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Thank you for your kind words, but I didn’t go 100% for altruistic reasons. I wanted healing. If I can be a blessing to others, that’s great. But I went hoping for better results. But I still got a wonderful, internal nose job. Having my former deviated septum smashed, and reset, has made a...

I got a slight improvement but not nearly enough. I found an ENT near me that has an office, but also, he has a skin place that does PRP, and they do other things, under one roof. I would have approached him if I got significant results in Korea, but what do I show him? An audiogram that...

Some days it does seem softer, other days, it does not. Sometimes it is noisier. I don’t let it bother me. It’s always there. I have never had a day in my life that there was no tinnitus. I can’t say Dr Shim did much for my tinnitus. But I’ve had it over 60 years. I can’t imagine people that...

I told Dr. Shim yesterday. He didn’t offer, but I might need a lot more than a freebie. Yes, it is costly to get there. But also loss of income here, while I’m gone. And it would be an excellent idea for my better half to go, to help me stay out of trouble. Last time, I could have been...

Thank you for your encouraging words. My Costco test showed a 5 db hearing improvement, but only on the lower frequencies, in both ears. High frequencies didn’t seem touched. It’s been 3 months. Maybe it is a step in the right direction. It does show that PRP works. But to do this long term...

Very slightly better, nothing significant :(

This afternoon, I was watching a Netflix. I kept hearing a rhythmical beeping in my worse ear. I didn’t know what it was at first. Then I realized it was a heart monitor that a guy in the hospital was on. It’s been a long time since I heard anything like that. Anyway, I got my hearing tested...

AnnV, you don’t have to call Dr Shim names. He doesn’t call you or anyone else names. He’s a skilled Dr and learning like everyone else. I didn’t appreciate that.

Really? Dr. Shim said it would take 3 months. Did someone do a study showing improvement after 6 months?

Why don’t you eat the grasshoppers, and snails too, and your hearing can improve?

Since Lenire was mentioned, and I wanted to give my opinion... This Lenire/Neuromod sounds similar to the biofeedback I mastered decades ago. In my 30’s, due to my horrendous migraines, a doctor suggested I learn biofeedback. I went to a psychologist coach, who gave me a series of sessions...

John, you barely have hearing loss on your audiogram. What is there to recover? In your case, your tinnitus problem has been helped by the PRP. We’re not gonna have superhearing like Superman. To have hearing like yours, I’d eat the the grasshoppers. Even the snails. Of course, I can’t promise...

I’m not deceiving myself. I sometimes do notice, out of the blue, I’m hearing something that I normally don’t. I’m not imagining it. It’s not placebo.

I totally disagree. My catching new sounds, now and then, out of the blue, not even thinking about the procedure I had done, is NOT a placebo.

I think it’s minimally invasive. There’s a risk if you have a doctor that doesn’t know what he’s doing. The bone marrow too. As long as the doctor knows what he’s doing. I had total peace with Dr Shim working, although it still was unpleasant. I have 7 hyperpigmentation spots, they don’t seem...

That’s definitely a long shot. I would eat them if it helped my hearing. Of course I might need a bottle of tequila first...

I think I’m having a good hear day today. I’m not sure why. Make no mistake... my hearing still sucks. But: a) I noticed the music on the bone conduction headphones was a little louder and clearer. b) I was in the kitchen and I heard the RO unit under the sink gurgling...without my hearing...

This would be true. However, grasshoppers might be an acquired taste, and I never acquired it. :) If I saw someone eat one, I might barf If I ate one, I would barf ...even though they are kosher.

I use an AC, and I’m glad. It is getting a little humid now. We are getting closer to the rainy (monsoon) season. Low humidity is 4-5%. Swamp coolers are not working the best right now. The humidity numbers, that the weather news gives, are usually incorrect. Phoenix is mostly flat, about...

That is very kind and thoughtful of you. And you know, Biblically speaking, grasshoppers are kosher. But, ugh, I’d prefer other sources of protein. I’m happy to share my Dr. Shim experience, if others can benefit. Maybe John could groove on those grasshopper exoskeletons?

There are no bugs right now on my doorstep. They’d die instantly and be drier than a Rice Krispie.

It’s on Dr. Shim's website, I think. I believe Daniel found it and pointed it out, many pages back.

If there are other clinics elsewhere, they keep it quiet. Dr. Shim says on his website that he plans to move to Russia. But, honestly, after seeing his operation in Gangbuk gu, it seems hard to believe he would move. He has built up a healthy ENT practice, many people know him and come to...

Some people use evaporative coolers, also called swamp coolers. They make your house more humid, and only really work in low humidity. We don’t always have low humidity, but swamp coolers burn far less electricity than an AC, when they are effective. Some days, it seems, my hearing is a...

I am good. It is now summer in Phoenix, and it is like really hot.

I’m glad you liked them. I suppose they are considered keto. But if I had a migraine, I’d hurl just thinking about this...

But also, I don’t think ENTs here will do as well as Dr. Shim. Dr. Shim would pack your middle ear with whatever he could. He knew how much coagulation to do. An ENT here, the first time, if he does do a first time, might give you a cautious little squirt inside your eardrum and call it a day...

Funny.

It’s amazing how fast another country can get something approved for people use, yet in the US, it can take forever. These other countries (most of them anyway), care about their citizens’ health, too. Possibly if enough people were yelling, in the west, approvals could go faster.

