Thank you Willows for the kind thought. We take our ears and hearing for granted until something changes. I had an MRI yesterday and I had been nervous thinking it might make my tinnitus worse and unfortunately it did, not to a large degree but it is definitely louder. But, I still consider myself blessed because my husband has had to wear hearing aids for the past 3 yrs. and so has my twin sister for 10 yrs. Hearing problems are stressful for them, often they can’t hear well all the time even with aids. Helen