December Banter String

[nw baltimore wx]

2 hours ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

So, they leave the tube in for how long?

My doctor told me that in most cases the tube will fall out on its own within a year.  If your ear clears before the tube falls out on its own, my guess is that they would remove the tube so the hole in the eardrum can heal over.  In my case, the diagnosis is eustachian tube disorder, which I think is just an umbrella term for something is wrong but we aren't going to drill a hole in your head to find out what's up.  So he put a tube in and for whatever reason, mine hasn't worked itself out.  It's been in there for two years now.  Well, at least it was in there back in October during my last visit, so I'm assuming it's still there.  I go back to see him in March, and if it's still in on that visit, he said he would probably remove it.

Getting the tube itself is a very simple procedure.  It's not very pleasant when they prick your eardrum with the numbing stuff, but it's really quick and done in the office.  My situation is different and admittedly, it sucked. My ear was clogged and I felt like I had lost some hearing.  They did a hearing test and I have some tones that I don't hear.  He assumed the loss was a result of the cold and clogged ears, so even before putting in the tube, he punched through my eardrum and injected steroids.  THAT wasn't fun.  Had to go through that once a week for three weeks.  The first time was the worst because he put the hole in the eardrum, but then, amazingly, the second and third time, he injected the steroids through the same hole.  I still had the 30 second rush of dizziness and nausea from screwing up your equilibrium with liquid being squirt in your ear (shut up, RR), but no pain.  Then he put the tube in a few weeks later in the same perforation.

The clogging I had improved, but I have always had some ringing and I have done poorly on those hearing tests since I was a kid in school.  It's pretty funny how they diagnosed the tinnitus.  When I was a kid taking the hearing tests, the technician would say raise your hand when you hear the tone.  Well, in that super-quiet room, I would start hearing a tone before they even turned on the machine.  I'd be raising my hand and she's saying we haven't started yet. 

Like I said before, a childhood of explosives and loud music...

[mattie g]

Grabbed a Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout and Oskar Blues Barrel-Aged Ten Fidy this morning. Really wxcited about both.

So much hype about the CBS, with people lined up at various places before opening this morning, but there ended up being plenty of stock in pretty much every place that was selling it. The price is a deterrent to many people, for sure.

[EastCoast NPZ]

9 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Grabbed a Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout and Oskar Blues Barrel-Aged Ten Fidy this morning. Really wxcited about both.

So much hype about the CBS, with people lined up at various places before opening this morning, but there ended up being plenty of stock in pretty much every place that was selling it. The price is a deterrent to many people, for sure.

More expensive than their KBS?

[EastCoast NPZ]

33 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

My doctor told me that in most cases the tube will fall out on its own within a year.  If your ear clears before the tube falls out on its own, my guess is that they would remove the tube so the hole in the eardrum can heal over.  In my case, the diagnosis is eustachian tube disorder, which I think is just an umbrella term for something is wrong but we aren't going to drill a hole in your head to find out what's up.  So he put a tube in and for whatever reason, mine hasn't worked itself out.  It's been in there for two years now.  Well, at least it was in there back in October during my last visit, so I'm assuming it's still there.  I go back to see him in March, and if it's still in on that visit, he said he would probably remove it.

Getting the tube itself is a very simple procedure.  It's not very pleasant when they prick your eardrum with the numbing stuff, but it's really quick and done in the office.  My situation is different and admittedly, it sucked. My ear was clogged and I felt like I had lost some hearing.  They did a hearing test and I have some tones that I don't hear.  He assumed the loss was a result of the cold and clogged ears, so even before putting in the tube, he punched through my eardrum and injected steroids.  THAT wasn't fun.  Had to go through that once a week for three weeks.  The first time was the worst because he put the hole in the eardrum, but then, amazingly, the second and third time, he injected the steroids through the same hole.  I still had the 30 second rush of dizziness and nausea from screwing up your equilibrium with liquid being squirt in your ear (shut up, RR), but no pain.  Then he put the tube in a few weeks later in the same perforation.

