# Hello, folks

**URL:** <https://mvertigo.org/t/hello-folks/1987>\
**Category:** VM/MAV\
**Created:** [May 21, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hello-folks/1987 "2010-05-21T12:47:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wino](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e495f1/32.png) [@Wino](https://mvertigo.org/u/Wino)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hello-folks/1987/1 "2010-05-21T12:47:09Z")

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Just joined up the forum after receiving the link from Scott. Like Libby (Demonic Symphony), I am actually a Meniere’s sufferer and not a MAV sufferer. However, I understand that this forum is dedicated to the educated scientific discussion of problems and solutions we face in common. I have shared a few messages back and forth with Scott in the past, and I look forward to getting to know some of you folks and participate in good discussions and productive exchanges of ideas.

Hector

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**Author:** ![Brian\_B](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@Brian\_B](https://mvertigo.org/u/Brian_B)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hello-folks/1987/2 "2010-05-21T16:03:15Z")

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Hey Hector,

There are from time to time some discussions about Meniere’s as well. Some of us have dual diagnoses, myself included. Personally, I am still in denial about the meniere’s part of my diagnoses as I don’t have all of the symptoms. One doc says I do, another says I need ALL of the symptoms to have meniere’s. My GP is just as frustrated as I am about it. The other reason I am in denial about it is that I do know some people that have the real deal with meniere’s, and talking to them, I’m not even in the same ball park as them. :roll:

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**Author:** ![scott](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@scott](https://mvertigo.org/u/scott)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hello-folks/1987/3 "2010-05-21T23:30:00Z")

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Hey Hector,

Welcome to mvertigo. Great to have you here. I look forward to lots of discussion with you guys as new things pop up. Whether Meniere’s or MAV there’s a lot of common ground between the two conditions and both cause immeasurable suffering when in full swing.

You guys no doubt know a million things about Meniere’s after having been dealing with it for so long and obviously being well read. I thought I’d throw in this anyway – a video from Steve Rauch (Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary) on this illness just in case you hadn’t seen it. His videos are quite good and he always seems to have a good analogy up his sleeve:

[![](https://mvertigo.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3a8c5adeb7375a3104576f28d0da02038624877f.jpeg "Meniere's Disease") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-b91ughElY)

edit: he sounds a bit like Darth Vader in his opening line when he says “Meniere’s Disease”. Hope it doesn’t freak anyone out! :o

Scott 🙂