You’re not in the boat alone. a Contributing Writer 3:07 pm Faces of MdDS 5.30.2019 You’re not in the boat alone. With her first grandchild on the way, Nancy refuses to let MdDS rule her life. Read More
Picture Perfect a Contributing Writer 2:29 pm Raising Awareness, Faces of MdDS 9.22.2018 Picture Perfect After a day of flying and going up 107 stories to a restaurant in the sky, I felt a panic I had never felt before. It felt like I was walking on a bouncing floor. Read More
I Look Normal, by Tami G. a Contributing Writer 2:55 pm Faces of MdDS 9.10.2018 I Look Normal, by Tami G. I wrote this poem a number of years ago (maybe 5 years ago) and I sometimes post it as a status update. My daughter is no longer a toddler but the rest holds true. ~ Tami Grosset I look normal. I sit in my chair and chat. I giggle and gossip just like I’ve always […] Read More
We can do this. I believe in you! ~ Katie a Contributing Writer 5:23 pm Faces of MdDS 2.28.2018 We can do this. I believe in you! ~ Katie My name is Katie Miller, and I have had MdDS since 2002. I took two short, uneventful flights on a Friday and two similar flights back on the following Sunday. I woke up that Monday with the unnerving sensation of walking on mattresses, and it looked like the walls were moving. I had absolutely no […] Read More
Be Still: a Poem by Farzleen a Contributing Writer 6:00 am Raising Awareness, Faces of MdDS 2.25.2018 Be Still: a Poem by Farzleen I am sharing my experience with fellow sufferers of this misunderstood condition because of how it took close to a year before a proper diagnosis was obtained after undergoing many tests, how frustrating and depressing it was prior to that not knowing what was actually happening to me, and for having people closest to me […] Read More
“Why do I feel like I am on a boat? Voila MdDS,” Elizabeth discovered. a Contributing Writer 4:00 am Faces of MdDS 2.23.2018 “Why do I feel like I am on a boat? Voila MdDS,” Elizabeth discovered. In September 2017, my husband, my two sons (ages 20 and 21) and myself went on our first cruise, two weeks before the canaries Portugal Spain. All was well on the cruise, none of us were sea sick, but we did have rough days around the bay of biscay. On return home, my two sons […] Read More
LeeAnne suffers with dizziness that isn’t vertigo. a Contributing Writer 4:00 am Faces of MdDS 2.19.2018 LeeAnne suffers with dizziness that isn’t vertigo. After my third cruise, I never got my land legs back. I saw my family doctor and explained my symptoms to him and he referred me to two neurologists; one said it was an ongoing migraine and the other said vertigo. Read More
There is always hope. Never give up. ~ Jodi a Contributing Writer 4:00 am Faces of MdDS 2.15.2018 There is always hope. Never give up. ~ Jodi My name is Jodi Leffue, and I am from Franklin County, Virginia. In August 2017, I attended a family vacation on a cruise. I had a wonderful time on the cruise. I noticed I could feel the ship rock but was able to still enjoy myself. On the excursions, I still had the sensation of […] Read More
