~*~Interesting 2009~*~

Well it has been LONG time since I last blogged! In 2nd half of 2008, I started having vertigo attacks here and there but it was not so bad except for one night (Election Night which I will never forget) I had to be brought to the hospital in ambulance. Then when 2009 rolled in, it got worse and worse that I had them on weekly basis. I really hated it. I felt so hopeless. So in late February, I asked my family doctor if it was Meniere's disease after doing some research on it. He referred me to a neurologist last month. My neurologist ordered few tests including MRI, ENG and blood tests. So I had them done and I was supposed to go back on March 25th but the medications weren't working that I started having them almost daily. So they changed the appointment from 25th to 18th. Yep I have Meniere's disease. Plus he found on my MRI report, I have sinus issues so he referred me to ENT doctor. Oh boy!

Plus he ordered physical therapy to help retrain my ears for balance. I went to my first physical therapy last week which was just an evulation to see what kind of therapy I needed and I was sent home with 2 small execrises to do at home. I went back earlier this week and started my real threapy. Oh boy it was so interesting. I lost balance many times! So she sent me home with MORE execrises to do. Ugh! But it is so important to train my ears and balance so that way I won't have too often vertigo attacks.

Also I went to ENT doctor earlier this week. It was very interesting appointment since I never been to ENT before. He had to numb my nose, which was really nasty because it goes down your throat and it was not pleasent taste at all! Ew! Then of course, those equipments to check my nose hence the reason my nose had to be numbed. I couldn't breath at all, so I asked how long it would last. I was told half hour... so I had to breath through my mouth for half hour. After that I had headache which I wasn't too surprised about. I have to go back next week for hearing test (which I don't think is necessary since I'm already deaf) and physical therapy again. One scary experience after my appointment was that... the office was on 3rd floor. The interpreter and I were waiting for evluator, and we noticed one of them wasn't closing all the way and we were talking about how we used that one to come up. Then all of sudden, my interpreter heard a woman's voice. She was stuck in that evluator, between 2nd and 3rd floor! So we got help for her. After that, we looked for stairways. Well when we got to the first floor, the door was LOCKED! So we went up to 2nd floor which wasn't locked and used the working evulator to go down to first floor. How scary is that?! What if it was me in there?? And what if there was a fire and the first floor stairways door is locked?? After we got to first floor, they finally got the woman out. She thanked us for getting someone for her. Because she said she did use her cell phone and even set off the alarm but nothing worked! Wow!

Not just that...but I have "million" of appointments. I went to dentist last month for cleaning...to find out that I have few more appointments ahead of me. I went last week for fillings. Next week I have to go back for more fillings then go to other dentist (they referred me to other dentist) for a root canal. Ugh! Then go back in couple weeks for more fillings and a crown. Then after that they will have to do deep scaling which I'm not so thrilled about but it needs to be done. See it is not even half year yet and so many appointments! I'm so surprised I'm still here LOL! Oh yea, I finally got used to my glasses. It took me awhile. At first I didn't use them much... until couple months ago I started to wear them daily. Only because I had sinus pressure that killed me when I put glasses on so it took some time to get used to it.

Well I better get going...