Chuck

How gracious. I started to worry that you would think I was I minimizing your terrible side effect of having that ringing in the ears. But you understood that I was just clumsily trying to lighten your spirits with that old bromide: "Cheer up, it could be worse". After a few days of suffering in your situation, I would probably be singing a different tune and saying give me back my feeding tube and take away this awful ringing.
I do hope that you see a doctor anyway to follow up.
Also, be sure to keep checking the OCF news feed. If there is any new treatments, then they'll be listed there.
With your great attitude you are well on the way to putting this cancer behind you
Charm