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My experience of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and how it affects my life.

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Category: vestibular disorder

September 21, 2020 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

My Dizzy Life: Balance Awareness Week, 2020

This week (20th-26th September 2020) is Balance Awareness Week. Charities such as The Ménière’s Society are running various events to raise awareness of

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August 14, 2020 Single-Sided Deafness / vestibular disorder

Lockdown Reflections Part 2: Life with a Balance Disorder 

Self-isolation is a concept with which I am well-acquainted. I feel isolated in my illness which cannot be seen.

March 5, 2020 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Some Kind of Vestibular Disorder 

With a lack of coordination-control and a pounding head, I feel both drunk and hungover. I’m walking on sand, sinking with every step.

May 13, 2019 septoplasty / vestibular disorder

My New Nose

Last year, on Valentine’s Day, I had my septoplasty. I had a deviated septum, which veered to the left; my

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April 2, 2019 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular rehabilitation

Follow the Yellow Brick Game

Image by skeeze from Pixabay After waiting a few minutes while the results of my initial posturography test were recorded I was asked

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March 8, 2019 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular rehabilitation

Human Pong

Image by HeungSoon from Pixabay I arrived at the health centre on a Monday morning to begin a two-week course of vestibular rehabilitation.

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November 6, 2018 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Dizzy Dollies

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay When I was a child, I used to play a game with my sister, called Dizzy Dollies.

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October 11, 2018 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder

Attack

Image by kalhh from Pixabay It was a Monday morning and I awoke to the sound of my alarm. I had been sleeping

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May 10, 2017 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder

A Note on Diuretics (and more medical terminology)

Less than three weeks after my consultation with the new Ears Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist I went for my

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March 16, 2017 Menieres disease / sudden sensorineural hearing loss / vestibular disorder

Warning Signs?

Following my consultation in London, I took the vasodilators as instructed. These, however, made me feel even more light-headed and

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Hello. Welcome to my blog :) I'm Carly. This is my story about my experience of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and how it has affected my life.

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