D is having her birthday party today! She invited just a few of her friends. About half of them have said they will come. Typically because of where we live (the middle of nowhere) people don't feel like driving to our house and we end up with half of those who RSVPed not show up. I hope that now that she has "close" friends things will be different.
T is going to be in the chorus line for her school play this month. It's called Dig It. No idea what it's about. She doesn't seem excited at all. Maybe she is just not a performer.
Constant Ring & Rushing of Water
That is what I have been hearing off and on for the past few years or so. Gradually getting worse and now affecting both ears. I can't hear anything clearly. So it's clearly tinnitus. But what's causing it? Is it Ménière's disease? That seems to fit only I don't have a balance problem. The slight diminishment in my hearing though isn't associated with tinnitus. The last possibility is it's none of the above.
I like to listen to music and talk through in ear earbuds. It's never very loud and I can hear what's going on around me just fine.
According to the small amount of research I did (WebMD app on my phone) things that make the symptoms of both tinnitus and Ménière's is caffeine, high sodium diet, earwax (using qtips may only pack the wax making it worse) and in ear earbuds. All things I am guilty of.
So let's start simple, easiest to change, get rid of the earbuds and see of there is improvement.
Almost a week later without the earbuds and using earphones (fits on the outside of the ear) no ringing at all! In fact, it's been hard to fall asleep it's been so quiet!
I wonder, is it because earbuds don't use the entire ear to hear (sound being put directly in the canal), is that where the problem is? One thing for sure, I will not go back to earbuds, ever.
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