subject: Canadian Tinnitus - A Personal Tinnitus Story [print this page] Author: Tinnitus Advisor Author: Tinnitus Advisor
Canadian Tinnitus I have devoted my life to the survey of sound. I am not a physicist, a doctor, a scientist, nor an audiologist. I am a master of sound, an accomplished concert pianist. Since the age of eight, Ive studied the relationship between the person and the vibration of musical notes. Canadian Tinnitus What I couldnt suffer known is the current one day I can deeply yearn for the one note I will never hear yet again the note of no sound. Perhaps the tinnitus was caused by all of those over-the-counter decongestants I was taking for my flu, or maybe it was the stress of being at the pinnacle of my performing career, or maybe it was the news that my wife, Nancy, was giving up a good paying job, or a combination thereof. Whatever it was, one night I dreamt I was sitting on an airport tarmac between two jet engines. When I woke up, I realized this noise wasnt just a dream. It was in my head! I rolled off the bed onto the floor in a fetal position with hands over my ears. Over the next few weeks, I begged doctors to help me. My journey of hope began with visits to family doctors, referrals, and audiologists. Weeks turned into years with more research leading my wife and me to more doctors, shamans, and dozens of healers around the world. We live in Canada, but traveled to as far away as Japan. Canadian Tinnitus What started as my journey of hope turned into a dark and painful life with bouts of deep depression. The tinnitus sabotaged my music, my marriage, and sometimes my very desire to live. The worst part was that because my injury was not visible to the world, people had no appreciation or ability to feel compassion for my suffering. I felt very alone. It suddenly occurred to me that maybe Van Gogh cut off his ear to make his suffering visible to the world not because he thought it would stop his tinnitus. Believing no one in the world could understand my physical pain, or my emotional burden, I turned to the Internet only to find chat groups with more stories of chronic depression and misery. It became clear I wasnt alone in my suffering, but it didnt make me feel better about my situation. Canadian Tinnitus That was when my wife became the most afraid, and ordered me to stay out of the virtual company of these sufferers, and instead to stay abreast of research through the American Tinnitus Association. Suffering from Ringing Ears and Tinnitus? Get your life back forever by checking out Canadian Tinnitus now.About the Author:
