Hi everyone,
I've been an observer for a while, watching the threads on new treatments and such. My T started about 8 months ago from an unknown cause; one night I fell asleep on the couch, and when I woke up an hour or two later I had a weird ringing in my left year. It might be related to an ototoxic drug I was on, but it's hard to say since I was on an extremely low dose and it didn't subside at all after I stopped taking it (that same night). It's subsided a fair bit since then. It was a 6/10 when it first started, now it's a consistent 3-4/10.
One issue I've found is that where I live (Ontario, Canada), it's quite difficult to get decent medical care. People rave about the universal health care in Canada, but the reality is that when everyone gets free health care in a health care system that is chronically underfunded, the quality of care drops precipitously. I had to wait several months to see an ENT, who looked in my ear, said "I don't see anything abnormal, your audiogram is normal, so you just have to try to ignore it." Useless. No discussion of what other possible causes may be, no consideration of imaging, no discussion of clinical trials. Just trying to get me out the door as quickly as he could.
One thing I have going for me, though, is that I'm fairly wealthy, in the 1%. So this got me to thinking: if Jeff Bezos developed tinnitus, (a) where would he go to be properly evaluated, and (b) where would he go to get treated? If money can buy better care, I want to try it.
There are, of course, the private clinics in the US like Mayo and Cleveland, but reviews from people who have gone there seem to agree that it's pretty much the same as other ENTs, in and out as quick as you can. Some people have mentioned travelling overseas for stem cell treatments, which has piqued my interest, but I'd prefer to do that somewhere with a strong reputation and low risk of being scammed or receiving high-risk treatment.
So, the question again: where would Bezos go?
Jason
I've been an observer for a while, watching the threads on new treatments and such. My T started about 8 months ago from an unknown cause; one night I fell asleep on the couch, and when I woke up an hour or two later I had a weird ringing in my left year. It might be related to an ototoxic drug I was on, but it's hard to say since I was on an extremely low dose and it didn't subside at all after I stopped taking it (that same night). It's subsided a fair bit since then. It was a 6/10 when it first started, now it's a consistent 3-4/10.
One issue I've found is that where I live (Ontario, Canada), it's quite difficult to get decent medical care. People rave about the universal health care in Canada, but the reality is that when everyone gets free health care in a health care system that is chronically underfunded, the quality of care drops precipitously. I had to wait several months to see an ENT, who looked in my ear, said "I don't see anything abnormal, your audiogram is normal, so you just have to try to ignore it." Useless. No discussion of what other possible causes may be, no consideration of imaging, no discussion of clinical trials. Just trying to get me out the door as quickly as he could.
One thing I have going for me, though, is that I'm fairly wealthy, in the 1%. So this got me to thinking: if Jeff Bezos developed tinnitus, (a) where would he go to be properly evaluated, and (b) where would he go to get treated? If money can buy better care, I want to try it.
There are, of course, the private clinics in the US like Mayo and Cleveland, but reviews from people who have gone there seem to agree that it's pretty much the same as other ENTs, in and out as quick as you can. Some people have mentioned travelling overseas for stem cell treatments, which has piqued my interest, but I'd prefer to do that somewhere with a strong reputation and low risk of being scammed or receiving high-risk treatment.
So, the question again: where would Bezos go?
Jason
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