Such a long time...

I still haven't posted pictures of Rome, but I've been under the weather since I got home from Europe the end of September. I ended up with a bad URI and then at the tail end of it, I lost the hearing in my left ear and ended up with Labyrinthitis. I was so dizzy I couldn't get out of bed for two days without well...for not a better sounding term..."tossing my cookies" and then had to wean myself from bed for the next week. Holding onto walls as I went...looking at a computer monitor was terrible. My eyes kept wanting to go in circles. Not a nice feeling. By the following Monday I felt good enough to sit behind a computer, so I decided to go back to work, but only with my husband driving me to and from work and that lasted for 4 weeks!

I'm finally driving again, but I still can't hear out of my ear and I am a little "bobble headed" at times. The doctor had me on several high dose rounds of steroids and antibiotics, but nothing has seemed to work, except I that I've gained 25 pounds!!!! I feel like a huge blimp! On top of everything else, now I'm depressed!

I've had an MRI and a CT scan and they both came back normal...which is good...but is very perplexing as they still don't know what it going on. The doctor said I may never get my hearing back now which is a huge let down. This whole ordeal has been going on for almost 3 months now and I'm getting really tired of it...but I will persevere, there's not much I can do.

I read on the internet today about Eustachian Tube Disorder and a lot of the symptoms sound like what I have (except for the severe neurosensural hearing loss) so I'm going to print it off and take it to my ENT for my next appointment.

I can't believe Christmas is less than 2 days away! Yikes!!! I'm still wrapping a few presents which is very unlike me. I usually have everything done by no later than mid-month. Oh well. I'm sure everything will get done somehow.

Merry Christmas everyone and I hope that the New Year will be filled with good health and happiness!