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Posted by Stephen Nagler
I was disabled by severe intrusive tinnitus in 1994-95-96.
Prior to that time I was a cancer surgeon - mostly breast and colon. My tinnitus was so severe and my disability so great that I spent most of my time lying in bed rolling from side-to-side holding my ears.
Obviously I had to discontinue working - I was totally disabled. Internet? Hell, I couldn't spend five minutes at a computer. On a real good day, I might be able to accompany my wife on a brief trip to the grocery store ... or on a super good day, I could drive car pool for my kids, although more than once my wife sat in the back seat
accompanying me on those trips to make sure I could get throught it.
My doctors - several of them including two neurotologists and an ENT - told me I had to live with it ... that nothing could be done.
More about my experience back then can be found at
www.tinn.com/overcome.html
My wife offered suggestions recently in an article called "Tinnitus Spouse Survival" in the December 2000 issue of Tinnitus Today.
Today I still have tinnitus. But I am whole. I work 40+ hours a week and still have time for volunteer activities and a happy family life.
There are effective treatments out there, folks. I found mine. You find yours. But don't you dare let any doctor tell you that nothing can be done.
stephen nagler
