I'm sorry Phil... that sucks. Good luck.

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Phil, that sucks. I hope you work something out.



Ok, now I have a health issue to vent about, because it's just been pissing me off, and right now I just need somewhere to vent about it. So, as most of you probably know, I have hearing loss which sucks ass. But, whatever, I can deal with it. However, for the past like, 8 months now, my ears have been having so many issues. For a long time I thought that they'd just randomly go bad (which is true to an extent). Basically there would just be pressure and I'd get hardcore tinnitus (which is just really annoying, constant ringing in your ear, for those who don't know). This is extremely frustrating, as when it happens, I can't hear shit. Literally, I might as well be deaf. It's been making school really hard, as it makes going to class pointless when you can't hear anything.

I'd meant to go to the ENT earlier this year, but it's just a lot harder to get to a doctor up here, since I don't have a car, and it was just a pain in the ass to set up. So, even though I really should've just done it, I didn't. And the issues just continued, obviously. The (sorta) good news is that I've figured out a few things that have caused it, two of which being ibuprofin and caffeine. They're both apparently pretty ototoxic (they mess up your ears) and apparently no one in the world bothers to tell you this. I mean, you'd think at the very least my ear doctor would tell me this, since y'know, I'm already deaf. But, no it's apparently info that likes to be kept on the dl. So, yay, it doesn't happen as much since I know how to stop it. However, since I can't take ibuprofin, whenever I have a really bad headache, or am in any pain, I can't do shit about it. Yes, I usually don't like taking drugs, but there are times when I have to. Unfortunately, now I can't. And now I don't know what to do, cause it's kind of impossible to deal with the pain, but at the same time it's impossible to deal with the hearing problems too. Hopefully when I go to the doctor I can sort everything out... but jesus christ. It fucking sucks.

Maybe you can try herbal supplements for your headaches. The Lexington Co-op and the organic section of Wegmans have a bunch of all natural supplements for things like headaches, colds, sleep aids, etc.

I also read this community a lot that has some handy tips for home remedies:

http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memori ... filter=all

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Phil, I am so sorry. I really hope something comes up to help you out.

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lo siento phil

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OH MY GOD!!! I'M ABOUT TO CHOP MY NOSE OFF RIGHT NOW!!!!!!

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I dislike people.

So I'm in the cafeteria and the clock is winding down at work. We had a lunch seminar with food that afternoon and the leftovers were laid out for whoever wants them. Since it's about 10 minutes before the 4:15 (the other shift is to 4:45) people leave and about 40% of the office was gone already, I help myself to what's left of the salad.

I leave some of the veggies I don't like, namely olives and tomatoes in the container. The container is empty aside from these, but I know our Secretary likes tomatoes and olives and she's the one to clean everything up and often helps herself to whatever is left.

About 5 minutes later I get an e-mail from a coworker that I never speak to telling me to throw out the container since I was the last one in there.

This annoyed me for several reasons. First of all, he was walking through when I was getting my salad. Is it too hard to say something like "hey, probably should throw that out," or something of the like rather than go back to your desk and fire off an e-mail. Whatever. So I get up and go to throw it out, and find that it has already been taken care of. By our secretary. Who enjoyed the remaining tomatoes.


Fuck that guy.

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Thanks, I'll look into it. I'm going to ask the doctor what they suggest, but I'm assuming they'll just give me other drugs that won't mess up with my ears... and personally I'd rather not deal with any more drugs, seeing as those ones would probably have some other weird, frustrating side effect that I wouldn't want to deal with.

phil, you didnt lose your job, you gained an opportunity. look at it this way. i have no doubt in my mind youll be fine.

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Well, now that I'm jobless, my insurance coverage (through work) is now voided as well. Joshua just went from having ridiculously-excellent health, vision, and dental to nothing.

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Goddamn

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Well, I have three problems working against me right now: I don't have a job, I don't have a license, and I don't have a car. I'm not someone who likes handouts, but sometimes ya just gotta accept when people want to help you out of a really tight spot, ya know? I've got a couple of good job prospects that I'll be checking in on this upcoming week, I'm putting in my application to get my license back on Monday, and my dad wants to help me out getting a car on the road.

Plus, with me not working, at least I have unemployment going for me until I find one.

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Hey, with the way you are right now, take anything you can, and pay back when you can. Nothing is guaranteed in life, and if you live that way, you'll be better off.

Don't listen to me, I'm just drunk.

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I woke up this morning with a terrible migraine. Waking up with one is the worst feeling ever.

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I get them, never woke up with a full one, but I can't do anything for mine. I just need sleep to cure it.

Normally takes me two days depending on how bad it is before I feel 100%

If it's not a bad one, I'm fine the next day or later that day, if it's a terrible one I won't feel fine until at least two days.

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Mine usually just last about a day, sometimes if I'm lucky it won't last the whole day. The one I woke up with today I could feel coming on last night and finally went away around 8 tonight after feeling nauseous and not being able to eat all day.

I've tried tons of meds, which didn't really help, and now I'm getting acupuncture for them. It's really been the only thing that helps, although I still get them about once a week still.

Waking up with one is just an awful feeling, it's disgusting.

Do you have blurred vision at all with yours? I don't, but I know a lot of people do.

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It depends on how bad it is. I know when they are coming because I get a spot in my eyes and get chills and such.

If it's a bad one I'll get blurred vision and tunnel vision and numbness. It all depends. I used to get them around once a month or so, now I'll get one around once every 6 months or even longer. The last one I got was Christmas.

Medication never worked for me either.

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I was going to come on here and bitch, but realize that my problems are petty. Phil, I really hope you can find something quickly man. If there's anything I can do to help you out, let me know.

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WOOHOO NO LONGER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT GUY!

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