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[IliveForJuve]

Don't ever get your ear wax removed via suction. It's made my tinnitus incredibly bad to the point it's really hard to mask it with white noise. I got it done last Friday and I haven't see much improvement, maybe slightly. My ears still feel inflamed and I'm super sensitive to noise, especially high pitched noise.

I just hope my tinnitus returns to baseline where it was unnoticeable 99.99% of the time.

This is living hell.

 

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[campionesidd]

Don't ever get your ear wax removed via suction. It's made my tinnitus incredibly bad to the point it's really hard to mask it with white noise. I got it done last Friday and I haven't see much improvement, maybe slightly. My ears still feel inflamed and I'm super sensitive to noise, especially high pitched noise.

I just hope my tinnitus returns to baseline where it was unnoticeable 99.99% of the time.

This is living hell.

I had a similar experience- felt amazing for the first couple of days. My hearing improved by about 30-40% (could hear the same amount of sound at a 20-30% lower volume). My tinnitus disappeared for the first time in months.

But a couple of days later, the tinnitus came back and felt even stronger. After another week or so, it mellowed a little, or maybe I just got used to it. Now, a few months later, my tinnitus is no better or worse than it was before my cleaning, but my hearing is still better than it was before.

 

[IliveForJuve]

I had a similar experience- felt amazing for the first couple of days. My hearing improved by about 30-40% (could hear the same amount of sound at a 20-30% lower volume). My tinnitus disappeared for the first time in months.

But a couple of days later, the tinnitus came back and felt even stronger. After another week or so, it mellowed a little, or maybe I just got used to it. Now, a few months later, my tinnitus is no better or worse than it was before my cleaning, but my hearing is still better than it was before.

Thanks, that's a bit reassuring. I was completely happy with my previous levels of tinnitus so I would be thrilled to go back to baseline.

It's so bad now that not even a fan can fully mask it.

 

[swag]

@swag now that the weather is warm, I’ve been getting into vinho verde. Might be my favorite type of white wine, especially in the spring/summer seasons

Moving to Portugal changed how I felt about white wines. I tolerated them and really liked a few. Now I’m almost 50% reds/50% whites here. Part of that is the climate and a lot of the fish and seafood in the cuisine, but they are really good.

Alvarinhos are fantastic, which is of course a river brother to Spanish Albariño. But don’t overlook Loureiro wines and of course the Portugal specialty: blends.

Vinho verde is a region rather than a style, so it might surprise you that there are some red vinho verde wines. For example, this is pretty good:

https://soalheiro.com/wines/soalheiro-oppaco/

As a blend, it takes a little edge off of the rustic vinhão grapes common there.

What’s wild is the reds are typically drunk from ceramic cups in the Vinho Verde region:

 

[ALC]

Moving to Portugal changed how I felt about white wines. I tolerated them and really liked a few. Now I’m almost 50% reds/50% whites here. Part of that is the climate and a lot of the fish and seafood in the cuisine, but they are really good.

Alvarinhos are fantastic, which is of course a river brother to Spanish Albariño. But don’t overlook Loureiro wines and of course the Portugal specialty: blends.

Vinho verde is a region rather than a style, so it might surprise you that there are some red vinho verde wines. For example, this is pretty good:

https://soalheiro.com/wines/soalheiro-oppaco/

As a blend, it takes a little edge off of the rustic vinhão grapes common there.

What’s wild is the reds are typically drunk from ceramic cups in the Vinho Verde region:

I've grown to like whites more as well.

That's cool, will definitely keep an eye out for the red vinho verde. Here I thought the verde referred to the color of the wine instead of the region.

I have tried albariño before, the first time it had a funky taste and the second time I loved it.

 

[IliveForJuve]

@campionesidd did you take any ibuprofen or NSAIDs to help with the ear sensitivity during that episode?

 

[campionesidd]

@campionesidd did you take any ibuprofen or NSAIDs to help with the ear sensitivity during that episode?

I don’t usually respond well to ibuprofen. And although Tylenol works pretty well for me, I didn’t use it in this case. Mostly I just let it ride out.

 

[Bjerknes]

Went to a wine dinner last night and met Giuseppe from Ricossa Vineyards in Piemonte. Their Barolo is absolutely fantastic. Had to buy half a case.

 

[swag]

I've grown to like whites more as well.

That's cool, will definitely keep an eye out for the red vinho verde. Here I thought the verde referred to the color of the wine instead of the region.

I have tried albariño before, the first time it had a funky taste and the second time I loved it.

The purist stuff can be a bit harsh to outsider palates. But the Soalheiro stuff (everything they make is great, btw) always surprises me in how approachable and semi-complex it can be.

Regarding Albariño, I'm finally getting into Galicia in August as part of a road trip to catch the total solar eclipse in León. I'm looking forward to learning more about the wines in Rías Baixas.

Went to a wine dinner last night and met Giuseppe from Ricossa Vineyards in Piemonte. Their Barolo is absolutely fantastic. Had to buy half a case.

Oh man. Piemonte, and in particular the Cuneo subregion, has such insanely good food and wine both. It's probably my favorite culinary region in the world, tbh.

One of my favorite "hacks" is to purchase Langhe nebbiolo wines from great producers. As soon as they get a DOC or DOCG designation (Barolo, Barbaresco, etc.), the prices go up 200+%. But the non-designated Langhe stuff is amazingly great every day.

