God blessed me with His grace the other day. Why, I don’t know as I’m not a very good follower of Christ, but I was thankful none the less. My ears have been ringing for the last five years with volume/pitch varying from day to day but always there. The other night I was sitting in the living room and watching teevee with Mrs Sven when the ringing suddenly and painfully increased in both volume and pitch for about 10 seconds and then stopped altogether. After it stopped, no more ringing at all. Dead quiet except for the normal yard and teevee noises. It was so beautiful to hear quiet -- I almost wept. It lasted for a full night and most of the next day. Now the ringing is back but at a lower volume than what it was before.
Interesting. My experience with this is from shooting handguns without protection when young and stupid (now I am old and stupid). The ringing was damaged nerves and when it stopped the nerves had died and some hearing range was lost for life. I lost some higher range before wising up. This is clearly different. I hope it gives hope of continued improvement.
Mine came on gradually, Mac. I did have a weird incident that lasted about 6 weeks when certain noises would initiate a loud clacking sound in my right ear, but that’s stopped. Knock wood.
Mrs Sven had one scan on Monday for something unrelated to her cancer and that came back as probably nothing to worry about. The oncology stuff starts next Monday.
The ocular melanoma group that I rely on is A Cure in Sight. They’ve started a series of podcasts called Living in the Long Middle that focuses on how to live in that period between initial diagnosis and treatment and the finding of a metastasis. The guest on the last video was a man named Sam Franklin who a few months back was told his OM had metastasized and that nothing further could be done -- he has a few months to live. It’s not an enjoyable 40 minutes, but the man himself, his story, and taking the time to discuss it is very impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFI2fZuVydU&t=3s
Thread pic: I no longer know what day it is -- I’ve simplified things to just day/night.
Voice of wisdom!
Sure Happy It’s Thursday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Sven, and Mac!
My work computer is on, but only to respond to any IMs or last-minute emails. And no, I’m not telling anyone that all of my tasks are completed.
Do they monitor your activity? If yes, you need to buy a mouse jiggler.
That sounds kinky, yet, for Paddy….
God blessed me with His grace the other day. Why, I don’t know as I’m not a very good follower of Christ, but I was thankful none the less. My ears have been ringing for the last five years with volume/pitch varying from day to day but always there. The other night I was sitting in the living room and watching teevee with Mrs Sven when the ringing suddenly and painfully increased in both volume and pitch for about 10 seconds and then stopped altogether. After it stopped, no more ringing at all. Dead quiet except for the normal yard and teevee noises. It was so beautiful to hear quiet -- I almost wept. It lasted for a full night and most of the next day. Now the ringing is back but at a lower volume than what it was before.
Interesting. My experience with this is from shooting handguns without protection when young and stupid (now I am old and stupid). The ringing was damaged nerves and when it stopped the nerves had died and some hearing range was lost for life. I lost some higher range before wising up. This is clearly different. I hope it gives hope of continued improvement.
Mine came on gradually, Mac. I did have a weird incident that lasted about 6 weeks when certain noises would initiate a loud clacking sound in my right ear, but that’s stopped. Knock wood.
Mrs Sven had one scan on Monday for something unrelated to her cancer and that came back as probably nothing to worry about. The oncology stuff starts next Monday.
The ocular melanoma group that I rely on is A Cure in Sight. They’ve started a series of podcasts called Living in the Long Middle that focuses on how to live in that period between initial diagnosis and treatment and the finding of a metastasis. The guest on the last video was a man named Sam Franklin who a few months back was told his OM had metastasized and that nothing further could be done -- he has a few months to live. It’s not an enjoyable 40 minutes, but the man himself, his story, and taking the time to discuss it is very impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFI2fZuVydU&t=3s
As to this…
“Why, I don’t know as I’m not a very good follower of Christ, but I was thankful none the less.”
Pfffttttt!