Patient Spotlights

The Vestibular Patient Experience

Vestibular disorders are invisible. You look fine on the outside, but inside you’re struggling with a myriad of debilitating symptoms. It’s easy to feel like you’re alone, and no one understands what you’re going through.

Reading about others who have been in your shoes can validate your experience and give you tips on what to expect and how to deal with it.

You can also share your story to spread hope and increase awareness about what it’s like to live with vestibular dysfunction.

Betty Cress

The year 2015 was definitely a challenge for me. It was a year I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams or worst nightmares. I had back surgery at Laser Spine Institute in Tampa,

Betty Cress

The Wobbles - My New Normal The year 2015 was definitely a challenge for me. It was a year I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams or worst nightmares. I had back surgery at Laser

Christine Parks

My story started 16 yrs ago when I went to bed fine and normal and woke up the next morning with my world out of control. The room was spinning so fast that I could

Amber Painter

In August, 2016 I started to feel dizzy on occassion. The previous year, I had just earned my Bachelor degree in Social Work. I was still on the hunt for that perfect job to utilize

Cathy Hughes

Sunday, November 26, 2017, I was in bed, when I turned over and noticed I felt a spinning sensation in my head. I sat up to get out of bed and the room started spinning

Kayla McCain

Have you ever felt that the room is spinning? You know, that sensation we desired to feel when we were kids. That by turning in circles 100 times and flopping on the floor, a gut-tickling

John Vetter

I began temporarily losing vision in my right eye beginning in March 2016. A gray shield would lower blocking all vision, and then would gradually raise. In November 2016, I was diagnosed with an arteriovenous

Nicole McBurnett

When I returned from deployment I was told I will never be the same person as when I left and that I needed to learn to accept the new me. I was able to accept

Jennifer Husak

I have been dealing with vestibular imbalances for 3 years now and was recently diagnosed with Vestibular Migraines. I've done all testing for BPPV, VN, and others and was first diagnosed with Menieres Disease. After

Shannon Ross

Over three years ago I went in for a very routine optional sinus surgery. I woke up with a splitting headache, my ears ringing, confused, nauseous and emotional. What had happened to me? The surgeon

Jill Anne

I have to start at the very beginning to help shape the scope of how this has impacted my life. I’ve never liked any rides as a kid, not even a swing. My mother has

William Johnson

A little over 5 years ago after lake fishing north of Vancouver for 6 days in a rowboat with a 20 hp motor I complained to my traveling companion who is a doctor that I