My faith that God one day will help relieve some of my suffering is the only thing that keeps me going (other than my boys). I am a strong believer in the power of prayer and several of my friends back home have placed me on their prayer lists, however, I am just so unbelievable tired of the tea kettle ringing that later turns into high pitched buzzing. I don't understand why this happened to me I can count on one hand how many concerts I have been to in the last 35 years. I have never been overly exposed to loud noises growing up on a farm (my dad wouldn't let girls around the equipment). Finally, I really didn't hang out in bars while I was in college let alone go to Frat parties.

My mom seems to think it is because I was a cheerleader and was exposed to the loud music the high school band was playing at home games, however, my sister was in the guard and she stood right in front of the brass section and she doesn't have tinnitus. No one in my family has tinnitus and my dad is virtually deaf from being exposed to loud noises his whole life, but no "T".

I have changed my entire lifestyle to try to help reduce the volume level. I am on a low sodium diet, no caffine, no chocolate, no alcohol, exercise 5 to 6 days a week (sometimes twice in one day), wear ear plugs, no longer use my I-pod, eat a lot of veggies and fresh fruit, and I take vitimans. There are a lot of other things I do to try to help myself over come this afflication, but I don't want to bore you.

My mom always told me that "God helps those who help themselves", I think I have done that to the best of my ability. She also says that "God doesn't give you more than you can handle", I don't really believe that because I can't handle this anymore. Life is hard enough without having to listen to ear and head noise all the time. I hope you are having a better "T" day than me.