I decided to put my hearing problems on Facebook and the results were outstanding.
I had so many replies. Great support from all my friends and in particular, from Carolyn Sparey, Paul Sutherland and Susan Henderson.
What surprised me was the number of musicians who had had this problem and all said that they should have been sent immediately to A&E.
Steroids seemed to be the only chance of repairing the damage but they had to be taken quickly.
Nick was a star! He drove me to Larbet where the system worked beautifully. Instead of waiting nearly four hours, I was advised to go to Stirling where the out of hours GP was waiting.
Saw her immediately and she was on the phone to ENT straight away. Even she did not know that sudden deafness was classed as an emergency and had to be dealt with immediately. She gave me the prescription for steroids and Nick and I were off to Sainsburys where I had the first dose. Eight pills a day for the next three days.
Thank goodness for Facebook an the help of my friends.
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