u/Neither_Frosting_575

I’m am just here to vent a little. I (23f) just got diagnosed with Ménière’s disease a couple of weeks ago by an ENT and was referred to a neurovestibular doctor (i think that’s what it is called) my referral got triaged as a regular urgency so my wait time after asking the office is around 18 months…

I have dealt with rather sudden hearing loss in both ears and it feels like every day I am losing the ability to hear every day noises. I am very afraid that once I finally get into the specialist my hearing will be worse and it will be very hard to gain any of that back.

I was advised to start a low sodium diet, and am on betahistine and just started a diuretic. They seem to be helping the vertigo severity which is nice and makes moving around much more manageable. But nothing has remotely improved my hearing, I work as a coach and it is getting extremely difficult to hear my gymnasts even a few feet away when we are training on a slower day and even worse on a busier day.

Any suggestions? I will have appointments with the ENT, but he doesn’t feel like he is the best option to fully help with the menieres as he has only treated older patients with the disease and was less concerned about the hearing loss. Should I discuss hearing aids with him?

My boyfriend and I in our early twenties are looking at Hello Fresh. We both have busy schedules and have little time to grocery shop or plan meals. I recently got diagnosed with a chronic condition (Menieres) and have been told to go on a low sodium diet, I saw Hello fresh had that as a dietary option and was wondering if anyone has opinions or experience with that.

We eat out quite often as we don't have food at home all the time or I am too down bad to cook. We know hello fresh is also a somewhat expensive service, but it would most likely come close to what we pay on take out or fast food or even less.

That being said, when we do make meals we often use them for leftovers for the next day. Is hello fresh a good option to have leftovers the next day? We would probably add an extra portion or two to each meal to do this.

I hope this all make sense and thank you!