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General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: Palace on February 21, 2007, 07:48:43 pm
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Hello Everyone,
Simply put, I got to go with a friend to Monterey just yesterday. It is my first escape since my journey became a reality, last June. We went to Ventana Restaurant at Big Sur.
I fit this in between many a doctor appointment, physcal therapy and many other appointments of my journey within the past seven months.
Where do you go to escape? The ocean is good, the woods are wonderful and even a hot bubble bath will work fine.
Hugs to all,
Palace
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When I take a nice long shower, the noise drowns out the tinnitus and it seems like it's gone away. I take long showers now! ;D The roar of the surf might well do the same thing. Haven't been back to the beach since I went to a wedding on the beach in Sept. and felt dizzy on the soft sand. Looking forward, tho, to having a little vacation there sometime this year.
Sue in Vancouver
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I remember going to the beach to walk of course the infant falling down and going boom was cute..me on the other hand not so cute so haven't been back. Maybe it's time to try again :) You know I really thought recovery would be using my free airline miles (those expired before I got a chance to use them), seeing a lot of movies, doing lunches, funny how none of that happened LOL Movies are def my escape!
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I would love to escape to an ocean, (the beach near Laguna comes to mind as I had a wonderful time there once). But the last year has been so busy in many ways including appts., that most of the time i escape into my hobbies, and books, and yup, movies. I had expected to get to my cabin more last summer and somehow didn't go very often. Maybe this spring/summer/fall.
W.
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My front porch was wonderful this morning. In South Texas we have lots of birds announcing the end of February. I enjoyed them so much! Tomorrow I spend the day with my girlfriends sewing and chatting in a classroom. This is my escape!
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Just living a relatively normal life is my best 'escape'. Whether having a simple lunch at a family restaurant with my wife or just doing a little shopping at the mall, it always helps to be doing 'normal', everyday things that I couldn't do well (or enjoy) a year ago, pre-diagnosis/surgery/radiation. Of course, a week on the beach in some exotic locale would be nice, too. Ah, well.
Jim
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Whereever my life, my finances and my thoughts take me... oh, how I try to escape!
Radox (British) bubble bath.... walks... travel when I can.....chocolate.... any which way I can....
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Hi Palace,
My favorite escape is Carmel by the Sea, very close to where you were this week. I find the ocean incredibly relaxing. We need to meet up in Monterey or Carmel.
Glad you were able to get away for a bit.
Hugs to you and the doggies!
Cheryl
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Fishing of course! .. the roar of a river water fall is about the only thing that overrides my loud "T" (a shower is a close second)
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Escapes:
Travel (away right now)
Cooking and eating
Garden and gardening
Anywhere quiet and relaxing, preferably noise free
Beaches
Mountains (when in a country with mountains, real mountains, the rocky kind)
Reading
Wandering around taking photographs
Bookshops
Food shops
Being in touch with friends
Those are all activities that make me 'escape', or the things I love doing.
Ciao, Lorenzo
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Actually, I 'escape' from Miami !!!
Love to travel, need to get back on board with that;
Want to try river rafting & snorkeling again (2 of my favorite things);
And playing the piano (though I do still get a bit dizzy going from the sheet music to the keys...)
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Ahhhh all the wonderful places to escape to. On days when physically "going" somewhere to escape is not possible and I'm feeling the need to escape I will sit outside (I live in S. Florida) in my yoga studio facing the garden. I plug up my good ear so I can hear the sound of my breath--a soft and slow inhale, exhale. Focusing only on the sound of my breath--a sobering reality.
We enter life with a breath and exit life with a breath. Every once and a while, in between the beginning and the end of your life, become conscious of your breath .
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My great escape was a trip to Walt Disney World to celebrate my one year AN anniversary, then we followed that up with 2 weeks at Anna Maria Island FL. For my 2 year, we headed back to AMI so I would say that I can escape it all on the ocean.......
As for day to day...a nice chocolate dessert does it everytime.
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My favorite "escape" is a good book, my pj's, a nice cup of french vanilla coffee, and my two sweet pups curled up beside me on the couch.
It doesn't get much better than that for me.
Denise
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I go to the stables and ride my horse. The best escape and it helps my balance, strength, vision and spirit!
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Ahhhh all the wonderful places to escape to. On days when physically "going" somewhere to escape is not possible and I'm feeling the need to escape I will sit outside (I live in S. Florida) in my yoga studio facing the garden. I plug up my good ear so I can hear the sound of my breath--a soft and slow inhale, exhale. Focusing only on the sound of my breath--a sobering reality.
We enter life with a breath and exit life with a breath. Every once and a while, in between the beginning and the end of your life, become conscious of your breath .
That was nice. Meditation is my best escape too.
Working, cooking, ..., anything that captures my mind. I love the garage because it has lots of motors and computer fans running.
When the tinnitus was really loud, I would watch a CD with my friend and we would arrange our bodies so that I could rest the AN side of my head in his hand and that's really comforting and nice.
And, when it was really bad, I slept a lot for the escape.
There was moment when I had a deeper realization that the noise was really in my head and not apparent to anyone else and since then I've been able to hear around it better. I suppose that's a 'duh' for everyone else but sometimes the simplest things escape me.
Marilyn
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Hey Palace, how was Ventana? My wife and I went there 15-20 years ago and loved it and the drive down from Carmel. Looking seriously into doing a CK treatment at Stanford, so that would be a trip I would like to remake if it still really good. Thanks
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The great escape. I went to Vegas/ actually Henderson a bit south of Vegas, for my 65th birthday last week and escape I did....Plush resort, free food, limo ride, and lots of fun machines in which to waste my money....The noise from the machines was much more enjoyable than the sounds in my head, the food was better than any dish I can make and NO dishes to clean up...For four days I didn't even think about anything related to my brain....that and the Sees chocolate candy I got for my birthday made for a great week.
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Hello LS:
Get out of Woodlands, Texas and do go to Big Sur. I was there the first time when you were. Ventana was even better than the first time, much nicer than even when you and I went years ago. I was so impressed with their indoor lounge by the fire.......fabulous, the huge patio with the pan-vieo over the ocean up on top of a cliff........looking from one end to the other of the sea, the great enterance and grounds, the terrific art gallery, the "to die for gift shoppe" and again........that outside seating is TIME STANDS TOTALLY STILL with no AN existance. Do go again! I just planned my next trip there hopefully before school lets out and vacation begins. (too crowded then so before, June) This is the ultimate trip, I tell you. What an escape. Well, I can't to that daily so, thank you for all the nice ideas for escaping the AN and I hope more people write new suggestions. The reading, getting lost in artwork, crafts for some people, etc. seems to be the answer on a daily basis. (plus other ideas)
I'm taking Sonata to sleep. I switched from Ambien. The Ambien is now working in reverse since I took it at my diagnosis. I will need to find a new way to sleep on a permanent basis here, really soon! The loud whine is piercing and I'm wired awake when I go to bed. This is a long journey but, at least we are still having a journey. (life)
Again, thank you all for the good suggestions to escape away from the AN symptoms. They are all really good ideas. Keep them coming!
Bye for now,
Palace