How to Live With Vertigo (Real Examples)

Judi

Judi feels that she had vertigo all her life but did not realize it till 34 years ago. She suffered from vertigo, nausea, lack of concentration and being sick. She had two brain surgeries to relieve constriction of the 8th cranial nerve. After the surgery on the right side, she felt even sicker.

‘I had a neurectomy of the 8th nerve on my right side. This left me with deafness in my right ear as well as loss of vestibular function on that side. My left side had been operated on and was damaged either as a result of the vertigo or the surgery,’ she laments.

She went from doctor to doctor, but found no help. Finally she found a doctor at Mass Eye and Ear who actually listened to her and put her on to a physiotherapist.  Now she is going to a physical therapist at Mass General to undergo neuro-muscular retraining. At the age of 66, she is finally feeling better.