joyb77
08-07-2006, 08:40 PM
Hi Gloria,
I just read your post about it never really going away. BIG HUGS to you. We all understand so well what you are going through. I only have a small glimpse of how hard it must be for you to live with the tinnitus. I'm sorry you are feeling this way, but I also think it is healthy to vent sometimes. And this is the best place to do it. It's nice to have people you can talk to, although having someone you can actually meet and talk to, I think would be better. Have you found any support groups in your area? maybe there is somewhere you can go? I know it's hard, but focus on the fact that things are getting better. That is what counts. I know it's hard, and I feel the way you do, since this time it seems my dizziness is lingering longer than before. I'm getting better, but seem to have setbacks, I think due to the stress of school. But I'm looking at it like I'm going to be under this stress for the next three years, so my ears better just get used to it, and figure out how to deal. I'm hoping that this will make me stronger.
It really can get better, it really can go away, and you can feel normal. I was fine for four beautiful years. I could do anything, and my dizziness didn't come back. Now, i'm not saying that it won't rear it's ugly head, b/c it did for me, BUT it can go away for a long time. There are other horrible diseases out there, that don't go away, that take the lives away from the people who suffer from them. For me, that puts things into perspective. Not that this isn't difficult and that you don't have the right to be upset, because you do. I get upset too, but in life everyone has their problems, and this is ours. I never in a million years would have thought I would be dealing with something like this, something that just hit out of the blue and changed my life. It's such a wierd thing, but that's life sometimes. For you, it seems like it is a slow recovery... but nonetheless a RECOVERY, so hang in there. Give your body as much time as it needs. It's okay to be upset, and to vent, but try not to fall into the depression you were in before. It made me so happy to see you feeling better, and having a better attitude... please don't lose that.
You gave me so much support and really helped me when I was feeling just like you are now, depressed and scared that I will have this forever (including the horrible ringing). We have all suffered enough, but a lot of us including you are feeling better. Setbacks are cruel, but they are just that, setbacks. Things will get better.
I'm thinking about you and hoping you are feeling better.
Big Hugs,
Joy :wave:
I just read your post about it never really going away. BIG HUGS to you. We all understand so well what you are going through. I only have a small glimpse of how hard it must be for you to live with the tinnitus. I'm sorry you are feeling this way, but I also think it is healthy to vent sometimes. And this is the best place to do it. It's nice to have people you can talk to, although having someone you can actually meet and talk to, I think would be better. Have you found any support groups in your area? maybe there is somewhere you can go? I know it's hard, but focus on the fact that things are getting better. That is what counts. I know it's hard, and I feel the way you do, since this time it seems my dizziness is lingering longer than before. I'm getting better, but seem to have setbacks, I think due to the stress of school. But I'm looking at it like I'm going to be under this stress for the next three years, so my ears better just get used to it, and figure out how to deal. I'm hoping that this will make me stronger.
It really can get better, it really can go away, and you can feel normal. I was fine for four beautiful years. I could do anything, and my dizziness didn't come back. Now, i'm not saying that it won't rear it's ugly head, b/c it did for me, BUT it can go away for a long time. There are other horrible diseases out there, that don't go away, that take the lives away from the people who suffer from them. For me, that puts things into perspective. Not that this isn't difficult and that you don't have the right to be upset, because you do. I get upset too, but in life everyone has their problems, and this is ours. I never in a million years would have thought I would be dealing with something like this, something that just hit out of the blue and changed my life. It's such a wierd thing, but that's life sometimes. For you, it seems like it is a slow recovery... but nonetheless a RECOVERY, so hang in there. Give your body as much time as it needs. It's okay to be upset, and to vent, but try not to fall into the depression you were in before. It made me so happy to see you feeling better, and having a better attitude... please don't lose that.
You gave me so much support and really helped me when I was feeling just like you are now, depressed and scared that I will have this forever (including the horrible ringing). We have all suffered enough, but a lot of us including you are feeling better. Setbacks are cruel, but they are just that, setbacks. Things will get better.
I'm thinking about you and hoping you are feeling better.
Big Hugs,
Joy :wave: