Re:I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a to...
by eaandkw2 on Saturday March 31, 2018 @12:59PM
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Going to war in Iraq a few times I have heard and experienced a lot of loud sounds. Being about 20m away from the impact of a 105mm canon from an AC-130 was pretty loud. Being right next to a M1 Abrams was probably the worst. A Marine near me actually had a collapsed lung from being in the blast zone. I also RSO’d for a range that shot off 41 SMAW rockets. I had a bad headache for a couple of days after that. Then there was that time that I parked my LAV-25 about 100m from an artillery battery right before they fired a mission where they had to be using a charge 8 or something because a kept losing my train of thought for a minute or so every time they fired a volley.
And yes my hearing is pretty bad now. Hopefully I can get hearing aid later on.
Edit: changed ear plugs to hearing aid.
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Re:I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a to...
by dang on Saturday March 31, 2018 @05:00PM
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A personal attack like this is a bannable offence on Hacker News. We've had to warn you about this before. If you do it again, we will ban you.
It's fine to have anti-war views (as do many in the military, btw). Not fine to take them out on a fellow community member.
The other big issue I have with doctors, I don't know if they are going to prescribe me some bullshit because the real treatment is "you'll get better with time" or the real answer is "there's nothing we can do about that." Or, much worse, something that they believe will help you but is not evidence based. Before you get upset - I once had an MD refer me to a (licensed) physical therapist for craniosacral therapy (complete woo) which billed it to my insurance as something like "physical manipulations."
It's also just how I was raised, when I grew up, my parents would say "we'll see if it gets better," and it always did. When I grew up and starting visiting the doctor for things at the advice of others it didn't improve my health outcomes yet significantly increased my annoyance level.