Good Morning Tuesday

[meriad]

thanks Frank - just tried that test, and apparently I don't suffer from hearing loss. Obviously yay, but I do agree that I do need to get this seen to sooner rather than later. I'll make a GP appointment and see what they say. As a matter of interest, how did they fix the partially collapsed eustachian tube?

[Kaz]

How very strange, Ria and Frank! I came across that test.yesterday, via Facebook, and took it Apparently I'm fine. Ria maybe tinnitus?. Definitely get it seen to ((x))

Stay toasty by the log burner Jan xx

Hope you enjoyed lunch Ally xx

Nothing beats a good cheese Cruiser xx

That looks great Osc xx

Glad you're feeling better in time for tomorrow Jen xx

The usual Tuesday stuff here - breakfast out, a soup and roll round at D's and now.home. Better do the ironing - not much, just some cotton bedding.

Love to all xx

[Workingman]

Hi Ria, good news about no hearing loss.

The fix was like a probe up my nose, through a sinus and into the tube. Not sure what happened then, a rinse and a stretch perhaps, followed by a three month course of a steroidal nasal spray that smelled like cat pee. Thankfully nobody else could smell it, only me, but it has worked.

My balance, which had been a bit wobbly, is now back to something like normal. That was my concern for you as blocked ears can play havoc with your balance. Good luck with the GP.

Kaz, I have tinnitus due to many years working with very loud jet aircraft. It is a constant ringing or whistling in your ears. It is not generally dangerous but it can lead some to become distracted by it. I have taught myself to ignore it and that works. Well it does until someone (you) mentions it.

[saundra]

Iv had tinnitus for years it comes and goes balance is the same drs don't do the removal of earwax but one of the nurses does it private my and charges £40-00 per ear
That to me is disgusting I just use olive oil
And I use Vick up my nose it helps

[Workingman]

Saundra, I get bottles of Eucalyptus oil - same as Olbas but without the marketing and only half the price.

When I am getting the snuffles a few drops on my pillow gets me a good night's block-free sleep. Same on a hanky sees me through the day.

[meriad]

Iv had tinnitus for years it comes and goes balance is the same drs don't do the removal of earwax but one of the nurses does it private my and charges £40-00 per ear
That to me is disgusting I just use olive oil

My sister-in-law does micro-suction ear wax removal Saundra and charges similar.... and she has to. That money covers the costs of the training she's had to undergo (the course isn't cheap), the equipment she had to buy and has to maintain, the travel to the patient and then also her time. It's a very fair charge for a good service.

The NHS just cannot afford to offer every treatment for free; it's just not feasible. Something somewhere has to give, and unfortunately ear wax is one of them.