LYNN BROWN

Just a little background on me.  I am a 51 year old woman who always dreamed of being a flight attendant.  My dreams came true when I was hired by USAIR in 1988.   I had flown 5 years with MACKEY AIRLINES but I always longed for JETS, with good air conditioning, pressurization, and relative few maintenance problems.  The joy I found in the daily passenger contact was energizing.  Now, my career has been cut short by the results of having an ingrown toenail removed.  The toe became infected and the antibiotics used to treat it (gentamicin & vancomycin)  destroyed my vestibular functions.  Deafness and kidney damage are also possibilities when these drugs are used.

After one year of crying and feeling like my life was over, I started communicating with others damaged like me.  I now have almost 1,100 people (friends) in a little support group and together we are trying to face the future.  Each of us has had to start over, learning to walk and stand, adjusting to the dancing images we see when we are in motion.

I live in the country but maintain contact with this diverse group of people by telephone, mail, and computer.  My husband and I have several dogs, cats, many humming birds, bluebirds, finches, swallows, and wild turkeys that we claim.

I have had the honor of meeting several other WOBBLERS face-to-face, and hope to meet each and every one eventually.