Intro

Hello, my name is Robert (54 years) and I like the share my experience on T with you.

On 19 october 2017 i have had a robotic prostate cancer surgery. in order to extract my prostate completely. I stayed for total 48h in hospital and during that stay my T introduced itself 24 hrs after I woke up from my anesthesia.

The only thing that scared the shit out of me was an event before the arrival of the tinitus: at night in hospital, in those first 24 hrs after surgery, I was still in bed and still awake (could not sleep/ "jetlag" after anesthesia probably) I got a weird and very local "shivering" or shock for about 2 seconds. It felt like a short circuit that started above, deep inside in the back of my scull and went right down into my spine (the center of it) towards my both arms and my legs. Immediately after that everything was normal and no tinitus. I fell asleep and the morning after while walking out of the hospital I became aware of the contstant sound in my ears.

1 month later I went to a local ENT near me, hearing tests were ok, apart from a 1 or 2 normal dips in the left an right ear of which he wasn't very surprised. On the other hand he suspected an auditive trauma maybe during surgery. I checked that with my surgeon lateron, he could confirm that there were no machines operating that could create loud noises (like lasers etc.) in the surgeryroom during my intervention. The next time I see him I will ask for the name of the anesthetic they used on me.

The surgeon was very willing to help and called during my trimestrial checkup at his office in Toulouse immediately a (another) ENT specialist. He did also a hearing test and prescribed some things to clear sinuses and made a prescription for an ulltrasound carotid doppler examination. I think just to exclude some things. He told me if the sound will stay to come back for MRI, I think for him a logical protocol in order to continue excluding things like braintumor etc..In the days to come I will contact my GP to arrange the MRI. I will post the result on this forum, however I am confident they will not find anything to explain the T.

The kind of sound is a constant high pich hissing, I experienced a few times in my youth when I got back home after being exposed to too much sound like in a discotheque. In those few times it always went away after a few hours or a nights sleep. So I was already familiar with the high pitch. Out of curiosity I now immediately looked up the frequency on youtube and it is about 11.000 hz sine wave.

Sometimes, it is getting very annoying when I have a cold and my sinuses are clogged. In that case there are also other sounds like a bell or a low humm (may also occur in left ear).

As for the balance between the 2 ears, I experience a slight focus towards my right ear.

Loudness: as for the loudness on for example a scale 1 - 10, it is most of the time 4 to 5 and sometimes a hard 6 depending on, I think, physical activity of the body and/or emotional activity brainwise.

Side effects: sometimes a very slight vertigo / dizzyness and sometimes concentration/focus problems like knocking over glasses or dropping things, that I haven't had before. Probably a natural reaction on the new situation.

Falling asleep is most of the time not really a problem and I have the impression that the loudness is lower just after waking up and getting louder during the day. The first thing after I experienced T for the first time was trying not to panic and trying to stay relaxed.

Thanks to forum member Mary White I got on this forum and she suggested me to try eardrops of ground yvy (Glechoma Hederacea), so I ordered a small bottle by internet. After using it I get back to you for the results.

I was already aware of the phenomena Tinitus (read it in a paper long ago) and as compared to the experiences of others on this forum I feel I still am a lucky bastard and have a tremendous respect for the people who really suffer.

Nevertheless, also for me this will be a lonely battle as well to which I have to get used to because I will not expect miracles.

All the best and I will keep you posted.

Robert

 

when you go for the MRI make sure you wear the most heavy duty hearing protection you can find or are aloud.

 

Please share this name with us...

 

Thanks I will do that.

I will, already sent an email to my surgeon.

 

Hello, the anesthetic they used on me is Propofol and Remifentanil. Up till now the noise is still the same.