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DearAbby

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23. I have it

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Thu May 30, 2013, 05:23 PM

May 2013

I've had it so long, grown used to it. Used to have bad earaches when I was a child. Mom used to come in the middle of the night with warmed crisco oil. she would pour it slowly into my ear...about a dropper full, stop it up with a cotton ball...Now I don't know if this helped, it did ease the pain.

The condition started about 20 yrs or so ago. I learned to drown out my hubby's nocturnal noises by laying on "my good ear" against the pillow. I really had it so long, I think I would go buggy without it...imagine total silence?

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Researchers Find Tinnitus Cause and Treatment [View all] davidn3600 May 2013 OP

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After 20 years, I've come to ignore my personal brain-eating cicadas. Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #14

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I can't even imagine how to begin to do this study: Duer 157099 May 2013 #17

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That is strange because my blood pressure meds give me some relief from it. RebelOne May 2013 #21

I hope this is true. warrior1 May 2013 #19

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I have it DearAbby May 2013 #23