

my time wondering if this is how it is for everyone.? Clarity peeks through and

a little voice whispers, 'It was just another 'one time thing'. After all - how

long has it been since you've had one this bad again?'



I imagine meetings, 'Hi, my name is MJ and it's been?____ weeks/months/years

since my last attack.'



I wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to this, which pale so much

in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe this isn't even related'. 'm aware that I so

desperately want this to be behind me?that I'm willing to?pooh-pooh it away as

just another fluke and chalk up this not-dizzy-but-I-could-quick-get-that-way

feeling as just me, aging (I'm 46)?and becoming loopy.? Some people, after all,

just aren't all that steady.?



And so...please tell me about your aftermaths.? I've only once - and many years

ago, experienced this prolonged un-rightness and I think I need to hear what

others might be feeling.



MJ in Missouri, USA





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I think it's pretty much different with everyone.  While the core symptoms are

universal, every Meniere's person has their own sets of symptoms and triggers,

as well.  I have experienced that 'fog', as you term it, but to a lesser degree,

and that constant feeling that the dizziness can return in an instant is my

normal.  So is the ringing and buzzing in my ears.  I'm not a doctor, and I

would encourage you to ask a medical professional for confirmation, but it seems

to me that it could be an 'episode' consisting of your own Meniere's symptoms. 

And don't be sorry; it's things like this that this site is here for.  I hope

you get to feeling better.  Here's to dizzy free days!

















--- In menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com, Mes4Coeurs@... wrote:

>

> Hey - it's another one of those 'is this normal' posts.? Sorry.

>

> So life goes on and I'm slowly coming out of this 'fog'.? The ringing in my

ears persist and there's this sense of a low hum that coats the inside of my

skull....a reminder of the roaring dizziness of two weeks ago.? I spend alot of

my time wondering if this is how it is for everyone.? Clarity peeks through and

a little voice whispers, 'It was just another 'one time thing'. After all - how

long has it been since you've had one this bad again?'

>

> I imagine meetings, 'Hi, my name is MJ and it's been?____ weeks/months/years

since my last attack.'

>

> I wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to this, which pale so much

in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe this isn't even related'. 'm aware that I so

desperately want this to be behind me?that I'm willing to?pooh-pooh it away as

just another fluke and chalk up this not-dizzy-but-I-could-quick-get-that-way

feeling as just me, aging (I'm 46)?and becoming loopy.? Some people, after all,

just aren't all that steady.?

>

> And so...please tell me about your aftermaths.? I've only once - and many

years ago, experienced this prolonged un-rightness and I think I need to hear

what others might be feeling.

>

> MJ in Missouri, USA

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

Thanks, Tboyd.?



I have an appointment with my Neuro-Oto on Wednesday.



Now you make a point that I've somehow missed along the way.? See - I considered

the 'attacks', by which I mean a sudden and severe case of ceiling-spinning

vertigo, to be what the tentative dx of Meniere's so long ago, was all about.?

Meniere's - a disease of remitting bouts of vertigo.? What I'm hearing is that

this 'aftermath' that I'm experiencing is, for some, a constant?



:quelching panic:? This state of being is frightening to me.? The very thought

of it possibly becoming a constant....good God!!!



MJ

MO, USA





-----Original Message-----

From: tboyd_12 <tboyd_12@...>

To: menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sat, Jul 11, 2009 1:16 pm

Subject: [Meniere's Disease Club] Re: Two Weeks After the 'Big One' - please

help



















I think it's pretty much different with everyone. While the core symptoms are

universal, every Meniere's person has their own sets of symptoms and triggers,

as well. I have experienced that 'fog', as you term it, but to a lesser degree,

and that constant feeling that the dizziness can return in an instant is my

normal. So is the ringing and buzzing in my ears. I'm not a doctor, and I would

encourage you to ask a medical professional for confirmation, but it seems to me

that it could be an 'episode' consisting of your own Meniere's symptoms. And

don't be sorry; it's things like this that this site is here for. I hope you get

to feeling better. Here's to dizzy free days!



--- In menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com, Mes4Coeurs@... wrote:

>

> Hey - it's another one of those 'is this normal' posts.? Sorry.

>

> So life goes on and I'm slowly coming out of this 'fog'.? The ringing in my

ears persist and there's this sense of a low hum that coats the inside of my

skull....a reminder of the roaring dizziness of two weeks ago.? I spend alot of

my time wondering if this is how it is for everyone.? Clarity peeks through and

a little voice whispers, 'It was just another 'one time thing'. After all - how

long has it been since you've had one this bad again?'

