working with menier's disease

When people first get this they might get really depressed like I know that I did. I felt so useless and no one could really help me. It was so hard to do the simple things even laying in bed watching TV made me feel dizzy and the vertigo would come and the room would start to spin for hours at a time. No one really knows what that feels like unless it happens to them. It's like being on a ride that doesn't stop. If you can relate to any of this trust me I've been there. It got so bad that I was having a hard time seeing my kids. I could go outside with them to play and they are really too young to kind of understand that their dad was sick. But over these last few months I've had my good days and bad days and I want to tell anyone that has meniere's that it's just something that you have to deal with and you still have to live your life and never give up. I'm here to tell my story about what has happened to me and I would like to help people. If you have any questions add a comment or tweet me, @frankplowcha, we could always talk there. I hope to hear from you soon!

Dealing with it

Since I have meniere's disease, it has really made me look at life a lot differently. I used to be in such a rush that I wouldn't even have time to think and I have really found myself over the last few months. Don't get me wrong It wasn't easy but I have a great family that really stuck by me no matter what and they help me  a lot. I've gotten into things I really enjoy  like watching basketball and really enjoying spending time with kids. I also was able to set up a fish tank. I really started to really look at the small things in life to make me happy and so far it has worked. If I ever get better i know I'm going to do things I have dreamed about doing. Just look at the future cuz it can only get better. I hope this has made you think about your life and how you can change it.

living with meniere's disease

Let me start off with telling you all about myself. I'm 27 and I have two kids and up till a year ago I was making great money in the construction industry. I had a job that i love and everything seem to be looking great until one day at work it just hit me. The room started to spin and I was having a hard time keeping my balance and I was really light headed. I didn't know what to do. In my mind i just thought i was stressed and it would go away in a few days but it didn't go away. After about 3 weeks I went to a doctor and he gave me an exam and told me that it had to be something with my ears but he wasn't sure what it was. But he was sure it would go away with the pills that he gave me so I left the office tried to just relax and thought the pills would work but it didn't. I started to feel worse everyday it got to the point that I couldn't move out of bed and I wasn't eating because I felt like I was going to throw up. I really started to get scared so I went back to the doctor and he thought I should go see a person that deals with the brain and so I went to him and he had me do all types of tests and mri's and blood work but it all looked normal so I really tried to talk to him and find out what's going on with me. He told me that I could have something called meniere's disease which there is no cure but there is medicine that I could take that could help me with what I have and stop it before it gets worse and I'm thinking to myself how can it get any worse so I left the office and took the pills that he gave me and I'm still taking them. I don't feel great but I am able to move around more than I was . I'm also trying a low salt diet which is really hard if you like fast food like I do but I didn't find some great food ideas that anyone can try with this disease and if you would like more info about them i will be writing them in my next post I hope this has helped alil for anyone that is going though what im going through.