The clogging I had improved, but I have always had some ringing and I have done poorly on those hearing tests since I was a kid in school.  It's pretty funny how they diagnosed the tinnitus.  When I was a kid taking the hearing tests, the technician would say raise your hand when you hear the tone.  Well, in that super-quiet room, I would start hearing a tone before they even turned on the machine.  I'd be raising my hand and she's saying we haven't started yet. 

Like I said before, a childhood of explosives and loud music...

I sincerely hope I do not go through any of what you just described.

[pasnownut]

15 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

I sincerely hope I do not go through any of what you just described.

I am gettin my eardrum pokes and tube put in next couple weeks. Sounds fun. E tube functionality issues for me also. 

 

Good of luck with yours 

[ErinInTheSky]

I've got a few pokes myself I'm going through. Autoimmune disorder. Have 5 days of IV steroids in a row, then probably IVIG next week. Came down with Guillain Barre 3 months ago and my body is having a lot of difficulty fighting it.

[Cobalt]

Dang. Hope you guys get better soon/have fast and speedy recoveries.

[ErinInTheSky]

Thanks. It's not as bad as it sounds sometimes, and then worse than it sounds others. I was really excited to spend time on this forum but the disease has knocked a lot out of me and I've missed a lot of discussion. I just want to be healthy for winter Jebwalks!

[EastCoast NPZ]

59 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

I am gettin my eardrum pokes and tube put in next couple weeks. Sounds fun. E tube functionality issues for me also. 

 

Good of luck with yours 

 

58 minutes ago, supernovasky said:

I've got a few pokes myself I'm going through. Autoimmune disorder. Have 5 days of IV steroids in a row, then probably IVIG next week. Came down with Guillain Barre 3 months ago and my body is having a lot of difficulty fighting it.

Definitely wish each of you luck and speedy  recoveries.

[PhineasC]

I had tubes a bunch as a kid. No issues for decades, but last spring I had a terrible ear infection, ruptured ear drum and blood oozing out for weeks. Never felt such pain. 

[Bob Chill]

No minimizing anyone's problems by saying this...but it made me laugh thinking it so....lol

After raising 4 kids over the last 20 years, there have been MANY times when I wished my ears didn't work. 

[nw baltimore wx]

1 hour ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

I sincerely hope I do not go through any of what you just described.

 

1 hour ago, pasnownut said:

I am gettin my eardrum pokes and tube put in next couple weeks. Sounds fun. E tube functionality issues for me also. 

 

Good of luck with yours 

Thanks, but what I described above is really nothing to complain about.  As a kid I was pretty irresponsible and didn't give any thought to living past the moment.  I don't know if wearing headphones too loud or blowing up aerosol cans or having bottle rocket fights or shooting shotguns at tin cans or any of the other stupid things that I did not too long ago messed up my ear, but it's not bad.  I hear people fine except in crowded, loud spaces, and even then, it's totally manageable.  I don't want to jinx it, but I've lived a pretty healthy life to this point, so it's all about perspective.  If a tube in my ear and some mild ringing is the pack I have to carry, I'll gladly take it rather than door #2.

I hope your situation is as mild as mine.  

1 hour ago, supernovasky said:

I've got a few pokes myself I'm going through. Autoimmune disorder. Have 5 days of IV steroids in a row, then probably IVIG next week. Came down with Guillain Barre 3 months ago and my body is having a lot of difficulty fighting it.

Guillan Barre is no joke, and it can be an extremely frustrating illness.  I wish you a speedy and healthy recovery.

[nw baltimore wx]

4 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

I had tubes a bunch as a kid. No issues for decades, but last spring I had a terrible ear infection, ruptured ear drum and blood oozing out for weeks. Never felt such pain. 

Now that's awful.  Mine was just "full" and I yawned a lot trying to un-pop it.  

 

2 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

No minimizing anyone's problems by saying this...but it made me laugh thinking it so....lol

After raising 4 kids over the last 20 years, there have been MANY times when I wished my ears didn't work. 

[poolz1]

6 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

I had tubes a bunch as a kid. No issues for decades, but last spring I had a terrible ear infection, ruptured ear drum and blood oozing out for weeks. Never felt such pain. 

