My Nonprofit Reviews

I'll never forget that day in 2007. I was employed as a Manufacturing Engineer in WI. My husband and I had been married for only 7 weeks when we flew out to Monterey, California. We piled into a van with the other team members and drove out to Laguna Seca. We all pitched in and set up the paddock and two Corvette racecars. The weather was perfect! For several days we traveled back & forth between the hotel and the racetrack. We worked long hours everyday & night wrenching on racecars. It was exhausting and exhilarating! After the races were over, we loaded up the cars and equipment and celebrated the end of the race season. The next morning, I woke up extremely dizzy. My husband had to hold me up in the shower! He helped me to the car and
headed to airport. I felt fine in the car....until we stopped to eat lunch. The dizziness came back with a vengeance! After lunch I drove us to the airport and felt ok....until i got out of the car. I was afraid to fly to O'hare. I purchased "Dramamine" at the airport and prayed it would help, but it did nothing. The flight home was surprisingly ok. Then we arrived at O'hare. I wanted to crawl on the floor. It took hours to get me to our home in Chicago. I had to call my company and get others to cover my projects. I called told the doctor that I had "vertigo", or at least I thought. I learned that what I have is "rocking". I endured test after test after test. My doctor eventually gave up and told me that she would try to make me " comfortable." It would be 8 months until I read about Mal de Debarquement and it made me cry. I'm not alone! Someone out there understands what I'm going through. Thanks to @mddsfoundation I have made friends and met others in my state with this disease. If it weren't for this organization, I would be lost and unable to locate much needed medical professionals. Losing my career 15 years ago is one thing. Losing my mind is not an option. Thank you, mddsfoundation.org !