With the MG I am in remission. I was diagnosed with MG back in November of 2008. Back then I had about every symptom in the book. To start treatment on me I had to receive IVIG and a hospital stay because of my lungs weakening. From there I was on prednisone for a year. I also have been taking mestinon. I haven’t taken medication for my MG for about two to three weeks now. I was skating with the Texas Roller Derby Girls Rec Team for a bit until my ear started to bother me.
With the Meniere’s I haven’t been diagnosed yet. It all started with getting vertigo spells. I went to my family doctor and she said my left ear drum was swollen and put me on a regimen of prednisone for a week. The swelling went down and I was feeling really great for about a week. Then the vertigo started all over again. I went back to my family doctor and she referred me to an ENT. I am going to the Austin Ear Clinic. They did some testing for hearing and making sure your ear drum responds to noise. My hearing was fine. The ENT did a balance test and I explained my symptoms. He believes it to be Menieres. I did tell him about having MG. It didn’t raise any flags for him. We are doing the further testing just to confirm that it is Meniere’s. I recently had an MRI, CT, and a CT with contrast done. I will go for more testing at the end of July. When I go into a vertigo spell the first thing is I feel a weird pressure in my ear, then the room will start spinning. Once the vertigo has ended I hear a weird crackling noise. I have compared it to kind of like when you open a soda. The fizzing from the carbonation. Most of the time I just feel like im on a boat. Right now I have just lowered my sodium levels and hope it’s not meniers and just something temporary that will go away. Knowing my luck it wont be so and that sucks. Oh well life goes on right.