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I experienced an audio trauma when I was 17. Tinnitus followed. Parents told me "let's wait a week or two and if it isn't gone away then we'll make an appointme
by johnchristopher 9y ago
I experienced an audio trauma when I was 17. Tinnitus followed. Parents told me "let's wait a week or two and if it isn't gone away then we'll make an appointment". Once the verdict of definitive hear loss and permanent noise was confirmed my dad told me: "don't stay too close to hammers next time".
To this day I still wait until I can't move/breath/feel to go to the doctor.
edit: unfordable health care and/or bad money education is how people end up putting health to the bottom of the list.
- Symbiote 9y agoEuropeans know American adults don't have free healthcare. If you really want to shock a European, tell them that American children don't have free heathcare either. (I remember discovering this when I was about 14, on holiday in the US, when my younger brother caught pneumonia.)
- johnchristopher 9y agoWell, I am European (and living in a country with one of the best coverage).