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 And here we are in December.  It's been such an odd year, I guess another oddity shouldn't be surprising.  It's nothing related to anything else (so far as I know) but it was annoying.

I have tinnitus.  My ears have been ringing since 1973.  Usually it's pretty much stable, it's the same ringing at a manageable volume, for all that time.  Once in a while I get a different sound but it passes and gets back to the usual ring.  When I have my processors on and get external sound it's essentially not there; so it's really just a nighttime phenomenon.  But I'm used to it and it's not usually a big deal.

Last night was bad, though.  The volume was much higher than I remember it being before, loud enough that it kept me awake much of the night.  It was Friday night so I didn't have to work today, but still.  A nuisance, and I'm not particularly fond of lying awake and trying to fall asleep for hours.

Earlier this evening I got on my treadmill; when I got off I went to take a shower and when I removed my processors the tinnitus was back to normal, pretty much.  I'm hoping it stays that way.  I can live without this.  Maybe it's once every 47 years, and if so, I can probably live with it.

I mean, if I live to 109 and it happens again I doubt I'll complain much, all things considered.

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