Recent content by Tirubow

Hi Nancy - if you are still monitoring this thread, I wanted to give you an update. I was blessed to receive great news last week - following my immunotherapy, I had a procedure to check on the status of my bladder cancer - and they found no cancer remaining whatsoever. I have to continue with...

Nancy - thank you for your response and especially for your prayers. What I find hardest it is the waiting for (and dreading) the next check up point and to see if things got better or worse. I have two immuno therapy treatments remaining, then the 6 week wait to see what's going on. As much...

Thank you for your thoughtful response - this is very helpful. Journaling always worked for me in the past - and I am continuing with it now. The difference from past work is that this time I know the cause, so most of my journaling is that I am ready willing and able to face the cancer and I...

I have battled various manifestations of TMS for many years - mostly successfully and always able to get on with a "normal" life. Earlier this year I was diagnosed with cancer, and now facing immunotherapy which I hope will be successful. Instead of enjoying my time (I'm now retired) and...

NameK - thank you for the Julian Hill recommendation. I just watched his "How to help tinnitus - 15 tips" video on YouTube. It was the most informative and helpful I have seen. When he talks about having to shift the focus of your body from your head to down into your body, I was trying to...

Definitely start with an audiologist. I started at the ENT, but the first thing he did was send me across the hall for a hearing test with an audiologist. The audiologist also did some kind of test that can indicate a tumor. But it only catches 50%, which is where MRI comes in. Then the ENT...

You should definitely have a hearing test. The doctors tell me one source of tinnitus is a reaction to hearing loss (the tinnitus is filling in for missing sound?). I had my hearing tested and it came back normal and unchanged from my last hearing test 15 years ago. If you have tinnitus on...

I have tinnitus, but not visual snow. I overcame back pain about 5 years ago after reading Dr. Sarno's book. I didn't have to do much other than realizing the pain was not structural in origin. A few years later, my thumb started hurting at the base. Then both thumbs. One day I realized...