Over the past few months I have been suffering from moderate to severe pain in my left ear. The pain is not there all the time but on days I have the pain, it is awful. The pain often leads to motion sickness followed by migraines. I was also having difficulty hearing. My husband and son had brought this to my attention. I kept telling them I WAS NOT the problem. The problem was because they mumbled.
I honestly thought the problems were being caused by a small cyst that had developed behind my ear. I went to the Dr in hopes it could be removed and then everything would be okay. Nothing is ever that easy for me.
Turns out I have Meniere’s disease (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001721/). Fortunately, they can treat the disease but they said I would never regain the ow frequency hearing in my left ear. If it goes untreated I could become completely deaf.
Well tomorrow is the day all my testing is scheduled. I will be undergoing a serious of tests that are designed to tell what triggers the motions sickness (vertigo) and the migraines. I was told to have someone that could drive me home because I would be so sick they legally cannot allow me to drive myself home.
Needless to say, I am seriously excited about all of this. I am ready for tomorrow to be over with and treatment to commence. I do not want to lose my hearing but I am trying to be optomistic. I mean really, I may never get to hear the voices of my non-existant grandchildren or hear crickets chirping ever again but I also will not ahve to listen to other people's crap....right? Ugh, I am really scared about this!
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