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WheatenLover said:
I went to see my palliative care doc. Palliative care is for people who are not dying, too. Anyhow, I told her about this strange thing that has been going on for several months. It's called musical tinnitus or musical ear syndrome. A lot of the people who get it are very hard of hearing, but don't use hearing aids.

Well, I have it too, and the doc said she wonders if it is a side effect of chemo. I do too, because now that I know what it's called, I remembered that for many months I had regular tinnitus, which was from chemo side effects.

I hear music in my head. It is in the background, and is at a very low volume. Sometimes someone is singing, and I can't make out the words, but I can hear the instruments. Sometimes I can hear the singing, too. Sometimes it is just instrumental. 99% of the time I cannot recall ever having heard the song, with one exception - the other night's playlist was Christmas songs.

The songs don't last long -- maybe a minute at most -- and then another song kind of blends in and takes over. It can last for hours. I can do anything I want to during it because it does not disturb my concentration. Weirdly, after some intense internet searching, I realized that some of the songs do not exist.

Like yesterday, I heard men singing a song about a sunny day in San Francisco. I have not heard the song and could not find any songs like this on the internet.

When I see my oncologist next month, I am going to ask her about whether it could be (or is) a side effect of chemo.

I also made a pot of chili last night. I tried really hard not to make enough to feed an army and ended up with 4 meals for 2 people. I froze 2 containers for another day.
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I hear music in my head too. Seems like I always have. It is not always the type of music I like to listen to. I have never had any type of medical procedure that brought it on that I know of. It comes and goes.
 

On my early walk around 6:30,wore my yellow reflector vest since it was still dark outside,a bit foggy.I walked once around our apt complex.I didn't water the plants/flowers since we had rain for the past 2 days
This morning, I'm taking the bus to go downtown to DMV,have appt at 9.{its too far to walk,15 blocks}I'm renewing my non-driver's license which expires at the end of next month. The notice I got in the mail last week said for non drivers you must show up in person,had to make the appt online. A couple days ago,I was trying to remember where I put my birth certificate,I found it-whew!
The rest of my day,weather permitting take a longer walk,read NYTimes,play some games on my Smartphone
 
katlupe said:
So what happens if a trucker breaks down and needs to pull off? Or if a cop wants to pull someone over? That is not surprising that people have been killed on it. I am so glad you saw the car coming in time.
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I do not know. It’s crazy how they narrowed this highway and no room in the fast lane to get to the side or off the road, slightly more room on the slow lane side
 
I escaped through the never ending leaves in the front yesterday......7 leaf bags full.....and took the bags away.
Some still falling.....not many.....the wind should take care of those.
Moving to the back today.......not a lot of leaves, have no trees in the back, just the neighbours leaves blowing over.......but the grass needs mowing.
Garbage pick up today.
That's my excitement for today.
 
moviequeen1 said:
On my early walk around 6:30,wore my yellow reflector vest since it was still dark outside,a bit foggy.I walked once around our apt complex.I didn't water the plants/flowers since we had rain for the past 2 days
This morning, I'm taking the bus to go downtown to DMV,have appt at 9.{its too far to walk,15 blocks}I'm renewing my non-driver's license which expires at the end of next month. The notice I got in the mail last week said for non drivers you must show up in person,had to make the appt online. A couple days ago,I was trying to remember where I put my birth certificate,I found it-whew!
The rest of my day,weather permitting take a longer walk,read NYTimes,play some games on my Smartphone
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an update,I've just returned from my appt. I didn't need to bring any papers considering I'm already in the system.All I needed to do was show my existing non-driver's license,pay $36 for the new one which will be for 8 yrs,what a relief!
 
I'm eating breakfast under a thunder of scraping and pounding as my hail damaged roof is removed. Then I guess I'll spend the rest of the day being driven nuts by tapping and banging. I didn't upgrade to more hail resistant shingles, I hope that is not a mistake but I read someone's experience online about how the hail resistant shingles kept having minor damage that resulted in them paying the deductible multiple times for partial repairs, and so they felt like they had less insurance coverage than if the whole roof was damaged.
Tomorrow the roofer's window guy is coming. I hope I can somehow parlay the limited insurance coverage for the few windows damaged into somehow miraculously upgrading more windows to better energy-efficient ones.
The poor birds that come to my bird feeders in the morning are frustrated by the roofers and are hovering a ways out. One very brave bird sat on the fence.
 
Mitch86 said:
I played 4 games of chess at Chess.com. I lost the first 3 and finally won one. It shows that no matter how difficult life is, keep playing and you will win somewhere somehow.
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Do you play against the computer or against another member?

Someone at another forum I used to go to asked if anyone wanted to play some online chess. I was curious as to what would prevent someone from using a chess simulator to cheat. Most people would play legitimately, but there are some who no doubt would cheat just so they could say they won.
 
hollydolly said:
Hope Misa's surgery goes well and she's home soon. Looks like a lovely day there.. as it was here today too. Wonder why the outpatient waiting room is furnished in Camo? :unsure:..other than that it looks identical to our hospital waiting rooms.. well the ones around here..can't say the same for some in the city..*ugh*
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She got her stitches out this morning. The hard part is over, she can get her hand wet again, so she will slowly begin her chores again. I was bedridden for a bout 24 hours with terrible IBS sickness, but she took care of what needed to be done. I can truly say that I feel proud to be her best friend!
 

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