Auto immune now effecting a nerve in my inner ear

wow, that sucks. I've always thought that if you have one chronic illness, you should get a free pass from having anything else, but unfortunately, it seems like having one acts like a sort of magnet to the others.  is there any treatment?

Back about 20 years ago I started having horrendous dizzy spells.  At first they thought it was MS, but they did an ear test - driving water into my ears, and said it was an inner ear infection.  I had asthma at that time, but not RA, hypothyrodism, etc.

I had to learn to rebalance, using my eyes. If it is dark, I cannot see, I cannot balance. I just had surgery, and found I cannot use crutches, because my balance is so bad - so I use a walker at home (although I even fell with that), and a wheelchair my husband pushes outside.  To go up and down steps, I use the crutches, and my husband holds me with a belt, to make sure I don't fall. 

I realize this isn't the end of the world, more like a pain. The physical therapist told me I had bad balance. When I told her I used to dance ballet on point - she didn't believe me.  I am looking for my toe slippers - I would like to show them to her, and my orthopedic doc, who didn't believe it either!

I'll bet it wasn't a virus, but another auto-immune disease. I was never sick, and this went on with these spells for over a year intermittently, before they stopped, and my balance was ruined. Very interesting post.

Angie