twa

Happy Anniversary Twa!

Congrats! Hope you had a good time. <3

@Tezcatlipoca thank you~ Are you in Mexico? I studied several summers in Mexico.

@twa yes I live in Mexico, that's pretty cool that you spent summers here

Sí en San Miguel de Allende y Guanajuato.

Ugh! Is it getting progressively better or has it stopped improving? I'll keep praying for you Teresa! *hugs*

It was getting better and I've had some days with more dizziness. I started doing the Meclizine. Thank you~

We watched 'Benji', the 2018 version last night. It was so fun and cute! :)

I haven't seen that one, saw the originals though. :-D

Oh wow! Cool! I am trying to decide if it's something I could do with T/H.

@twa Whilst I'm not quite at doctoral stage yet, I have full plans to go ahead with one irrespective of developing tinnitus this year. I only hope I'll still be able to go through with it.

@arcanesystem You're so inspirational. I read your posts often when I worry about being able to get through my education with this.

Wow!! Hats off to him!

@Steph1710 he is pretty amazing. He has a huge garden that he has had for about 45 years. He has a year around plan and draws diagrams of the placement of the plants. At any given time he reads 5-6 books and goes to the library everyday. The lockdown was hard on him because he couldn't go to the senior center for exercise or his daily trip to the library to look for the latest mystery novel.

Ok, maybe not running but walking fast! :-D

I did something similar. My dog got overly excited about a cat, dragged me down by the leash on a steep hill while wearing my trendy, sexy earmuffs. I felt like the town freak. :P

@Kriszti you made me laugh out loud! I feel that way walking in my neighborhood with orange earplugs and putting my hands over my ears when trucks drive by or planes fly over.

Yes! My all time favorite classes in undergraduate studies were Art History and Architectural History.

I collect fossils, and skulls - anything natural history really. History was always my favourite subject by far - I mean it encompasses everything in life to have ever have happened, been done, or will one day happen. I live near the coast, and we have a plethora of different fossils here. We can sit on the beach and quite literally pick them up around us, especially sharks teeth. There everywhere.

That is so cool! We have fossils in a creek in our hometown not very far from us. My kiddo loves to go fossil hunting. When they go to east Texas, they find arrowheads from the native Americans who lived here hundreds of years ago. Some of them date back even further. Where my dad grew up in Oklahoma, arrowheads could be found on the side of the road.

So glad you're feeling better! <3

(Rolls eyes). There's a toxic masculinity problem with hearing protection. Then one gets T and H and weeps like a baby. I hope he's okay. Most people didn't know. I would hope that living with someone with H would change that, but I'll save that rant.

After seeing what I've been through the last 7 months with T and H he still is very cavalier about it all. I think he doesn't think it would affect him if it were to happen to him. His mom has said her mother had hearing loss with tinnitus and it wasn't a big deal to her.

Haven't you been reporting ear discomfort? That's way more likely imo.

Correlation ≠ Causation

Well sign me up

Yes, after the vaccine. Seems like most people are experiencing symptoms like mine 5-10 days after the vaccine.

I had vertigo for the first and only time back in November last year. Hasn't come back since.

@Robster did you have Covid or the vaccine?

No, no idea what caused my vertigo attack last year. Thankfully I've not had another one.

I think it is, but it’s still pretty safe. If that makes sense.

Edit: I take it nearly every day.

I don't think it's ototoxic

I take it all the time with no problems. As long as you dont take a lot in one day for days. MHO

@Forever hopeful that's a good point. I thought about that too.

I've never heard of steroids causing dizziness. Makes no sense, if it did that I'd be worried it's causing hydrops by interacting with mineral receptors. I got worse off steroids and believe this was at least partially why.

@GBB thank you, it's good to know that it can intensify the T. I just feel awful. I feel jittery, depressed, heart palpitations and flushed. I'm ending the taper today. Thank you @VeryUnfortunate. Good to know @Zugzug.

When I took them it made me have bad anxiety and insomnia and my tinnitus was super loud. But after I stopped it took a few days for all the symptoms to go away.

@hurtingdream I started getting some anxiety today.

Did you start steroids the same day you got vaccinated? Steroids usually make me lightheaded, so maybe it's those?

@OnceUponaTime, I let both my PCP and Otologist what has been happening. They were the ones who prescribed the antibiotic 6 weeks ago and then the steroid this time. If I'm not better tomorrow, I'll message my PCP. Thanks for the kind words.

@kingsfan I started getting dizzy around the 10th day after the vaccine. I started the steroid about a day later.

@Robster it was not a wise choice on my part, especially when I'm at home with a setback. It really threw my mindset in a tailspin.

I was gonna watch it this weekend. Can't mentally mess me up anymore then I already am lol

@Charlesm0513 I know curiosity is part of human nature, but I encourage you to watch something happy or funny.

@OnceUponaTime thanks so much!

Ugh!

I rooting for you for another steady recovery!

So true Teresa! I started an online Alpha course last night on Zoom and actually saw my neighbor there. It was a welcome distraction!

@Lil Sass what is an Alpha group? @Sayeed mine is pretty good about nutrition, but not so versed in vitamins, supplements, etc.

Hi twa! Alpha is a Christian-based study group.

I've just read up a little on Cherryflex and it all sounds very good and promising, doubly so, now that I know from you that it's not just PR-talk but actually works. I'll have to check if it is available here in Germany, and, if so, recommend it to a friend who's been suffering from bouts of gout for a while now.

My doctor wrote a book on CherryFlex called Natural Arthritis Treatment by Scott Zashin, M.D. I didn't think it really helped and then I noticed I was moving better.

Thank you very much for the recommendation. I found the book an Amazon. Cherryflex, though, doesn't seem to be available here. Yet... :)