My views are from experience - not from the media. I'm quite offended you would even suggest that.
And keep in mind just because you might have had good experiences dealing with the NHS, doesn't mean everybody else has. Though I am super pleased for you, and your brother. <3
Oh and one last thing, I had to write a 1000 word letter of complaint to the NHS only last week.
@Steph1710
Sorry to hear about your experiences with the NHS. It has its problems like any large organisation and won't get things right all the time. I hope you get a reply to your letter and they take onboard the issues you have raised and improve on them. My intention wasn't to cause you offence or imply that you want it all, so please accept my apologies. I am proud of our NHS and defend it vigorously and hope it never becomes private. Some of the horror stories I'm told from people beyond our shores, is frightening to say the least regarding help for tinnitus, which I have written about in my posts on TRT.
Twenty four years ago when I first got tinnitus and suffering a lot, the Hearing Therapist I had didn't have a clue about tinnitus. She was quite dismissive that it could be a problem and found her beside manner to be rude and abrupt on occasions. I wrote a letter of complaint to the head of Audiology and never saw her again. My new Hearing Therapist was totally different and understood everything I was going through and wasn't surprised, when told she was born with tinnitus. After a few months into TRT, I learned my previous hearing therapist had been dismissed by the hospital after other patients made complaints.
@Michael Leigh have you ever visited Brighton pavilion? I really, really want to go!
I was born and bred in London and moved to Brighton in 2014. I have always wanted to live by the sea but never thought it would come to fruition. In 2008 I suffered a second noise trauma and written about this in my post: My experience with tinnitus, please click on the link below. My tinnitus changed dramatically and so did my life and took 4 long years to habituate for the second time. I was unable to read a book for 2 years as the tinnitus had large fluctuations in intensity and each day was a different experience that affected my mental and emotional wellbeing profoundly.
In 2010 I attempted to get back into reading but each book I tried could only manage a few pages and ended up putting it down never to return to it. It was a frustrating time and seriously thought I would never be able to read again but something inside gave me the will to carry on. I was browsing Amazon and read a synopsis of a book written by an Author I never heard of Peter James. The book was titled:
Dead Simple, first in the Roy Grace series about a Brighton based Detective Superintendent. I ordered it and took 5 weeks to read. Due to daily fluctuations in tinnitus that could reach very severe levels, so could only manage reading a few pages at a time.
I liked Peter James writing style and the way he described the locations in Brighton and surrounding seaside towns. The writing was so vivid in my mind's eye could easily see myself in the story. I ordered the second book in the series:
Looking good dead, and captivated once again and felt relieved to be getting back into reading even though it took weeks to finish. After reading book 8
Not Dead Yet, which focuses a lot on the Brighton Pavillion and Gaia Lafayette. Brighton born and now a famous Hollywood actress, returning home to shoot a movie and is stalked by someone obsessed with her.
Peter James' writing paints a picture so vivid of the Brighton Pavillion including the secret underground walkway that I had to come down from London to see it. The architecture inside and out is a sight to behold so too is the magnificent chandelier in the main dinning room which forms the focal point of the story. Try to come and see it but before you do, read Not Dead Yet, as I think your experience of the Pavillion will have more meaning. However, I advise reading all the Roy Grace books starting with Dead Simple. The new RG is just out:
Find Them Dead. All the RG books have dead in the title.
I wrote to PJ telling him about my tinnitus and how much I enjoyed the Roy Grace books and the difficulties I had returning to reading. He kindly replied and whenever a new R-G was published I attended his book signings. By then I began thinking I want to move to Brighton and the feeling just wouldn't leave me and somehow felt here was my destiny. I wrote to PJ and asked for advice of some nice places to live in Brighton. He replied giving a lot of helpful information and mentioned, he had never been asked something like this before because moving home is a big step and hoped everything works out which thankfully has. I don't want to live anywhere else. My neighbours are great the area is quiet and serene and have a wonderful view of the south-downs. It's a 15 min drive to the seafront and was there yesterday basking in the sun and reading my Kindle. The sound of the sea lapping against the shore with seagulls all around makes me completely forget about covid 19 and other troubles in the world for a time, then return home feeling relaxed and quite content.
Do come and visit Brighton I'm sure you'll love it and perhaps we'll meet up.
Take care
Michael
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/my-experience-with-tinnitus.12076/
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Where do you live? Is it a nice town/city?
