I had my follow up appointment after my MRI yesterday, and great news - no tumours! I have to say, I thought about correcting the Dr when he said my brain was "normal"... I mean, really, there must be synapses communicating like crazy in there - surely my brain is better than normal LOL! He was a little taken aback when I asked for a picture of the MRI - and I'm not totally sure what I'll do with it anyway, but for some reason, i think it would be cool to have. Especially in the absence of tumours :)
Bad news is that they still have no idea what caused my hearing loss, and really the only thing they can do is screw some sort of hearing aid into my head, which would send the sound into my left (good) ear... I'm not too keen on that, and it won't stop the ringing anyway, so since I think I'm pretty well adjusted, i'm going with status quo. Besides, it is nice to sometimes put the people I don't want to hear on my right so I can ignore them with a good excuse...
I'll go back in a year for another hearing test but other than that, life goes on. And I can sleep well now, knowing that I have no tumours!!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Hearing update
It's been almost 4 months since I lost my hearing in one ear, and I can honestly say that it isn't stopping me from doing most things at all! There's the odd time that the ringing gets really loud or high-pitched, and I cant' focus, but it seems to happen less and less. Sometimes I'm even able to tune out the ringing altogether.
My hearing has gotten marginally better, too - at very low frequency, I can hear tones at lower decibels. In fact, I'm in the moderate hearing loss range at certain frequencies - so things like a Harley Davidson motor, I can hear at a farther distance now. So that's good! You never know - maybe it will continue to improve! The stranges part of my hearing test is that words, although they are loud and "clear" in my right ear, sound like complete gibberish. I cannot make out what people are saying at all, even when they're yelling into my ear. So that's kind of an odd sensation.
I finally have my MRI scheduled - it's happening next weekend, so keep your fingers crossed that either they find nothing or they find something that is super easy to fix and give my hearing back fully! I'm not going to lie, the waiting has been killing me. I have had several sleepless nights and nightmares about there actually being something wrong - but really, I'm sure there isn't. I will just be glad to get it over with. My MRI follow up is Wednesday the 25th, so stay tuned for an update after that!
My hearing has gotten marginally better, too - at very low frequency, I can hear tones at lower decibels. In fact, I'm in the moderate hearing loss range at certain frequencies - so things like a Harley Davidson motor, I can hear at a farther distance now. So that's good! You never know - maybe it will continue to improve! The stranges part of my hearing test is that words, although they are loud and "clear" in my right ear, sound like complete gibberish. I cannot make out what people are saying at all, even when they're yelling into my ear. So that's kind of an odd sensation.
I finally have my MRI scheduled - it's happening next weekend, so keep your fingers crossed that either they find nothing or they find something that is super easy to fix and give my hearing back fully! I'm not going to lie, the waiting has been killing me. I have had several sleepless nights and nightmares about there actually being something wrong - but really, I'm sure there isn't. I will just be glad to get it over with. My MRI follow up is Wednesday the 25th, so stay tuned for an update after that!
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