>

> I imagine meetings, 'Hi, my name is MJ and it's been?____ weeks/months/years

since my last attack.'

>

> I wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to this, which pale so much

in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe this isn't even related'. 'm aware that I so

desperately want this to be behind me?that I'm willing to?pooh-pooh it away as

just another fluke and chalk up this not-dizzy-but-I-could-quick-get-that-way

feeling as just me, aging (I'm 46)?and becoming loopy.? Some people, after all,

just aren't all that steady.?

>

> And so...please tell me about your aftermaths.? I've only once - and many

years ago, experienced this prolonged un-rightness and I think I need to hear

what others might be feeling.

>

> MJ in Missouri, USA

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

















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For some people it is constant, but not everybody, so there's hope!  It's

frustrating, I know;  I think frustration and apprehension are things all

Meniere's people learn to live with after awhile.  I've learned that my

tinnitus(noises in the ears) fluctuates with my sodium intake, which is

something everyone with Meniere's is supposed to be watching anyway.  If I'm not

careful about how much sodium I'm taking into my body, the tinnitus gets worse,

and for me that is always a sure sign that I'll be having an attack soon. 

Sometimes it comes on quickly, and sometimes it drags out, with the dizziness

getting worse day by day until the attack hits.  But tinnitus is one of the

common symptoms of all Meniere's people, and to my knowledge, all experience it.

And like I said earlier, each individual also has thier own triggers and

symptoms aside from the common ones.  One thing that will have me spinning and

vomiting immediatley is water or moisture in my ears.  It makes showering quite

interesting, to say the least, and my swimming days are long over. 

Unfortunately, ear plugs don't work for me, because then my ear drums sweat,

causing the same problem.  I'm curious- have your 'aftermaths' included fatigue,

or a feeling of extreme exhaustion for awhile?  I tend to experience that right

before and right after many of my attacks, and I know some people do, but I

havnen't found many.  I hope your 'aftermath' symptoms aren't long-term or

constant, because I agree that it's a frightening prospect.  Sometimes my

'after-attack' symptoms hang on for a few days, and I'm always grateful when

they finally fade away until the next time.  I'm sure you will leave your

appointment Wednesday with a head full of info, and I hope some of it helps to

alleviate your worries, if possible.  Your doc might even be able to prescribe

you something to help some of your symptoms; some people luck out that way.  Not

me, of course, lol.  No meds have helped me.  One thing I've learned is that

Meniere's patients often have to choose thier meds wisely, depending on which

symptoms they'd rather deal with in favor of lessening others.  Good luck, and

I'll be interested in hearing the outcome of your appointment!



--- In menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com, Mes4Coeurs@... wrote:

>

> Thanks, Tboyd.?

>

> I have an appointment with my Neuro-Oto on Wednesday.

>

> Now you make a point that I've somehow missed along the way.? See - I

considered the 'attacks', by which I mean a sudden and severe case of

ceiling-spinning vertigo, to be what the tentative dx of Meniere's so long ago,

was all about.? Meniere's - a disease of remitting bouts of vertigo.? What I'm

hearing is that this 'aftermath' that I'm experiencing is, for some, a constant?

>

> :quelching panic:? This state of being is frightening to me.? The very thought

of it possibly becoming a constant....good God!!!

>

> MJ

> MO, USA

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: tboyd_12 <tboyd_12@...>

> To: menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com

> Sent: Sat, Jul 11, 2009 1:16 pm

> Subject: [Meniere's Disease Club] Re: Two Weeks After the 'Big One' - please

help

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> I think it's pretty much different with everyone. While the core symptoms are

universal, every Meniere's person has their own sets of symptoms and triggers,

as well. I have experienced that 'fog', as you term it, but to a lesser degree,

and that constant feeling that the dizziness can return in an instant is my

normal. So is the ringing and buzzing in my ears. I'm not a doctor, and I would

encourage you to ask a medical professional for confirmation, but it seems to me

that it could be an 'episode' consisting of your own Meniere's symptoms. And

don't be sorry; it's things like this that this site is here for. I hope you get

to feeling better. Here's to dizzy free days!

>

> --- In menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com, Mes4Coeurs@ wrote:

> >

> > Hey - it's another one of those 'is this normal' posts.? Sorry.

