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    Blood Thinners and Tinnitus and an Embedded Success Story

    So, I ended up in the hospital due to a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot that makes its way to the lungs. Mine was apparently small. I'm healthy and in shape and never had something like this happen before. Backtrack... 2 years ago I suffered severe acoustic trauma due to my own stupidity...
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    Does Anyone in the Medical Field Try to Help without a Paycheck as Their Motive?

    What "stats" are we talking about? Where do they come from? It never ceases to amaze me how myopic even the most advanced research tends to be. "Oh, 10 patients (as opposed to 1 million) reported yadda yadda yadda...so this thing is/is not statistically significant." Of course, when money is...
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    Noise Induced, OCD Perpetuated

    Yep, you summed that up perfectly. And I’m indeed looking forward to hair cell regeneration, that was perhaps the first thing that kept me going.
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    Noise Induced, OCD Perpetuated

    Did the same thing...picked up a Mesa Triple Rectifier. Selling it now.
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    Noise Induced, OCD Perpetuated

    Appreciate the encouragement. The difficult part is that a prison sentence (sorry to be so dramatic) of unknown duration is perhaps more difficult than one with a release date. I noticed your story and start date are similar to mine if I'm not mistaken. I'll be sure to read through your posts.
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    Noise Induced, OCD Perpetuated

    Thanks for the welcome, glynis. I remember reading a thread on here where someone mentioned that when it comes to awareness around loud noise, most of the emphasis is on hearing loss while very little is on the danger of T.
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    Noise Induced, OCD Perpetuated

    I've waited three months to register on this site. It's like joining a club that no one wants to be part of. I got my tinnitus on 11/24/2017. My band played what ended up being our first and only show. The drummer was maybe five feet to my left and we played a half hour set or so. I didn't...