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Cazzbar
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I had severe tinnitus about 3 months ago, like the gates of hell had opened up in my right ear. Not just ringing tones, but explosion noises. I had no sleep for days, I was a mess. I phoned my boss and said I've no chance of working, never heard his reply. No help at all from national health doctors, they said I had to live with it.
After playing in a band for years I was convinced I'd done myself some serious damage, but a private audiologist gave me some good news, he said my eustachian tubes in both ears were badly blocked, but they would naturally unblock with time.
And thankfully he was right. I can now get back to living again, I still have a constant noise like the sound of a helicoptor flying over head, but it's a joy compared to how it was.
Whilst trying to find some self help on the internet, I came across the story of an elderly woman who has had a heart attack, 2 strokes and constant chemotherapy to cure her bowel cancel. Chemotherapy is ototoxic (poisonous to the ears) which gave her servere tinnitus. After all the suffering she's gone through, the worst thing she's ever experienced is her tinnitus. Her only wish in life is for the doctors to cure her tinnitus, as she said "it is driving me absolutely insane"
I can relate to that, cancel treatment will extend your life, but there is no life with severe tinnitus, just constant torture.
Hope I'm not playing down the tragedy of cancer, my brother was recently diagnosed, although curable, thank goodness. Just I would rather have 1 year of life with cancer than 20 years of life with severe tinnitus.... that felt horrible to type, just I feel with cancer there would be a few days where you could do what you always wanted to do, that wasn't an option with what I had.
I've never taken too kindly to guys that after having a few pop hits think they know how to run the world, but getting tinnitus to be taken more seriously with more money and research being ploughed into it would definitely be my thing. (As it is I haven't had a simple tune sell millions, so nobody gives a t*ss what I think!
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After playing in a band for years I was convinced I'd done myself some serious damage, but a private audiologist gave me some good news, he said my eustachian tubes in both ears were badly blocked, but they would naturally unblock with time.
And thankfully he was right. I can now get back to living again, I still have a constant noise like the sound of a helicoptor flying over head, but it's a joy compared to how it was.
Whilst trying to find some self help on the internet, I came across the story of an elderly woman who has had a heart attack, 2 strokes and constant chemotherapy to cure her bowel cancel. Chemotherapy is ototoxic (poisonous to the ears) which gave her servere tinnitus. After all the suffering she's gone through, the worst thing she's ever experienced is her tinnitus. Her only wish in life is for the doctors to cure her tinnitus, as she said "it is driving me absolutely insane"
I can relate to that, cancel treatment will extend your life, but there is no life with severe tinnitus, just constant torture.
Hope I'm not playing down the tragedy of cancer, my brother was recently diagnosed, although curable, thank goodness. Just I would rather have 1 year of life with cancer than 20 years of life with severe tinnitus.... that felt horrible to type, just I feel with cancer there would be a few days where you could do what you always wanted to do, that wasn't an option with what I had.
I've never taken too kindly to guys that after having a few pop hits think they know how to run the world, but getting tinnitus to be taken more seriously with more money and research being ploughed into it would definitely be my thing. (As it is I haven't had a simple tune sell millions, so nobody gives a t*ss what I think!
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