• silverwhisper said on Apr 18, 2007....

  your husband needs to contact their HR and get that paperwork squared away.
  
  i'm really sorry to read this, cagney.
  
  ed

• gingersoul said on Apr 18, 2007....

  Cagney...i am sorry you are in this trouble.... it really sucks having the chair pulled out so out of the blue and fall.... hope you guys can quiclky overcome this setback.....

  In which way Meniers affects you at work?

• secretlife said on Apr 18, 2007....

  Cagney:  your husband can fight it if the company says that he quit.  i've known this to happen, and most times, the company will relent. 

  then at least you'll know you have unemployment until something comes along.

  my grandmother had meniers during her last 20 years of life, and was constantly fighting the dizzyness and nausea...

  ging it's an inner ear problem...and it effects your equalibrium and balance...it happens like migraines...attacks...

  i've read about medications nowadays for meniers....do you have attacks often?

• Cagney said on Apr 18, 2007....

  Thank you all for your your supprt.  I told my husband to call HR and get paperwork but he hasn't done that yet.  I think he is hoping he will get a job and not need the unemployment.
  
  I get sever vertigo attacks, so bad that I cannot walk, all I can pretty much do is lie in bed.  The attacks come out of the blue and usually last somewhere between 2 to 7 days.  Then it takes another week to completely recover.
  
  When I first got this, I had vertigo 24-7 for over 4 months.  It was horrible.  All the docotrs kept doing was giving me valium which just put me out.  Finally, the diagnosed me with menieres.
  
  I take meclazine to help with the vertigo, and get accunpuncture to help keep the attacks at bay, and also take nux vomica, which is a homeopathic remedy to help as well, but sometimes even those don't help with the attack. 
  
  There are things that can be done to help as they are learning new things about the disease every day, but so far there is nothing to help permanently.  It is just something you have to live with.
  
  Along with the vertigo and nausea there is also tinuitis (ringing in the ears) and hearing loss.
  
  I am learning to spot triggers so I can guestimate when an attack will hit, but sometimes it just blindsides me.  It has been just over 4 years since I first got it, and I was recently able to drive 2 hours to the next town, which was a huge accomplishment.  Before that I had not left my town.  I have to be the one driving.  Once I am done driving that distance I have a littel attack and need a day to recoup.
  
  It is a slow process learning to live with it and learning what I can and can't do but I keep plugging away at it.  I usually have at least one attack each month.
  
  Anyways, thanks again for the support.  I know we will be okay but right now it is fresh and new and scary as hell.
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Apr 18, 2007....

  Wow, I'm sorry this is happening to you.  I would imagine your husband is pretty upset about this as well as yourself.  I will pray that he finds work quickly and that things do not get too bad for you.
   
  My dad has meniers.  He has learned to deal with it, but it does affect his ability to work and do other things.

• dailyachesandpains said on Apr 18, 2007....

  Very sorry to hear this news!  I would imagine that stressing out would make you worse with Minieres?  Take it one day at a time!
   
  I have a friend that was fired and denied, but she fought it and got her unemployment benefits.  It didn't take much for her to fight it either.  Don't worry, things will get better!
   
  {{{hugs}}}
  Daily

• TinSoldier said on Apr 18, 2007....

  I'm sorry to hear about your troubles, Cagney. I hope your husband finds something soon.
  
  I wasn't very familiar with Meniere's Disease before this post. When I read about it I remembered reading about a Portland doctor who had come up with a treatment for vertigo- and inner-ear-related problems and was roundly disregarded for many years by his colleagues. Unfortunately upon checking his site I found that while they do treat Meniere's Disease it's not what he's famous for.
  
  I'll link the site anyway: Portland Otologic Clinic just in case it is interesting or useful or anything.
  
  I wish you and your husband the best of luck. I'm sure you can work through this difficult patch.
  

• MsStar39 said on Apr 19, 2007....

  So sorry to hear about your husband, hope he finds something soon.

• Cagney said on Apr 19, 2007....

  Thanks again to everyone for the support.  My husband spent today out applying for jobs and had 2 interviews.  I know things will get better, but you know, sometimes you just have to freak to get it out of your system.
  
  TinSoldier - thanks for the link, I will check it out.
  

• pondering2008 said on Apr 19, 2007....

  when i read the word fired i immediately remember the day when i got hired then fired, well sort of, two days after.

  i was having lunch in a friend's place since i had to move out from my former job after i got hired the day before to teach english classes in a university.

  suddenly i go a call from the hiring officer of the university telling me that the school has declined my emlpoyment and that simply i wont be reporting anymore as scheduled during the day, to the school.

  i thought i was going crazy after that. what t f?what am i gonna do now?well, i started calling all the schools that i was applying to. then, at about 6 in the evening, i got hired by one of the schools i applied to.

  gosh. i was jumping and i dont know..i had a feeling of like everything was ok. after being told not to report anymore to the university, i am now going to report to one of the schools i applied to before.

  my friends were jumping happily for me. well, its not easy to be unemployed. i was really worried that time until i got hired again. when i was told to report finally to the other school, wow. i felt like i was back to life again. i never had such an experience before.....

   

• Cagney said on Apr 19, 2007....

  pondering - it sounds like it worked out for the best for you and that is what I am hoping will happen in our situation.  I am generally a positive person but sometimes I just have to let the negative out so it doens't fester in me.

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