A little bit of history

Beginning in the summer of 2008, my wife began experiencing conditions from the typical allergy season. Also being co-inhabitants of a home with three wonderful little cats does not help with sneezing, watery eyes, etc. etc.  The symptoms that my wife began experiencing were: 

• Pressure in the both ears
• A sensation that the Pacific cean was roaring within the right ear/ what sounded like a HUGE windstorm in that same ear
• Ringing in the ears
• Pulsating heartbeat being heard in right ear
• Double vision
• Feeling that ears were clogged

So after taking the normal OTC allergy drugs it was time for a visit to the family doctor in October of 2008. Our family doctor prescribed Flonase (nasal steriod) hoping that it would clear up any inflammation in the sinus cavity and the double vision.  The Flonase definitely helped clear up the headaches.  However, the other symptoms persisted and Jenny visited our family doctor at the end of November.  At this point, he felt that it was necessary to refer Jenny to an Ear, Nose, Throat specialist (ENT).  

So, onto the ENT....

The ENT checked Jenny out and ordered a nasal CT scan- all of which checked out just fine. However, the symptoms mentioned above continued to persist and were slowly driving my lovely wife mad.  Finally, out of frustration she scheduled another appointment with the ENT again and started taking some prednisone (another steriod).  The ENT mentioned that there was a particular autoimmune condition called Meniere's disease that caused some of the symptoms mentioned above.  While not much is known about Meniere's, the use of a diuretic was suggested by the ENT.  The ENT was also concerned about the "pulsating heartbeat" heard in the ears, so she ordered a brain MRI to rule out any other issues. So on January 9, 2009 Jenny had a MRI of the brain.