Recent content by john livingston

@Fa82 I see you have had T since 10/2014 that is a real new life change for you I'm sure.

@Asian I have had ear aches so bad I've gone to the emergency room at 3 am only to find out ear was fine that it was my tm joint and not an ear infection. The ent told me to hold my fist under my chin with a little pressure and try to open my mouth and do this over and over for a bit and it...

@Larry OT Since my T started at such a young age of 14 I often wonder how much better life would have been with out this condition. But I tried to do the best with what I have had to work with. I can understand how people that have all the sudden come down with T and relate to the old me and...

@Telis I'm the same way about being around family and friends. I tend to isolate my self as much as I can since my hearing is just all noise. All I can do is lip read to communicate with folks. If I were to go blind I wouldn't have nothing but screaming T and that would be real hell! ha ha ...

@LeQuack Same here for me about having to live with it for the rest of your days. Good thing for me is its been gradually getting worse instead of just wide damn open before you kind of get used to it.

@Telis I can't even remember all the times over the last 40 years with T that I have thought about giving up, but I'm still kicking. You have to think of all the folks that you will effect if you take the easy way out. What keeps me going is hope and faith that one day something will come along...

@Dr Charlie I lost my dad back in march from dementia lewy bodies. It put my depression in over drive watching him go from strong person to a nothing in a year time. I'm sure all the sadness made my T worse even after all the years I have suffered (40+) with it. For me the feeling of uncertainty...

I can take a little louder music with ear plugs in if I had to but its not worth it to me since even with ear plugs mine spikes up big time. For me its like give and take, if I give in to loud music I take in a big spike in my T! Bad thing about T is it can spike with no music just out of the...

@ mat l I use to play some loud stuff my self and know that didn't help the condition of my T now. Only quite playing now, that down hard scraping metal is hard on my T. Its like the band still jamming even after you are back home! T covers up the high notes now I cant even hear them but those...

@NeverLoseHope Thanks again for reply!

@OddV I can hear my T over trains, planes and all things it doesn't matter the T rules. As for your 10 on your scale it feels life threatening but its not and seeking medical help seems useless for my situation. All that the docs have offered me are pills to settle my nerves, but I'm not going...

You should be up front with your date about your affliction with T and that loud theater noise is no good for us. If the gal values your company maybe she would be open to changing plans for a quieter evening. If not go to movie and if it gets to bad just sit in lobby and eat pop corn ha ha...

@NeverLoseHope Thanks for reply I was referring to the mm1 generic in ear sound generator thru amazon. I just found out that my aunt has a similar set up as you described with a cranked up hearing aid in one ear and a generator in the other ear. Do you think that would work for me ?

@aga,rpc1 Not being negative but enjoy the moments when it gets slow starts in the morning. I can barely remember those days its been so long. For me it was kind of like looking at a slow moving train you can hardly tell its moving. But then next thing I know years later it is a full speed ahead...

@ I who love music . I always wanted to play banjo but being a higher octave note I could never really figure it out. I can't really hear the guitar notes that well but rely on the vibration of it keep on picking!