It is extremely painful man...Ive had many broken bones, stitches and various other stuff and nothing compared to a double ear infection I had in college.  Same thing happened to both of my ears that you just described.  Stuck at WVU, I had to go home to heal...going over those mountains heading E on 68 sent me through the roof!  Seeing double the pain was so intense...

[Bob Chill]

2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

This is an absolutely true story. Has nothing to do with ears. Just makes me laugh every time I think about it. 

When my son was 8 or 9 years old he walked up to me with some sort of modified plastic water bottle in his hand and straight faced asked if he could have just a little bit of gasoline from the "mower jug". Of course I was concerned about the safety of my house and life at this point but I asked him what he needed it for. So he tells me he saw a youtube video where someone made a rocket with a water bottle and some gasoline. Of course rationalizing with him was out of the question at this point so I just told him that if he ever touches my gasoline it will be the last thing he ever does before his time on earth is up. He accepted my answer and didn't argue with me. So then he asked if he could use an airsoft gun and a handsaw. That didn't bother me as much so I said sure, just wear sunglasses and out the door into the back yard he went...airsoft in one hand and a tree saw in the other. We were at peace with each other. 

As I pondered this event over the years it dawned on me what really happened. That boy damn well knew I wouldn't let him touch the gasoline but what he really wanted to do was shoot things and saw stuff up. Knowing that I would probably say no to that he set me up and played it perfectly. And that makes me even prouder of him. LOL

[BTRWx's Thanks Giving]

I will add a vote to the need for a mod in banter. 

[aldie 22]

I have bad tinnitus in both ears I'd gladly trade for a tube

[nw baltimore wx]

8 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

This is an absolutely true story. Has nothing to do with ears. Just makes me laugh every time I think about it. 

When my son was 8 or 9 years old he walked up to me with some sort of modified plastic water bottle in his hand and straight faced asked if he could have just a little bit of gasoline from the "mower jug". Of course I was concerned about the safety of my house and life at this point but I asked him what he needed it for. So he tells me he saw a youtube video where someone made a rocket with a water bottle and some gasoline. Of course rationalizing with him was out of the question at this point so I just told him that if he ever touches my gasoline it will be the last thing he ever does before his time on earth is up. He accepted my answer and didn't argue with me. So then he asked if he could use an airsoft gun and a handsaw. That didn't bother me as much so I said sure, just wear sunglasses and out the door into the back yard he went...airsoft in one hand and a tree saw in the other. We were at peace with each other. 

As I pondered this event over the years it dawned on me what really happened. That boy damn well knew I wouldn't let him touch the gasoline but what he really wanted to do was shoot things and saw stuff up. Knowing that I would probably say no to that he set me up and played it perfectly. And that makes me even prouder of him. LOL

That's awesome.  You've got nothing to worry about with that kid.  He's money. 

 

3 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said:

I have bad tinnitus in both ears I'd gladly trade for a tube

Mine is usually not too bad as long as there are other sounds around.  When it gets really quiet, it can be annoying.  And the only time it really, really gets to me is when I'm congested.  It sounds (no pun intended) like yours is way worse than what I experience, and that sucks.

[mitchnick]

2 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

My doctor told me that in most cases the tube will fall out on its own within a year.  If your ear clears before the tube falls out on its own, my guess is that they would remove the tube so the hole in the eardrum can heal over.  In my case, the diagnosis is eustachian tube disorder, which I think is just an umbrella term for something is wrong but we aren't going to drill a hole in your head to find out what's up.  So he put a tube in and for whatever reason, mine hasn't worked itself out.  It's been in there for two years now.  Well, at least it was in there back in October during my last visit, so I'm assuming it's still there.  I go back to see him in March, and if it's still in on that visit, he said he would probably remove it.

Getting the tube itself is a very simple procedure.  It's not very pleasant when they prick your eardrum with the numbing stuff, but it's really quick and done in the office.  My situation is different and admittedly, it sucked. My ear was clogged and I felt like I had lost some hearing.  They did a hearing test and I have some tones that I don't hear.  He assumed the loss was a result of the cold and clogged ears, so even before putting in the tube, he punched through my eardrum and injected steroids.  THAT wasn't fun.  Had to go through that once a week for three weeks.  The first time was the worst because he put the hole in the eardrum, but then, amazingly, the second and third time, he injected the steroids through the same hole.  I still had the 30 second rush of dizziness and nausea from screwing up your equilibrium with liquid being squirt in your ear (shut up, RR), but no pain.  Then he put the tube in a few weeks later in the same perforation.

