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"My career that I've dedicated 20 years to depends on me getting well"
-Nicole S
My balance disorder hit me in a way it had never before on my way from Copenhagen to Venice in 2009. Vertigo, migraines, horrific dizziness and nausea, blue spots clouding my vision, a high pitched throbbing in my ears, hot flashes, the sickening sensation of falling backwards, all the while with sobering mental cohesion. I couldn’t lift ...
My Meniere's disease journey started in 2012, I first noticed the hearing loss and tinnitus in my left ear so I went to my GP who conducted a simple hearing test and referred me onto the audiologist. After many months of going through the various hearing tests and ear moulds for a hearing aid, I received my ...
I remember the night, or rather the early morning before my first Meniere’s attack. I was up until 2am finishing my Maths B assignment. That entire day I had not felt my usual self, but only sleeping for a few hours can do that…
That afternoon Mum was driving me home. We have a long, bumpy and rock ...
"I wanted to say a big THANK YOU to you for your kindness to me . I have had Meniere's disease for over 40 years and was under the impression that it was in the 'burn out' stage, but not so!..
I had the most severe attack ever. After 4 days I was able to telephone Whirled Foundation. ...
"You've got Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo" I was told by a new GP at the medical centre. "Go home and do these exercises and you should feel better". That was the start of 4 long years to a final diagnosis of my Meniere's.
It all started however in 2008, not long after I had come back from an ...