> >

> > So life goes on and I'm slowly coming out of this 'fog'.? The ringing in my

ears persist and there's this sense of a low hum that coats the inside of my

skull....a reminder of the roaring dizziness of two weeks ago.? I spend alot of

my time wondering if this is how it is for everyone.? Clarity peeks through and

a little voice whispers, 'It was just another 'one time thing'. After all - how

long has it been since you've had one this bad again?'

> >

> > I imagine meetings, 'Hi, my name is MJ and it's been?____ weeks/months/years

since my last attack.'

> >

> > I wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to this, which pale so

much in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe this isn't even related'. 'm aware that

I so desperately want this to be behind me?that I'm willing to?pooh-pooh it away

as just another fluke and chalk up this not-dizzy-but-I-could-quick-get-that-way

feeling as just me, aging (I'm 46)?and becoming loopy.? Some people, after all,

just aren't all that steady.?

> >

> > And so...please tell me about your aftermaths.? I've only once - and many

years ago, experienced this prolonged un-rightness and I think I need to hear

what others might be feeling.

> >

> > MJ in Missouri, USA

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

Dear MJ,

     Welcome to this site! I used to go years in between  "spells". Even got

into denial. But have had a relapse since second week in  January and am

just now getting back to "normal" (that's a laugh---as if I was  ever normal

in the first place). I think I am feeling better because the weather  has

stopped changing every five seconds. I take it one day at a time. I know  upon

awakening if it is to be a productive day or one where I just sit like a

big bird staring into space. I hurry and take advantage of the days when I

feel  like doing something and get into gratitude for the good ones and also

that I  don't have something "worser". Where in Missouri are you? I am

originally an  Oklahoma gal. Love and hugs, Lou (Yorba Linda, Ca).





In a message dated 7/11/2009 10:29:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

Mes4Coeurs@... writes:











Hey - it's another one of those 'is this normal' posts.? Sorry.



So  life goes on and I'm slowly coming out of this 'fog'.? The ringing in

my ears  persist and there's this sense of a low hum that coats the inside of

my  skull....a reminder of the roaring dizziness of two weeks ago.? I spend

alot  of my time wondering if this is how it is for everyone.? Clarity

peeks through  and a little voice whispers, 'It was just another 'one time

thing'. After all  - how long has it been since you've had one this bad again?'



I imagine  meetings, 'Hi, my name is MJ and it's been?____ weeks/months/I

imagine  meetings, 'Hi, my



I wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to  this, which pale so

much in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe this isn't even  related'. 'm aware

that I so desperately want this to be behind me?that I'm  willing

to?pooh-pooh it away as just another fluke and chalk up this  not-dizzy-but-I

wonder

aboutI wonder I wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to  this,

which pale so much in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe th



And so...please tell me about your aftermaths.? I've only  once - and many

years ago, experienced this prolonged un-rightness and I think  I need to

hear what others might be feeling.



MJ in Missouri,  USA



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Thanks, Lou.



I've given up on 'normal' years ago. LOL? I am looking forward to, perhaps some

day, going back to regularly work out.? This inactivity for fear of tilting the

world is annoying!



I SO totally get? the 'staring into space' thing.? I get that way and suddenly

realize that I'm standing next to a quite offended husband, child or friend, who

thinks I'm purposely ignoring them when what I'm really trying to do is make

sense of them talking AND what's going on in the world around me AT THE SAME

TIME.? Suddenly, there's no more skipping roap.? Everything is DOUBLE DUTCH!



MJ

MO (20 miles south of Kansas City but raised in Montreal)







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From: bowerslou@...

To: menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sat, Jul 11, 2009 3:11 pm

Subject: Re: [Meniere's Disease Club] Two Weeks After the 'Big One' - please

help

















Dear MJ,

Welcome to this site! I used to go years in between "spells". Even got

into denial. But have had a relapse since second week in January and am

just now getting back to "normal" (that's a laugh---as if I was ever normal

in the first place). I think I am feeling better because the weather has

stopped changing every five seconds. I take it one day at a time. I know upon

awakening if it is to be a productive day or one where I just sit like a

big bird staring into space. I hurry and take advantage of the days when I

feel like doing something and get into gratitude for the good ones and also

that I don't have something "worser". Where in Missouri are you? I am

originally an Oklahoma gal. Love and hugs, Lou (Yorba Linda, Ca).





In a message dated 7/11/2009 10:29:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

Mes4Coeurs@... writes:



Hey - it's another one of those 'is this normal' posts.? Sorry.



