Recent content by BarbaraZ

Huey Lewis, the pop singer, has Menière's disease (as do I, we finally decided). He's done a couple of interviews lately where he's talked about it, feeling suicidal, his career, and so on. The most recent was in Rolling Stone this week. It's inspirational: Greene, Andy, "Huey Lewis May Never...

Well, the local cherry bombs etc. have driven me indoors, earplugs, whimpering in the corner for the evening. About 5 hours more of intermittent explosions, with the peak about 4 hours from now. I have something interesting, though. This came over my Flipboard today...

That's precisely where I am in the process, @Michael Leigh -- I'm being treated adequately, and I'm trying hearing aids to find the best solution for my particular combination of problems. Thanks for your comments about your experience. The trial hearing aids don't feel good to me in a number...

Good morning! I would like to tap your collective wisdom today about ear pressure and hearing aids. I have bilateral hearing loss. I have tinnitus, not normally bothersome (though all this testing is making me aware of it). For about 1 1/2 years (see my introductory thread) I've had...

She mentioned two things. One was lower sodium, and I quizzed her about alcohol, cannabis, other foods. She said anti-anxiety meds might be useful. I read somewhere that Xanax is what's been tested.

The April 2019 audiogram has a comparison to last year so I'm only posting one. The curve for the left ear last year looked more like the right ear. They tell me the "uncomfortable" feeling noted on the chart is hyperacusis. I wear an earplug in my left ear quite a bit because the sound...

Yes, I can, I'll have to scan it. I was reviewing my notes about the history. I was complaining to my primary doc about my ear 10 days after the onset of the cold/virus, before Christmas 2017. I did antibiotics, Prednisone, I had an MRI in Dec. 2018, all that. I have two audiograms a year...

Now I've been to the audiologist. To answer some questions: - Several different things happened between December 2017 and March 2018 that affected my left ear. One was a head-cold sort of virus that developed into an ear problem, and yes, I saw regular and ENT docs about that. My subjective...

I've had tinnitus a long time--those long-ago concerts, don't you know? I also had an ear infection in December 2017 that caused major hearing loss in my left ear that my ENT doc now says is Meniere's disease, based on two audiograms a year apart. I'm not convinced--I don't have the vertigo and...