What are you listening to?

Pulsating Tinnitus. I really don't care for it, but I keep listening to it over and over and over.

 

Oh no! I know it is not the worst thing that could happen to us MM sufferers but it can be so annoying. I hope it fades away soon Cheryl. Sending you big hugs

 

Thanks, Marta. You're right, it could be worse. I'm thankful I haven't had vertigo in such a long time. After living with MM for approximately 43 years, I can cope with almost everything else, but this takes it over the edge for me. Day six, and it continues.

 

Ah, Cheryl, :-\ my understanding is that the tinnitus is often what leads to the high incidence of depression in those with Meniere’s. It’s not something to be dismissed in my book. It’s agonizing. Yes, there are many things worse than Meniere’s, but if it weren’t that bad, we wouldn’t have a support forum. My father-in-law was once kind enough to point out to me that famine in Africa is worse than Meniere’s, for example.

Uh oh...wait for it...this brings to mind a song for the occasion, and I just can’t resist::crying with laughter:: maybe we all just need to:

Get Over It~Eagles

https://youtu.be/d2-jYsOCn1M

 

Live On The Double Planet - Michael Hedges. I could listen to this anytime, any place. Acoustic guitar and songwriting legend, passed tragically in 1997.

 

I've heard all their stuff, Nathan. The new album is no better than any of the others. Why do I keep listening to this crap?

 

:fficially cracking up::

The Prayer~ Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli
https://youtu.be/FK5VulNn3so


The singing balance between them is perfect. Sometimes I’ve cringed seeing old Bocelli performances because his voice can overpower most other singers. Love this song. It’s so peaceful.

 

Kurt Vile - ..b'lieve I'm Going Down

Great singer song writer album with lyrics that remind me on MM sometimes.

You may think that
It's funny now
That I gotta headache
Like a shop vac
Suckin dust bunnies
It's hard to see
When it's all red and
All you hear are just
White noises

 

Frank Zappa - Guitar 1 and 2

24 years gone today. Another one of those masterful artists that I didn't get into until right after they died or disbanded.

 

So Many Wizards - "Lose Your Mind"

One of my favorite songs ever. It came out the year of my Meniere's onset in 2015. The lyrics mean a lot to me as I relate to them through my condition. I think all of us with MM probably can. The theme is stoicism. Or rather, acceptance, I suppose. (I can't accept it yet, but I'm trying).

I changed a line in the lyrics to reflect what I always thought it said. The actual line, which I read today, doesn't make sense to me. I haven't watched the video as the song is too personal for me at this point and I want to keep it that way. It also captures my fear of being alone for the rest of my life if I go deaf. It's a very tender, beautiful song, I think.


lose your mind
slowly, it takes time
it takes time

you worry too much
all those sunny days
you worry too much
who cares anyway

cause nothing is sweet
when you're all alone
my mother told me so
let the sun kiss your lips
she knows all of the tricks

so don't worry so much
enough is enough

cause nothing is sweet
when you're all alone


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMrIdhVvJPI

 

Pupper, that’s depressing as hell, though I get what you mean. I do think, however, that you need to look at your POTENTIAL situation from a different point of view. There are many ways and many reasons why an individual might be alone for the rest of their life having nothing to do with hearing. If you go deaf, will the current people involved in your life not make the effort to communicate with you via alternative methods(of which there are many)? If that’s the case, I’d already be questioning if I had worthwhile relationships with these people now. Or, maybe you’re letting fear take over in an unfounded way? There isn’t anything wrong with being afraid. Fear has a bad reputation. You need to keep reminding yourself that even if the worst, so to speak, does happen, you’ll get through it. How do you know you’ll get through it? Because you’ve gotten through everything else. Oh, one more thing. Someone once told me you’ll never be alone as long as you have a good book. It’s true.

Sorry for jacking the thread, Nathan. Please excuse me.

 

^+1

 

Autumn,

I'll think about what you said about fear.

My girlfriend loves to talk. Sign language simply wouldn't cut it. And I wouldn't want to do that to her.

I really do appreciate what you said. I'm not sitting here contradicting you.

Oh, and I do love books. When I've said something similar to what you said, to my dad..."you’ll never be alone as long as you have a good book." He replies, "you can only read so much." Hey, you gotta love both lines, am I right? My dad's pretty cool.

P.S. I watched a live version of the song and it turns out I was hearing the lyrics right all along. Someone just wrote them down wrong on the internet.

 

Depends on how large of a brain you possess::wicked grin::

 

Moving on...

I’m one of THEM. I LOVE The Phantom of the Opera.

Think of me~from The Phantom of the Opera

https://youtu.be/XfTgCPUJwRk

 

I've walked out of most musicals. I just tell the people I'm with to find me at the nearest bar. I just don't have the patience. It becomes like torture. I literally can't sit still and get a little panicky. Cats was the worst for me. Like a nightmare.

 

OMG Same...I cant get down.