So life goes on and I'm slowly coming out of this 'fog'.? The ringing in

my ears persist and there's this sense of a low hum that coats the inside of

my skull....a reminder of the roaring dizziness of two weeks ago.? I spend

alot of my time wondering if this is how it is for everyone.? Clarity

peeks through and a little voice whispers, 'It was just another 'one time

thing'. After all - how long has it been since you've had one this bad again?'



I imagine meetings, 'Hi, my name is MJ and it's been?____ weeks/months/I

imagine meetings, 'Hi, my



I wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to this, which pale so

much in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe this isn't even related'. 'm aware

that I so desperately want this to be behind me?that I'm willing

to?pooh-pooh it away as just another fluke and chalk up this not-dizzy-but-I

wonder

aboutI wonder I wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to this,

which pale so much in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe th



And so...please tell me about your aftermaths.? I've only once - and many

years ago, experienced this prolonged un-rightness and I think I need to

hear what others might be feeling.



MJ in Missouri, USA



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Dear MJ,

     Thanks for the newsy message. Double Dutch, that  makes me think of

home and childhood! When you talk about "going back to work  out".  Do you mean

like exercise? If so, I am finally able to walk in the  mornings before it

gets too hot. I haven't been able to return to aerobics or  yoga because

doing the poses wreaks havoc on my balance. Love and hugs,  Lou





In a message dated 7/11/2009 3:30:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

Mes4Coeurs@... writes:











Thanks, Lou.



I've given up on 'normal' years ago. LOL? I am looking  forward to, perhaps

some day, going back to regularly work out.? This  inactivity for fear of

tilting the world is annoying!



I SO totally get?  the 'staring into space' thing.? I get that way and

suddenly realize that I'm  standing next to a quite offended husband, child or

friend, who thinks I'm  purposely ignoring them when what I'm really trying

to do is make sense of  them talking AND what's going on in the world around

me AT THE SAME TIME.?  Suddenly, there's no more skipping roap.? Everything

is DOUBLE  DUTCH!



MJ

MO (20 miles south of Kansas City but raised in  Montreal)



-----Original Message-----

From: _bowerslou@..._ (mailto:bowerslou@...)

To: _menieresdiseaseclubmenieresdiseamen_

(mailto:menieresdiseaseclub@yahoogroups.com)

Sent:  Sat, Jul 11, 2009 3:11 pm

Subject: Re: [Meniere's Disease Club] Two Weeks  After the 'Big One' -

please help



Dear MJ,

Welcome to this site! I  used to go years in between "spells". Even got

into denial. But have had a  relapse since second week in January and am

just now getting back to  "normal" (that's a laugh---as if I was ever

normal

in the first place). I  think I am feeling better because the weather has

stopped changing every  five seconds. I take it one day at a time. I know

upon

awakening if it is  to be a productive day or one where I just sit like a

big bird staring  into space. I hurry and take advantage of the days when I

feel like doing  something and get into gratitude for the good ones and

also

that I don't  have something "worser". Where in Missouri are you? I am

originally an  Oklahoma gal. Love and hugs, Lou (Yorba Linda, Ca).



In a message dated  7/11/2009 10:29:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

_Mes4Coeurs@..._ (mailto:Mes4Coeurs@...)   writes:



Hey - it's another one of those 'is this normal' posts.?  Sorry.



So life goes on and I'm slowly coming out of this 'fog'.? The  ringing in

my ears persist and there's this sense of a low hum that coats  the inside

of

my skull....a reminder of the roaring dizziness of two weeks  ago.? I spend

alot of my time wondering if this is how it is for  everyone.? Clarity

peeks through and a little voice whispers, 'It was just  another 'one time

thing'. After all - how long has it been since you've  had one this bad

again?'



I imagine meetings, 'Hi, my name is MJ and  it's been?____ weeks/months/I

imagine meetings, 'Hi, my



I  wonder about the countless?events I've had prior to this, which pale so

much in comparison that I wonder, 'Maybe this isn't even related'. 'm

aware

that I so desperately want this to be behind me?that I'm willing

to?pooh-pooh it away as just another fluke and chalk up this

not-dizzy-but-to?pooh-p

aboutI wonder I wonder about the  countless?events I've had prior to this,

which pale so much in comparison  that I wonder, 'Maybe th



And so...please tell me about your  aftermaths.? I've only once - and many

years ago, experienced this  prolonged un-rightness and I think I need to

hear what others might be  feeling.



MJ in Missouri, USA



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