Can you hear the words comin outta my mouth?!

NOT REALLY.

Well. I go and see an ENT specialist next week. I have been having pretty bad ringing in my ears and high pitch noises are really painful. I have always had a slight ringing in my ears but it seems as the years have gone on the ringing and pain has gotten worse. I was told that taking the Chemotherapy drug Cisplatin could possibly have side effects including some hearing loss. I have had hearing tests in the past but nothing was found wrong at that point. It has been years since my last one and I really feel that things have slowly gotten worse since then. I feel like my ears are stopped up like a cold,ringing in the ears, painful to hear loud sudden sounds, high pitch noises hurt. I am not sure what the problem is but I figure it is time I get my ears looked at.

Please keep me in your prayers. I am confident that everything will be ok but it does make me a little nervous not really knowing. I have been doing a little research online since making the appointment and found a good article on hearing loss from cisplatin. Osteosarcoma survivors have a higher risk of getting that side effect because of the dosage.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051212164355.htm

Could I really have a side effect so many years post treatment? Have I always had something wrong and just didn't notice till it became my normal? Any other survivors having to deal with these types of side effects?

Until then, I wait...