Ivan Hlavanda
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- Mar 27, 2020
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My tinnitus started in summer 2018. Only few days prior I almost completely lost hearing in my right ear.
My tinnitus almost destroyed my life, could not sleep, and once I did fall asleep, I woke up after 20 minutes. The doctor always said I had water in my ear canal, and it will be gone in 3 months. Well all that happened in 3 months was my health declined, and I lost balance gradually to the point I would collapse and smash my head. Still my doctors did not diagnose me right, and I remember thinking they thought I was overplaying it. I'm very grateful for the doctors, and maybe this was their experience usually, maybe it was my fear, but I thought they did not take me seriously.
Until the ENT doctor finally did. But at this point my health declined so much I could barely function. I thought all sorts of bad things would happen to me. And then in my desperate cry I cried for help and this is when God saved me. Then I was diagnosed with a massive brain tumor, but God allowed me to have a successful surgery.
I still have tinnitus, it changes all the time, at the moment it feels like someone is constantly loudly whistling in my ear. Only God keeps me afloat and I can live normally. Half my face is paralyzed, and I had few more surgeries to fix this a little, only God's love is keeping me going. Because when you know Christ, who cares about the face, tinnitus and being deaf in my ear.
Today I managed to complete my 500th km running, 6 years after the surgery, which I know isn't much, but it is to me.
But I started to have memory issues lately, some memory lapses and comprehension issues. I will contact my surgeon if this continues, hopefully it's nothing serious.
My tinnitus almost destroyed my life, could not sleep, and once I did fall asleep, I woke up after 20 minutes. The doctor always said I had water in my ear canal, and it will be gone in 3 months. Well all that happened in 3 months was my health declined, and I lost balance gradually to the point I would collapse and smash my head. Still my doctors did not diagnose me right, and I remember thinking they thought I was overplaying it. I'm very grateful for the doctors, and maybe this was their experience usually, maybe it was my fear, but I thought they did not take me seriously.
Until the ENT doctor finally did. But at this point my health declined so much I could barely function. I thought all sorts of bad things would happen to me. And then in my desperate cry I cried for help and this is when God saved me. Then I was diagnosed with a massive brain tumor, but God allowed me to have a successful surgery.
I still have tinnitus, it changes all the time, at the moment it feels like someone is constantly loudly whistling in my ear. Only God keeps me afloat and I can live normally. Half my face is paralyzed, and I had few more surgeries to fix this a little, only God's love is keeping me going. Because when you know Christ, who cares about the face, tinnitus and being deaf in my ear.
Today I managed to complete my 500th km running, 6 years after the surgery, which I know isn't much, but it is to me.
But I started to have memory issues lately, some memory lapses and comprehension issues. I will contact my surgeon if this continues, hopefully it's nothing serious.
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