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1. I have vertigo, can I be a nurse?

   shortnsweet8 replied to shortnsweet8's topic in Disabilities

   I get my eyes checked annually and wear glasses, so my vision isn't the problem. They have tried pinning it on migraines, but I know that isn't correct since I have had migraines for many years prior to vertigo, and while mi migraines have lessened t...

2. A&P Help... From My Brain to Yours!

   shortnsweet8 replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing

   What a great supplment to add to my notes! Thank you! I can't send a PM (don't know how?), but I sent you a friend request on here. Can I possibly be sent the above notes as well?

3. I have vertigo, can I be a nurse?

   shortnsweet8 replied to shortnsweet8's topic in Disabilities

   Thanks for the positive response! I actually started a new herbal-based supplement last week, and I think it is helping. If anyone is interested, its called Vertisil, it is supposed to help with dizziness, head spinning and equilibrium issues. I am...

4. I have vertigo, can I be a nurse?

   shortnsweet8 replied to shortnsweet8's topic in Disabilities

   I've been trying to get a diagnosis for 5 years, and I won't be able to get one for at least another year (I am currently deployed overseas until Feb 2016), and have a whole slew of testing the VA hospital still wants to do to narrow it down. I do kn...

5. I have vertigo, can I be a nurse?

   shortnsweet8 replied to shortnsweet8's topic in Disabilities

   They keep saying it might be MD, but they can't catch the hearing loss in testing, so of course they won't diagnose it. I've been on and off meclizine, it makes no difference for me other than feel really drugged. They wanted to try me on valium, but...

6. I have vertigo, can I be a nurse?

   shortnsweet8 replied to shortnsweet8's topic in Disabilities

   Working in the type of IT that I do, the lighting is kept low, which helps a lot. Sometimes the lighting doesn't bother me, I guess it just depends on how my overall symptoms are for the day. Some offices/hospitals are worse than others for me. I wi...

7. I have vertigo, can I be a nurse?

   shortnsweet8 posted a topic in Disabilities

   Hi all! I did do a search previously and read through any posts referencing vertigo, but it doesn't appear anything I read matches what I experience. I have vertigo (not BPPV, possibly Meniere's Disease, cause is yet to be determined) and have been t...