@anongoodnurse Both times I have had labyrinthitis it has been during the ear infection. So that is solely to get the ear infection sorted as fast as possible so the labyrinthitis can clear itself up

the specialist was fairly confident (although he admitted there are so many varied causes it wasn't a 100% diagnosis) that it wasn't osteomyelitis-related, but was down to the severity of the ear infections I get

@RoryAlsop Thank you, I feel much better (lol, You're sick and I feel better!). Ok, I understand and agree (finally!) No longer worried that you'll develop antibiotic associated diarrhea for no reason, or go deaf, or anything other, and think that you're getting good treatment.

See, if I had stayed out of your affairs, all would be well! The problems with practicing medicine over the internet are innumerable. But you are still young, (yes, even now, physiologically) and I do want the best for you. Sorry that you had to quell all my doubts. :(

You're better now, I take it? Labrynthitis is awful. I have a very mild case of Meniere's disease, so have had the vestibular neuritis associated with it only twice, and that was once too often. I do have the tinnitus, and associated hearing loss, though, but neither bother me much. You read about people so bothered by tinnitus that they do extreme things.Makes me wonder how bad it can get...

I have had BPPV, though, and that's a trip! The fact that a few rounds of Epley maneuvers cures it is just as trippy. Medicine is intriguing! I'm really grateful I went into it.

Thanks for putting up with my intrusions. Really.

Medically, I'm a bit of a mess, with many not quite bad but not quite good bits. Yesterday, talking to my neighbor, I couldn't remember my youngest dog's name (I've had her for 5 months.) I had to refer to her as "the brown one" several times. For someone who used to have such a sharp memory (if I heard it or read it once, it was there always), it's so, so, so strange!!!

Her name is Winnie (as in, the Pooh) because she's brown and very fluffy.

She's 15. Old, like me. :)

Recommendation: The Great on hulu. About Cathering the Great. A sometimes true story, but amazingly well written and acted. Bawdy, though, but funny as anything.