The clogging I had improved, but I have always had some ringing and I have done poorly on those hearing tests since I was a kid in school.  It's pretty funny how they diagnosed the tinnitus.  When I was a kid taking the hearing tests, the technician would say raise your hand when you hear the tone.  Well, in that super-quiet room, I would start hearing a tone before they even turned on the machine.  I'd be raising my hand and she's saying we haven't started yet. 

Like I said before, a childhood of explosives and loud music...

Who was your ent?

[nw baltimore wx]

20 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

Who was your ent?

Dr. London.  Still is my ent.  He's up this way towards Owings Mills in Crossroads.

[mattie g]

 

2 hours ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

More expensive than their KBS?

Much.

A 4-pack of KBS goes for $17.99 or so, while a 750ml is in a similar range - maybe a buck or two less.

CBS is in 750 only, and was running from $25.99 up per bottle. Some places in DC we’re selling for $40-50.

[CAPE]

18 minutes ago, mattie g said:

 

Much.

A 4-pack of KBS goes for $17.99 or so, while a 750ml is in a similar range - maybe a buck or two less.

CBS is in 750 only, and was running from $25.99 up per bottle. Some places in DC we’re selling for $40-50.

I dont think I will see it over here for another couple weeks at least. Three places near me that carry Founders are confident they will be getting limited quantities.

[Goat_Fuente]

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[RDM]

17 hours ago, leesburg 04 said:

My ears are ringing.....no seriously...i have tinnitus 

Good luck with it.  Contracted tinnitus Sept 2005 and it's never gone away.  Right ear is now about 110db off (nearly deaf) and left ear is about 20-30db off depending on the frequency.  Seen the specialists, CAT scans etc, tried "special" hearing aids designed for tinnitus patients, and they have some theories about the cause of tinnitus, but no known cure.  Hope this is only temporary for you.... 

[nw baltimore wx]

3 hours ago, RDM said:

Good luck with it.  Contracted tinnitus Sept 2005 and it's never gone away.  Right ear is now about 110db off (nearly deaf) and left ear is about 20-30db off depending on the frequency.  Seen the specialists, CAT scans etc, tried "special" hearing aids designed for tinnitus patients, and they have some theories about the cause of tinnitus, but no known cure.  Hope this is only temporary for you.... 

Dude, that sucks. Sorry.

[showmethesnow]

Just a stroll down memory lane.

How many old timers on these boards remember this gentleman?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Gray

When I first started following this board in 96, through its many migrations since, he was one of the first pros I ran into and he was top notch, cream of the crop. I joined the board roughly a week and a half before the Jan 96 storm and this gentleman was on it from the get go (think the models ran to day 10 back then?). Needles to say that was quite an accomplishment because the models were no where near what they are today. Some of the most enjoyable and informative posts that I have ever read came during that lead up to the storm from Dr Gray. He stepped us through the whole process explaining in detail what he was seeing. Needless to say a couple of days before the storm when he started doing the equivalent of DT's woofing when the models weren't quite there yet were exciting times. Was fortunate to have him on the boards for several years afterwards before he quit posting except for the occasional rare visit.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Its comical and like clockwork ... the CFS2 data release americanwx member posting patterns (across all subforums). When they are released and forecast winter warmth (which is almost every N-D-J-F evey year), the posts supporting how it is flawed, incorrect, and the most useless pattern predictor ever run rampant. The rare time the CFS2 is BN temps and AN precip the tool is "obviously keying on something", hugged and spooned for days, and posters question why we dont use this data more often. I get a kick out of this behavior.

[aldie 22]

Technically Chuck is right...the pattern is transient aren't they all eventually?

[Ralph Wiggum]

Technically Chuck is right...the pattern is transient aren't they all eventually?

That's deep. Definitely not wrong either.

[midatlanticweather]

DT is aleeting a lot using the GFS... But he does not hype... OK!