- Jan 20, 2017
- 203
- Tinnitus Since
- 1995
- Cause of Tinnitus
- exposure to broken muffler noise
Hi folks:
In case anyone is interested, I thought I'd give you all an update on my ears' condition.
I started a very bad hyperacusis setback in early January. I posted here about that around that time in a thread started by Cora.
After a good recovery after Easter, I had two new setbacks since then. I had not realised how fragile the Easter recovery had been, so doing some stuff I thought was OK turned out to be wrong. Now, 6 months into my setback, I have climbed up the greasy poll again and I am pretty good most of the time, but it is fragile. It would not take much to plunge me back into agony again, so I take little risk and stay within narrow boundaries. I can talk on the phone longer now, but no more than 10-15 minutes (same for the computer keyboard). I was used to unlimited use of the phone and keyboard. With the summer and all the noise during the day outside (trucks, lawn mowers, saws etc).. it is difficult dodging them to get to the local library, even if this is a quiet suburban area (quiet really ONLY at night!).
I do not know if I am going to ever get back to how I was before this major setback. If not, I think I will try TRT again.I miss listening to music and going to places I can't go to now. Not to mention, I have some important medical appointments that I should go to, but have put off due to my fear of a setback even in a taxi with my earmuffs on.
So even though I am not back to what I was, I am better. So I hope that can inspire others to persevere in the face of initial trauma or setback. Usually one will always get better if one is careful.
Marco
In case anyone is interested, I thought I'd give you all an update on my ears' condition.
I started a very bad hyperacusis setback in early January. I posted here about that around that time in a thread started by Cora.
After a good recovery after Easter, I had two new setbacks since then. I had not realised how fragile the Easter recovery had been, so doing some stuff I thought was OK turned out to be wrong. Now, 6 months into my setback, I have climbed up the greasy poll again and I am pretty good most of the time, but it is fragile. It would not take much to plunge me back into agony again, so I take little risk and stay within narrow boundaries. I can talk on the phone longer now, but no more than 10-15 minutes (same for the computer keyboard). I was used to unlimited use of the phone and keyboard. With the summer and all the noise during the day outside (trucks, lawn mowers, saws etc).. it is difficult dodging them to get to the local library, even if this is a quiet suburban area (quiet really ONLY at night!).
I do not know if I am going to ever get back to how I was before this major setback. If not, I think I will try TRT again.I miss listening to music and going to places I can't go to now. Not to mention, I have some important medical appointments that I should go to, but have put off due to my fear of a setback even in a taxi with my earmuffs on.
So even though I am not back to what I was, I am better. So I hope that can inspire others to persevere in the face of initial trauma or setback. Usually one will always get better if one is careful.
Marco