Patient Spotlights

After reading Katies story and many others like hers I have felt compelled to write to you, to thank you for your newsletters, all the information that have helped me through my disorder, my vestibular

I have something called Uncompensated Peripheral Vestibulopathy. I’ve been told there are several kinds of this but I’m not sure the exact one I have. The report from the balance test just says Uncompensated Peripheral

Hi, my name is Peggy Artman and I am 47 years old. My story from the beginning of my dizziness symptoms to an eventual diagnosis is a long one, but I’m going to try to

14 May 2010, a spinning room upon waking – my first vertigo attack and the onset of my first migraine, prompted a CT scan. I remember lying in the ER room listening to the doctors

In November 2014, I was waiting for a red light to change when I was rear-ended by a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. There was minimal damage to both vehicles, so I

When I was in school as a child, I cannot recall us normally wearing helmets, and I do recall multiple hits to the head with various balls, including while playing softball and, when I was

To my memory, my first real experience with motion discomfort, or abnormal dizziness was on the bus in eighth grade; there were three buses parked in a row and I was on the center bus

May used to be my favorite month. Mild spring weather in New Jersey. Freshly planted flowers. Open windows. I always looked forward to May. That changed in 2013. May now represents the anniversary of the

Meniere’s sucks. I apologize if I offend anyone with my language, but I bet people who have a vestibular disorder are nodding their heads vigorously in agreement. Well, maybe not too vigorously, because they can’t

When I was young I used to run along curbs for fun. As I aged I found I would fall off. To me this was just part of aging. Then by accident it was found

I had a dream job - flying, photography, great boss, fun work environment. Then my world started spinning and my dreams all came crashing down. I was in photography school when an instructor recommended me

Hi, my name is Kim. I am an adventurer, a world traveler, a craft brew enthusiast and I have a vestibular disorder. I was humming along in life with a full career, family events and