a curious ? regarding cruising and your inner ear.

[tigger53]

i have been on 7 disney cruises and have always been able to navigate the decks with great sea legs no matter what the wave height was. never got sea sick or anything. now i seemed to have developed over the past 5 weeks a problem with my inner ear, have had a cat scan and some other fun tests and the ent is saying i have an inner ear abnormality and bouts of vertigo, i used to be able to drive in the car endlessly and now after 20 mins i tend to feel slightly dizzy. we're doing a cruise next july but i started to wonder if the motion of the ship will affect me and my "abnormal inner ear". i'm hoping by then this will have corrected itself but i was curious if anyone has ever had this problem and how they held up on the ship.

 

[coleland]

I am interested to hear an answer on this as well. I had a bout with vertigo that lasted 10 days last year, totally incapacitated in bed and couldn't move due to the spinning - and it was all due to my inner ear. I'm terrified of it happening again, and mostly, on a trip.

 

[CM_Mom]

My mom went on the cruise with us last May. She has had inner ear and vertigo issues off and on for the last 40 years that I know of. She didn't mention any problems with her balance or vertigo during the cruise. The only problem she had was with queasiness one night because she took some Bonine on an empty stomach instead of with food.

I would be sure to use decongestants before any plane trip enroute so you don't aggravate anything trying to clear your ears with the pressure change.

You might also check with your doctor about medications you could take with you. If you did have a problem, the ship's doctor could probably help but it's no fun to have your world spinning unless you're on a tilt-a- whirl at the fair.

 

[jel0511]

DH has has problems with his inner ear, even had to have surgery to have it fixed. There was an opening between his inner ear and middle ear. The fluid from his inner ear would leak into the middle ear and cause HORRIBLE bouts of vertigo. This condition usually so small, can't be detected unless you have an OTOLOGIST (an ear only MD) evaluate you, and then have the surgery. It has really helped his vertigo, though he still gets bouts, though not as serious and lengthy as before. He had absolutely no problems on our cruise in 2002, and we're leaving in 3 weeks for the Magic!!