I am still around, Can't go back to work

[Laura's Babies]

Yes, I will still need to have the test. I think that is to determine that it is or is not the crystals being out of place that caused it and not something deeper in the ear. I want to know so I am having this test so if in the future it happens again, I will know exactly what it is. I would just love to know what set it off this bad this time! I still think that sinus infection in April had something to do with it.

I was able to scrub out my bath tub today, the first time since I been home that I could bend over and stretch all around bent over to do that and it had gotten in BAD shape. NO dizziness!

LOL! MY Captain texted me this morning (around 7) and I texted him right back so he called me, had a assignment for me. He needed me to email some pictures of the boat to someone at the home office. I told him I think I am close to having this beat now, he wanted to know if that meant I could come to the boat right now.... LOL! I told him "no" I am still having that test on the 13th and the doctor won't release me until he has those results and they show I am ok.. He said "WELL! HURRY UP!"... Geez, he has never been like this before when I have had to be off. I guess in the 10 years I have been with him he is maybe a tad spoiled?

[pomtzu]

If you weren't such a good cook, then Captain wouldn't miss you so much! That's a pretty good compliment from him, without him actually having to put it in words.


Have your doctors ruled out Minear's Disease? My father had that, and I know how miserable he was. It affected him more in the form of loss of hearing in one ear, more so than the dizziness. He also had the constant ringing and pressure in the ear too.

[Laura's Babies]

pomtzu- I have have pressure and the ringing and some loss of hearing. I have the loss of high pitched sounds and he said that will result in me hearing people talk but not understand what they say.. I told him I am there already, that started about 3 months ago. He said it because I do not hear certain tones and when they use that tone, I don't hear it... He said when that gets so bad it start causing me problems, there are hearing aids for that.

He said this is suppose to tell us if it is just vertigo or deeper in the ear. He mentioned the possibility of more tests depending on what this one tells us.

[pomtzu]

pomtzu- I have have pressure and the ringing and some loss of hearing. I have the loss of high pitched sounds and he said that will result in me hearing people talk but not understand what they say.. I told him I am there already, that started about 3 months ago. He said it because I do not hear certain tones and when they use that tone, I don't hear it... He said when that gets so bad it start causing me problems, there are hearing aids for that.

He said this is suppose to tell us if it is just vertigo or deeper in the ear. He mentioned the possibility of more tests depending on what this one tells us.

Geeze - that sounds exactly like Minear's. My Dad had it in his right ear, and used it to his advantage when he was driving. Of course Mom was in the passanger seat, and when talking to him, it would be directed to his right side. Being that his right ear was affected, he always pretended not to hear what she was saying. Don't know how much he could actually hear in that ear, but his game with Mom worked!!!

[Catty1]

Very good writeup on Meniere's here, including how it got its name. You may not have it, Laura, but having some information might prove to be useful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9...re%27s_disease

[phesina]

Laura, this all sounds very good. You are doing just what you need to, to take care of yourself now and to get tested to find out just what is going on here.

And I'm not surprised that your Captain wants you back. Clearly you are a highly valued member of the crew!

Well done! And best wishes getting this under control quickly.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Laura, I'm sorry to hear that you're having vertigo and that you had to miss work but hopefully this test will let you know what's going on with you and you'll be able to recover quickly. Take care and enjoy your furkids.

[Trinityagain]

Laura, Just wondering how the test went...and hoping it all worked out for you to get back on the boat soon!

[Laura's Babies]

I had that ENG test and I wasn't bothered to much by it at all.. I think I did pretty good until she started the air in the ears.. I didn't get vertigo but a different kind of feeling that I couldn't describe until she started going down a list of words.. When she got to swaying, I stopped her and told her that described it perfectly. I KNEW my eyes were going all over the place with that air, (really bad with the right ear) but I couldn't stop them.... THAT was so weird!

I was a little unsteady on my feet right after the test but walking around got rid of that. I have found since then that I am terribly nauseated all the time and that swaying feeling is still there. Laying down now almost brings that vertigo back so I am wondering if that stirred it up and has made it worse? (or part of the recovery?)

He did set me up with a MRI, having that tomorrow and told me to come back in 2 to 3 weeks. In the meantime, keep doing the exercises and taking that supplement for my ears. I can drive as long as I am not light headed or having vertigo but he sure said "NO BOAT!" real fast.. I wasn't happy about that until the nausea hit.. Now doing the exercises, I almost get vertigo .. I WISH I knew what is normal and what isn't! I'll just be glad when it is all over and I can be normal again.

[lvpets2002]

I am so sorry your still having that Vertigo & Tummy Sick.. Sure hope you get much better real soon.. Now I know this is not important now = but will you still have your job to go back too?? Or maybe this is a good time for retiring you think.>? Sending lots of Prayers & Huggss..

[moosmom]

Dang, girl!! Have a freaking party!!! At least live everyday as if it were your last!!! I do!!

[sirrahbed]

Hope the MRI goes well today, Laura! Keep us updated about how you are doing ok? Have you been cooking up anything yummy at home?

[Laura's Babies]

Not ready to retire lvpets2002.. I will loose to much in benefits if I retire right now.. The job will be there, they are sending me the paperwork for short term disability.. I wasn't going to mess with it if he'd released me last week but missing a whole trip is going to hit me in the pocketbook... going to mess with my "plans" of things I need to get done.. LOL! If I hate sitting at home temporally, I am NOT going to like retirement at ALL!

Yes sirrahbed, I have been doing a lot of cooking at home. I don't think I have ever washed up so many dirty dishes at home in all the time I have lived here! I have spent a small fortune on groceries in the time I have been home and eating a lot of in season fruit. Samantha and Boo have suddenly become very interested in what I am eating and wanting samples...

My Captain called me yesterday evening, they are down here again . He is so outdone that I am not going to come back this trip and is still telling me to just hurry up and get better! I told him I want this gone worse than he does but I want it gone for good and not have it pop up again in 3 to 6 months or a year from now, that is why I am so willing to do the MRI.. Lets get to the root of it and see if it can be fixed!

[Pinot's Mom]

Laura, I'm so sorry you're still going through this, but it WILL get better! The exercises (if they're the ones I think) are supposed to make you feel the vertigo, and, as time goes on it lessens to a point that it's gone. That's the idea of them. I swear, one day you're just going to think back and say to yourself - "Hey, it's been a whole day and I haven't felt it!" - It happens! I promise!

[Laura's Babies]

Had the MRI this morning and they said it will be 48 hours before the doctor gets to see it.. I don't know if he will call me with the results or I have to wait until I see him at the end of the month but I will call Monday and find out. The MRI was nothing... laying on my back that long was my biggest problem (I never lay on my back!) I didn't even have any reaction to being injected with that dye.. I just closed my eyes and pretended like I was laying on a noisey beach..LOL!

HOWEVER, when I finally set up.. WOW! Was I dizzy!! I went out in the waiting room and waited until I felt I could drive and then left.. I have been nauseated all day, worse than usual...Don't know if all that was a reaction to laying on my back, the dye or what! EUCK!