Replace, and My Superb Doc – BionicOldGuy

Final Thursday I used to be capable of get into see my extraordinarily gifted doctor, Dr. Smruti Nalawadi, for a follow-up. I had talked about working with a preventive medication specialist beforehand. Sadly, having Dr. Moayed as my major care doctor was awkward as a result of she is means up in Campbell. So I used to be joyful to search out one other physician right here in Morgan Hill that additionally believes in preventive medication, and now she is my PCP. However Dr. Nalawadi can also be an inner medication specialist, so it’s that experience that actually is useful now. From what I used to be instructed within the hospital and all of the studying I’ve completed, I assumed I used to be on high of what to do subsequent for follow-up. However there was nonetheless doubt buzzing round in my head about what specialist to see first, how do I select a great ear doc, and many others. Then I noticed Dr. Nalawadi and it was an unbelievable reduction to simply flip it over to an skilled. I went in with a complete sheet of typed-up questions and associated signs I assumed would possibly assist with my analysis. She got here into the room and went over the file from the hospital whereas asking me a bunch of questions. Earlier than we had completed, she had coated the whole lot on the sheet with out me even mentioning it. Then she mentioned “Okay, right here’s what we’re going to do…” and I simply melted with leisure.

After runnng me by way of a fast collection of checks in her workplace equivalent to an what seemed to be a sophisticated nystagmus take a look at, She suspects I wouldn’t have the interior ear situation bppv I discussed beforehand, however have some form of irritation of the interior ear equivalent to labyrinthitis. I’ll proceed to comply with up on steadiness points with the PT I’m working with, and have already got an appointment for an Ear doc (happily additionally native) a number of weeks out in January. In the meantime, Dr. Nalawadi prescribed me a really small dose of prednisone to assist with the irritation. I used to be involved as a result of I used to be on prednisone up to now for a nasty case of poison oak, and it interfered with my sleep. However she mentioned that wouldn’t occur as a result of it is a tiny dose.

However even the tiny dose labored miracles. I’ve had tinnitus for a while, and it was virtually gone a number of hours after the primary dose of prednisone. Additionally, the final residual signs of dizziness are gone. Corticosteroids like prednisone might be miracle medication for brief time period acute situations. However it isn’t a good suggestion to be on them long run due to negative effects. So I’ve solely bought 10 days price. If my signs return after that, we’ll must resolve the issue. Happily, I’ll be following up with my new Ear Doc shortly thereafter. The journey continues!