Does a patent mean Dr. Shim couldn’t pick up a bottle of it and inject it into your ears?

I couldn’t tell you. John Adams would be the one to ask.

Costco will do it free. I had Costco do an audiogram about three months before going to Gangbuk gu. The guy was good at doing audiograms. He’s wasn’t an AuD. He concurred I was ready for a cochlear implant. His audiogram was about the same as everyone else’s. Their hearing aids were $2700...

Orthokine has been mentioned in this thread and FX-322, also. I'm not up on this stuff, it's new to me, so I wanted to know what Dr. Shim thought. So I asked him. Dr. Shim sounded a lot like what John had said. Here's what Dr Shim said: “Orthokine seems to be similar with my method but there...

Well, I finished treatment April 14th. Three months after would be July 14th, at my regular audiologist. I should probably plan to make an appointment soon. Appointments are usually some time out there to see her.

It’s too early to say still. I contacted Dr. Shim a few days ago and asked him about Orthokine and FX-322 and if they could help me? He said he was checking it out. I’m not sure what that means. How long he’s been checking it out... What it does mean is that he studies and is up on things...

Mine's too skinny. There’s nothing to see or be impressed over.

Not me specifically. I have seen attacks. Definitely. I don’t want to name names, or I feel like I’m accusing someone.

Definitely there have been attacks.

Yes, every time.

Hmm, it is kinda quiet. The only change I’ve noticed, on my big honker hearing aids... Normal setting one has been too loud. Ive said that weeks ago. I’ve been using two. I’ve now switched to the quietest, three. It’s more comfortable. I got my stem cells about ten years ago, from a fledgling...

That’s interesting. My better half was with me all the time at the clinic. She was there during IV’s, blood draw, tympanic injections. There was only a certain time she was not in the room, and that was when I got the marrow aspirations. Then she was invited back in right afterwards.

If it helps my sorry hearing loss, I’m sure anyone can get help from this.

Ugh! You got that thing screwed into your back?? I am now really sooo glad I didn’t look at anything on his cart.

Four labels. Did they take out a lot? Dr. Shim liked it fresh, I think. He took what he needed for that day.

Here are his two nurses again. My better half said she took this pic on the last Saturday that we were there. We flew out the next day. This was one of the 7x that he took out bone marrow for the PRP. I was laying on the yellow bed to the left, in this room. Dr. Shim had already given me some...

Hi ajc, I do have a couple more from inside the clinic. I will send them.

Oh, yes I did. From three different places. My regular audiologist, that I’ve been going to for the last five years, has done an audiogram every summer... I will be by again this summer for another audiogram. I’m very familiar with her testing, her equipment. I will post the new...

I’m glad I am too. I’m going to share something... For a few weeks before I went to Dr. Shim's, on April 1st, I read the posts but didn’t post myself. I watched the battles... attacks... But I found John credible. I contacted Dr. Shim, and found him easy to talk to, very very knowledgeable...

I do so want improvement too. I noticed yesterday and today, that when I was running the sink, I could lightly hear the water splashing and tinkling in the sink with my right ear. My right ear is much worse than the left. I think it’s been a long time since my right ear picked up something...

I’m sitting in Dr. Shim's sound booth for an audio testing. One of his nurses is sitting in front of the monitor, administering the test, just out of view of the camera. You can see the outside monitor with an audiogram on it. Based on that audiogram, it looks like someone’s hearing totally...

I don’t remember seeing anything like that. I can’t say.

I would tend to agree on being advanced. I have a 22 second video of the Airbnb that we stayed at. Hmm, I can’t attach it. But you’d agree it’s ahead, if I could attach it.

Probably lighting effects. He’s not that kind of guy.

I have 6 more weeks. Then I’ll get an audiogram. Actually, right now, my tinnitus is a little softer, though it’s still present. But I don’t really pay any attention to it. My conversation understanding is still difficult. Every AM, while getting ready for the day, I turn on some praise...

In case anyone’s interested, this is Dr. Shims’ office area. John and Aldo can confirm that. My better half and myself, and his two nurses, are also in the picture. You can see a couple pictures up someone’s nose (on top), and someone’s eardrum (bottom). These aren’t mine, I don’t think...

There were some patients older than me that got some results. I did see some audiograms on his website. He had someone in their 70’s. No one got total healing, just improvement.

I got vertigo every time, but some times were worse than others. I don’t know if it was acclimation or not. When he was squirting the syringe in my ear, I could feel cool fluid swishing around. It kinda felt like a water pic going thru your middle ear, instead of your teeth.

Thanks for your kind words, but to be honest, it’s more desperation, not bravery. After the first week was done, and it was Sunday, in the flesh, I wanted to run away before the 2nd week started. But I wanted the help, and wasn’t going to be a total wuss about it. Dr. Shim does have an...

Well, I spent between 2-4 hours each day. He had to obtain the bone marrow or plasma, and that’s after a couple different IV bottles. You didn’t get one injection. You got a few syringes, sometimes spaced out, sometimes more together. I don’t know why. No, it was horizontal here. In the first...

Still in my happy place. Dr. Shim would always do a little numbing first before sticking it thru your eardrum. It still was not pleasant, but certainly not excruciating. Right about now, the room was spinning faster than anything I’ve ever experienced... like warp factor 13 Every injection was...