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Re: Bad Christmas for Me
@stangman67 I am really sorry to read this. My wife had something eerily similar. Ear pain, went to doc, got prescription. About three days later, much worse, lost complete hearing in one ear. Went to ENT. Got a different prescription, and they also gave her 30% chance of full recovery. No kidding. All very similar. They said it would take 6-12 months to fully recover (meaning, to get as much recovery as she could).
I don't recall her having any balance issues. She's on her feet all day at work, so I think I would have remembered if that was a complaint. However, she did have occasional shooting, debilitating pains.
They took pressure measurements (I think because of the pain, but maybe normal part of the ENT's examination of her condition), and the nurse said it was insanely high. So, they intentionally ruptured her eardrum. Had to drain fluid. Didn't help the hearing to come back but helped with pain. In the incision they put in what she said they described as a "cork" that would naturally pop out as the eardrum healed, and they would recover it in a later visit.
No hearing for about a month, and it slowly started to come back. Not like an aha-hallelujah moment, so I think maybe it started to come back while she was asleep one night, so by the time she woke up, her brain didn't hit her with an, OMG, I can hear! situation. Anyhow, it was slow, very slow. And the cork took like a month longer than they said.
That was 8 months ago, and today she says she's about 70% of the way there. She was literally at zero. When she first got to the ENT, since her PCP had already looked and said it was a common ear infection, their tone was an initial shrug. Then they did a hearing test and showed her the good ear first, and then the second ear. Absolutely deaf. So their tone changed to very serious. She freaked out. Broke down in tears. Fast forward from April to today (happy new year!), 70% is very positive. Hopefully, over the next 4 months she'll get the rest of it back.
I hope the same for you. Sorry to share such a long story, but I've been away from Club Polk for a while, and when I read about your situation, considering she went from "you may never hear out of this ear ever again" to the majority of hearing in that ear returning, I thought it might be a good story of hope.
None of us want any of the rest of us to go through what you are. I'm pulling for you, my friend.
I don't recall her having any balance issues. She's on her feet all day at work, so I think I would have remembered if that was a complaint. However, she did have occasional shooting, debilitating pains.
They took pressure measurements (I think because of the pain, but maybe normal part of the ENT's examination of her condition), and the nurse said it was insanely high. So, they intentionally ruptured her eardrum. Had to drain fluid. Didn't help the hearing to come back but helped with pain. In the incision they put in what she said they described as a "cork" that would naturally pop out as the eardrum healed, and they would recover it in a later visit.
No hearing for about a month, and it slowly started to come back. Not like an aha-hallelujah moment, so I think maybe it started to come back while she was asleep one night, so by the time she woke up, her brain didn't hit her with an, OMG, I can hear! situation. Anyhow, it was slow, very slow. And the cork took like a month longer than they said.
That was 8 months ago, and today she says she's about 70% of the way there. She was literally at zero. When she first got to the ENT, since her PCP had already looked and said it was a common ear infection, their tone was an initial shrug. Then they did a hearing test and showed her the good ear first, and then the second ear. Absolutely deaf. So their tone changed to very serious. She freaked out. Broke down in tears. Fast forward from April to today (happy new year!), 70% is very positive. Hopefully, over the next 4 months she'll get the rest of it back.
I hope the same for you. Sorry to share such a long story, but I've been away from Club Polk for a while, and when I read about your situation, considering she went from "you may never hear out of this ear ever again" to the majority of hearing in that ear returning, I thought it might be a good story of hope.
None of us want any of the rest of us to go through what you are. I'm pulling for you, my friend.
smartie_panta
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Re: Happy New Year Polkies
You haven't purchased a record since last year. That's what happened.
Tom
Tom
treitz3
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Re: You know you’re getting old when…
sucks2beme wrote: »When your kids hit their 40's you are old. I'm pretty sure it gets
worse when your grandkids hit 40.
My oldest daughter turns 44 next month. My son is 38. My youngest daughter is 16......I don't even know who I am anymore much less know how old I am....
28 years between kids? 😱
billbillw
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Re: You’re doing it wrong…
Top pick overall...
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Thank goodness it's not offputting.Testers compared the aroma to gasoline and cleaning products, in a stiff but not offputting way.
mhardy6647
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Re: Bad Christmas for Me
Upstatemax wrote: »stangman67 wrote: »The antibiotics were prescribed from my initial visit to my PCM, when they thought it was a bog standard ear infection. ENTs/ER prescribed the high dose prednisone as is standard with SSHL and “Sudden Hearing Loss”.
To this point, no improvement. Just terrible Tinnitus. Also lots of other weird stuff with my eyes being able to focus and stabilize and headaches. It’s going to be a long road but as long as my body learns to cope with the other stuff, I’ll learn to survive with the hearing. Good news is I don’t need to spend big money on stereo stuff anymore lol.
I’ll keep my DIY speakers and NAD M10V2 and pick up a cheaper record player/phone so I can still at least enjoy the music
This is not right. Something doesn’t make sense.
Visual disturbance and headaches. Never seen that with isolated ear anomaly.
That does not sound right.
Tinnitus and blurred vision can be related. Especially with high blood pressure.
Headaches can also be linked to tinnitus, but AFAIK, not really related to high blood pressure.
However, stress can absolutely cause headaches, and the headaches may, or may not be directly related to the tinnitus?
Headache absolutely can be related with high blood pressure.
My opinion is that headache and visual disturbance in the setting of an acute hearing loss is weird and I would scan the cranium if not already done.
Joey_V
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Re: Bad Christmas for Me
stangman67 wrote: »I am getting a MRI. Not for a few weeks though
Need to rule out a CP mass.
Joey_V
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Re: Question about harmony hub based remotes….
FWIW I have no problem switching between using an iPhone and iPad with the Harmony app (re: @Kex comment) with my Harmony hub-based setup.
I agree with the ideas that have been posted already. Start with the path of least resistance and work through those, beginning with separating 2.4 and 5 ghz bands if you haven’t already.
One thing that bummed me out is iOS 18 killed support for the “old” style widgets. Before I could swipe right for my harmony widget on the Home Screen or Lock Screen. Now since the widgets have been killed you must launch the app.
Good luck with the setup.
I agree with the ideas that have been posted already. Start with the path of least resistance and work through those, beginning with separating 2.4 and 5 ghz bands if you haven’t already.
One thing that bummed me out is iOS 18 killed support for the “old” style widgets. Before I could swipe right for my harmony widget on the Home Screen or Lock Screen. Now since the widgets have been killed you must launch the app.
Good luck with the setup.
CottageChz
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