Labyrinthitis

I suffered from my first account of acute Labyrinthitis two years ago and it began with being very dizzy, think of a horrible hangover without the booze, I endured it for two days and finally called my doctor who said it was Labyrinthitis and prescribed me bonine, however that stuff was candy it didn't do much for me. I went to an ear nose and throat doctor who prescribed me 5mg of Valium which helped a ton. This is the worse condition anyone can have, it totally leaves you bed ridden. I just had a reocurrence, the condition came on quite sudden, with waking up being very dizzy, and hours later vomiting. I was lucky to have valium left over ...

I have a history of problems with my ears, and my maternal grandmother was also afflicted. But it wasn’t until about 8 years' ago, my younger daughter, then about 14 years' old. won a Prize Draw in our local free newspaper. It was a free BUPA Health check, worth about £120, which she donated to me. To my surprise (being totally unfit and well-over weight even then) the only problem that the ancient 'quack' reported was a slight deafness in my left ear, which I was not then aware of. He examined my ear and suggested that it required syringing, and this I had done, at my local GP's. Indeed a plug of wax was removed by this ...

It was June 2000 when I first had a problem with my ears. The first sign I had that something was wrong was when I woke up one morning to find that I had gone deaf in one ear. Completely deaf. It was quite scary and, using the good ear, I phoned the surgery for an emergency appointment that same morning. I was given one for an hour later and when I saw the doctor, she examined my ears, said she couldn't see what the problem was and told me it was probably a virus and that it would go in a few days. I left relieved. For the next few days, my ear was still blocked, and even with the good ear I became unable to take a phone call as the sound came out ...