 

[Bjerknes]

The purist stuff can be a bit harsh to outsider palates. But the Soalheiro stuff (everything they make is great, btw) always surprises me in how approachable and semi-complex it can be.

Regarding Albariño, I'm finally getting into Galicia in August as part of a road trip to catch the total solar eclipse in León. I'm looking forward to learning more about the wines in Rías Baixas.



Oh man. Piemonte, and in particular the Cuneo subregion, has such insanely good food and wine both. It's probably my favorite culinary region in the world, tbh.

One of my favorite "hacks" is to purchase Langhe nebbiolo wines from great producers. As soon as they get a DOC or DOCG designation (Barolo, Barbaresco, etc.), the prices go up 200+%. But the non-designated Langhe stuff is amazingly great every day.

It was incredible. They also had an amazing Prosecco which I usually don’t really like. But definitely one of the best wine dinners I’ve been to.

 

[swag]

It was incredible. They also had an amazing Prosecco which I usually don’t really like. But definitely one of the best wine dinners I’ve been to.

Looks amazing.. a Gavi, Barbera, Barolo...

I haven't been to Pollenzo in years, where there is a literal university of gastronomy (UNISG) or its neighboring Bra, headquarters of the Slow Food movement. But the attention to food and wine detail there is off the charts.

 

[IliveForJuve]

I had a similar experience- felt amazing for the first couple of days. My hearing improved by about 30-40% (could hear the same amount of sound at a 20-30% lower volume). My tinnitus disappeared for the first time in months.

But a couple of days later, the tinnitus came back and felt even stronger. After another week or so, it mellowed a little, or maybe I just got used to it. Now, a few months later, my tinnitus is no better or worse than it was before my cleaning, but my hearing is still better than it was before.

I'm approaching 2 weeks on Friday since the procedure but I had a setback last Friday (I was starting to feel noticeably better) after dropping a bowl in the sink that immediately caused me physical pain in my left ear and a spike of tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Anyway, I think I'm over that spike but my tinnitus is still noticeable. I guess mine will take a bit longer due to the bowl incident.

I wanted to ask you a couple of things though: how long did it take to go back to baseline? And did you feel it was worse in the late evening? That's when it kills me the most.

Part of me thinks there is improvement every day but it would be a very slight improvement so I'm not actually sure.

 

[campionesidd]

I'm approaching 2 weeks on Friday since the procedure but I had a setback last Friday (I was starting to feel noticeably better) after dropping a bowl in the sink that immediately caused me physical pain in my left ear and a spike of tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Anyway, I think I'm over that spike but my tinnitus is still noticeable. I guess mine will take a bit longer due to the bowl incident.

I wanted to ask you a couple of things though: how long did it take to go back to baseline? And did you feel it was worse in the late evening? That's when it kills me the most.

Part of me thinks there is improvement every day but it would be a very slight improvement so I'm not actually sure.

Sorry to hear about that episode. I’m not a doctor (not a medical one, anyway), but that sounds like ear inflammation. You might wanna get it checked out so can treat it properly.

As far as the sound level- it’s worst when I go to bed and when I wake up because the ambient noise is so low. But once I start moving I can barely notice it all day.

 

[swag]

You mean to tell me that I am in Athens, Greece - the cradle of
culture that invented everything - and the nearest restaurant to me is … an Olive Garden?

 

[Siamak]

When I was around 14 or 15, there was a blonde woman living in our neighborhood. She was very beautiful, with blonde hair. I used to secretly watch her from my bedroom window, because I had a direct view of her house whenever the curtains were open. I remember that when she changed clothes, I would sneak a look. She had a very attractive figure. When she lay on her bed, I watched her, it felt like a romantic scene. After a while, I didn’t see her anymore, because both she and we moved away from that neighborhood. I still remember her. Sometimes she even appears in my dreams at night

 

[Osman]

When I was around 14 or 15, there was a blonde woman living in our neighborhood. She was very beautiful, with blonde hair. I used to secretly watch her from my bedroom window, because I had a direct view of her house whenever the curtains were open. I remember that when she changed clothes, I would sneak a look. She had a very attractive figure. When she lay on her bed, I watched her, it felt like a romantic scene. After a while, I didn’t see her anymore, because both she and we moved away from that neighborhood. I still remember her. Sometimes she even appears in my dreams at night

Baby Siamak seeing this outta his window:

Tuz:

 

[Siamak]

Baby Siamak seeing this outta his window:

Tuz:

Dude, I was expecting you to comfort me and say something like, don’t worry, you’ll find another beautiful blonde or I know plenty of Swedish blondes, if you want, I can introduce you to one. But instead, you destroyed me. You broke both my back and my manhood.

 

[Siamak]

I'm gonna buy it. Backgammon table game.

 

[Cronios]

we used to have those euro vision threads and snoop was always there

 

[swag]

Well, now that Juvefail is over, we can get on to summer. Which means tourist hell here.

I recently came across Lucy Pepper, who is a Brit who has lived in Portugal for 25+ years. She's a writer and an illustrator, and she has some of my favorite satire cartoons I've seen this year. Very much in the sarcastic style of one of my other favorite women illustrators in Portugal, Wasted Rita: https://www.instagram.com/wastedrita/

This is her roasting the British hen party:

And this is her roasting American tourists here:

They are things of beauty for their accuracy in truth.