After a year in Queensland and a full summer here in Canberra, I find myself desperate to feel that bite of a Canberra winter's morning in my lungs. It's still beautifully warm and sunny and everything is still green from all the rain we've had, but you can see some trees that are keen to get a headstart on the others for Autumn. Sprinkles of yellow leaves around the place remind me that I'll get my wintery wish soon enough.
I'm two months into the treatment and it's steady as she goes. I have to remind myself that it's going to be between 6 months and as much as 18 months before I see real, measurable, consistent improvement. So patience, persistence and positivity are the keys. I have noticed little things here and there that suggest that something is... at work, I guess you could say. Nothing to shout from the rooftops, but it's all being recorded in a daily diary - something I'd recommend for anyone at any stage of Meniere's.
Importantly, I've returned to full time work. It's not easy, I can't lie. The job itself is great and the people are a warm, friendly, happy, hard working bunch. That in itself is something to be very grateful for. I have better days and worse days and some days where I just can't go to work. I've employed my usual policy of honesty with co workers and bosses when it comes to Meniere's. Given how little known and understood MD is, if I can spread a little awareness in my own little sphere of influence, why not?
So the challenge is to do my job well, work on getting well and look beyond how I feel each day. Start living for tomorrow, as well as for today. That's a challenge for everyone with Meniere's, but it's one we should all do our best to meet.
The best of health to you and those you love.
