Ruth77

Hi Emsybobs,
Couldn't believe it when I read your message - I think we must all be connected in some weird way as we seem to be sharing similar symptoms at the mo! You say the tinnitus is mild. What does it sound like? Is it high pitched or more of a hissing sound? Mine has improved a bit this last two days, but I'm still desperate for it to go away completely. Put it this way, at least I can watch the tv now without it bothering me so much, so it must be better than it was. Have you got any pressure in your ear?
Working with kids must be pretty tough at the moment - maybe you should wear a mask like people are doing with the SARS virus! I know I got the labyrinthitis at work, as my colleague also got it the same time as me and we both work on different floors of the library - so some nice customer must have carried it into the building and infected us! (I know you can get this virus anywhere, but I consider my job 'high-risk' for viruses!) I try not to think about what people do with library books and where they read them, what their houses are like, etc... believe me, am not being at all snobby, but we get some customers who clearly have no idea about personal hygiene - coupled with the fact that a library harbours a lot of dust (god knows what evil germs live in the dust) we also have a rat problem at the back of the building, so for all I know they could be spreading all kinds of germs. I wish we could hose down everyone who came into the building - it is really quite an unhealthy place to work. I know that working with kids must be much the same - but hopefully being exposed to all this crap now, our immune systems will eventually become hardened to these viruses........

Ruth
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