Chit Chat and All That...

Thank you for this @Daniel Lion, was very much appreciated.

To be honest with you, and this is a secret just between us, I do pretty alright despite my tinnitus. Volume decrease or simple habituation (you tell me), over time, has meant I can function really well, within limitations. I basically do everything I can do, outside of noisy places and with hearing protection on everywhere else, and that for me has kept hope of fulfilling many ambitions alive.

Of course people see me raining fire on posts that preach positivity, but that's just because I want this to end, for all of us. My own perspective is that we truly need to make a bigger deal of this illness, and not tell the world we're doing "okay", so that everyone (but us) can feel fine maintaining the status-quo. But make no mistake, I understand the upset another human's suffering invokes. Naturally we want to tell other people "it will be okay", "you'll be fine", "it gets better".

As I acknowledged once before, it's a tough balancing act.

About the art, admittedly not so much anymore, but hopefully that will change in the future. I'll let you know.

 

So guys, I'm going to be taking quite a long break (for real this time) from Tinnitus Talk.

I've got a really intense year of study starting at the end of this weekend, and it's going to require my full focus to achieve the results I want.

Goes without saying I'm going to miss a lot of you. I'd make a list of names but it would be around 60 people long. My good friends here know who they are in any case. I've told you all at one point or another how awesome I think you are (and that includes some of the people I've sort of fallen out with, still love you really).

You guys are all super smart, funny as hell, and pretty damn attractive (from what I've seen, can remember, or just imagined).

I'll be back next summer to check on where we are with this Shore device which has got my hopes up.

Big thank you to the moderators of the site also. You've been very patient with me.

Big love, Damocles. ♡

 

Reading so many heartbreaking stories and seeing friends suffering fill my heart with sadness, but your latest post really gives me hope.

I'm glad that you're feeling better and although it took you quite so long to get here, it was worth it!

I guess this is a reminder for all of us that we should never lose hope and fight till the last second.

I hope you achieve all your goals and that you'll bring us even better news next year.

Good luck!



Also:

You know I can't stay serious for more than 2 and a half minutes, so... I'm just gonna leave this here for old times' sake

 

Good luck with everything @Damocles. Love reading your posts and going to miss you so much.

See you when you're back. xo

 

Good luck with the studies, D. 'til next time

 

Hilarious aura.

 

Good luck @Damocles! We will be waiting for you with open arms

Hopefully when you come back, there will be more positive news to go around. It’s been a hell of a year.

Damn first @Exit, now @Damocles. ;(

 

I was having the same chat with a friend a couple of days ago. We also decided that Hybrid was the better choice. My reasoning was that my father-in-law has a fully Electric car, and twice on driving to an airport and back, he has had to pull over for a fair while and recharge.

 

We’re the same age. It’s a good age to be embarking on new studies and life journeys - I can vouch for that. You’re smart, and from what little I know about you from our interactions on Tinnitus Talk, you’re most definitely going to achieve whatever it is you’re aiming for. I’m proud of you for taking this next step in life.

Good luck my lovely online friend. Wishing you all the very best!

Big Love & Massive Hugs,
Steph <3

 

All the best my guy!!!

 

It's good to see that the sword of tinnitus is no longer hanging over your head and that you can get on with the main event. Best of luck in Academia. As an old teacher used to say: "The questions are easy. They're a cinch. but the answers are hard."

 

And I was just about getting ready to reveal my face too...

Kinda bummed out, but I understand. Good luck to you, dude.

And let this be a reminder for most here, that tinnitus doesn’t have to immobilize you forever. You can still and will be able to achieve any goals or ambitions that you have. You’ll find your moment.

 

Best of luck with your studies @Damocles. You got this!

 

All the best for your future plans. I'll miss you and your quick wit and snappy remarks. Take care!

 

It's that time again. Nice ripe and plump blackberries destined to become wine. Picked 8 pounds of them.

 

They look awesome!

 

Good luck! We will miss you too!

 

Wine made. It's in the first 24 hours of fermentation, hoping I get 15% alcohol.

 

My Tinnitus: Yoooo, what's up?

Me:

 

Good luck @Damocles, best wishes and enjoy your studies xxxx

 

Any chances you try to make some poteen...?

 

Someone has been leading you astray.

 

Probably not, as I've got a friend who supplies it if I want some. I'm hoarding the last bottle that an old gentleman made and has passed away. Not sure but it could be rocket fuel, it's really raw.

 

Yes, myself!

I never do booze but poteen is something I would try.

 

Ah! El Buzz, just to thank you for your posts about keeping fit and strong. I have even constructed a weight-lifting thingie for use in the back-yard: i.e. a broom handle with two plastic 5 litre bottles of water at either end.

One kilogram = one liter of water right? Well the bottles are nearly full so I'm practicing with ca. 2 x 4 litres = 8 kilograms.

My next ambition is to get a rope and practice my skipping. Ha!

The matter of the Japanese tea: in my humble opinion, tinnitus is to some extent a battle of the night. A good night's sleep, where you get all the right phases -- you know, REM sleep, deep phases etc. has a big influence on your day.

Do you take the Japanese tea in the evening? Does it disturb or influence your sleep?
Also, I seem to enjoy the first one or two cups from the brew... by the time I come to the third cup it's kind of strong and tastes a bit stewed... or do you empty the entire teapot straight away once it's done into your cup?

 

It runs a close second to them hillbillies that make moonshine.

 

You mean knackers?

I increase the water temperature by 10ºC from the first brew to the second and third.

Also second brew lasts half the time the first does. Third lasts the same as the first.

Anyway, it's normal that each brewing have a different taste. What you're experiencing is astringency, there's people who enjoy it, it's not my case. You avoid it shortening the brewing time.

I have my tea in the morning, never later or I can pay the price with a night of insomnia.

Really cool you're exercising. I can't praise enough its positive effects on my mood, except when I'm punched in the face.

 

WOW!!! The gall, the audacity of it all... Getting trolled on my own thread by not one but... TWO fellow tinnitus sufferers! I thought us tinnitus head rejects were meant to stick together.

 

Evening peeps, how’s everybody doing? We still going insane in the membrane?