Hi
@Kathi, I'll just agreed with what the others have said. You are not back to Square One. It's just that crazy thing called habituation. I don't think we can ever be guaranteed 100 percent "good" days in life -- with or without tinnitus.
@here2help said something valuable: It's what you learn to do with the difficult days (I try not to say "bad" days any more) that counts.
You ARE getting better and this will pass. Over the weekend, I was as little disappointed that my ears decided to be somewhat noisy during my mini Memorial Day vacation. But I didn't let it stop me from having a good time. And yesterday? The quietest day I have possibly ever had, so quieeeett I really could not tell I had tinnitus. Those days are right around the corner for us all.
And thank god for things like maskers to help us through. Darwin had tinnitus, and a host of other miserable ailments, throughout his life. Can you imagine bobbing around in a sailboat over rough, uncharted waters for months and months -- no masker, no white noise generator, no Tinnitus Talk??!! Tinnitus technology has a long way to go. But I am thankful I am living with T today versus living with T more than 100 years ago.
Wishing you quieter days soon.