Recent content by DougDude

Thanks @Chriscom Hopefully I'm just gravitating towards the worst for no good reason. Though I feared DAVF, and that's what I had. Then I feared appendicitis recently, that's what I had. My left eyelid is twitching some... same side as hearing loss. Not every day, but maybe every other...

Alright, so I'm worried about an acoustic neuroma now. Age 41 -Pulsatile Tinnitus back in early 2018. Cured by DAVF embolization surgery. -Regular tinnitus since waking up from that surgery in April 2018. -Had hearing test before the surgery with PT and actually came back really well. Was...

That's interesting for sure. When I first started reading it, I though you were going to say the blood thinner helped, not made it worse. What is interesting is some claim things like Ginkgo Biloba help with their tinnitus and Ginkgo is known to at least increase blood flow in the head...

I got curious if listening to white noise could be potentially harmful. Like most things, if you search for it on the internet, you will find it. So... of course I found articles claiming white noise could be harmful. Some of these articles even claimed it could cause tinnitus. Crazy huh...

Yea, I hear ya. I'm wondering if when the DAVF shutdown, it stopped blood from getting to a place it really needed to be. Or the surgery itself caused some sort of nerve damage.

Hey all, happy holidays! I'm not new to Tinnitus Talk, but I'm new to the tinnitus threads on here as I used to live on the pulsatile tinnitus threads. Back in early 2018 I had PT. Long story short, it was finally discovered I had a DAVF and I had a embolization surgery with ONYX to fix the...

Thanks... I'm blessed I only had it 6 weeks. Praying for everyone here!

I had surgery 9 days ago. My fistula was a grade 1 DAVF behind my left ear. It wasn't a threat other than the PT. They did a embolization... used Onyx glue to fill and block the fistula. Surgery was around 2 hours long under general anesthesia. I was terrified as I never had surgery before...

@GJSCAR, I believe he said it is behind my left ear. Which makes since, that is where my bruit is located.

Thanks @GJSCAR ... I'm scared and have never had surgery before, but I'm so ready to get rid of this sound.

Have you had a cerebral angiogram? I had a MRA with contrast that didn't show anything and it wasn't until I had a cerebral angiogram (yesterday actually) that I got an answer. They found a fistula. If you haven't had one, I would talk to your neuro doc about getting one. The idea sounds...

Hey all, So I had my cerebral angiogram yesterday. It wasn't too bad. My leg is a little painful, but I guess that is to be expected. Anyway, they found a fistula. Remember my MRI/MRA with contrast didn't show one. I'm not sure what grade it is, but the doc said it was a small one and...

@GJSCAR I'm sorry you had issues during your angiogram! That scares me. I was told the chance of stroke for me is less than .5 percent. I worry about a clot and plaque. I'm 40 in relatively good shape but I have had high cholesterol. Still hoping some people can put me at ease saying...

So, a lot has transpired today with my pulsatile tinnitus. First, for the first time since I've had this for 4 weeks, my wife could hear it! It was the loudest it has ever been today and when she put her head next to mine, she heard the whoosh! Also, I got a cerebral angiogram scheduled. It...

Thanks @Greg Sacramento ... A dilated mastoid emmisary vein. I read that whole article and it sound like that could be me. Now I just have to figure out how to get someone to look for that in my MRA. I question if my MRA even has the correct images to look for that. I broke down crying...