Group,
I've had hissing T for a couple years now. The last few months I
started hearing my heart beat  'whooshing' in both ears. It came on
gradually. The sound is not unlike the sound of a fetus heartbeat as
heard on an ultrasound machine.  Needless to say, this was an unwelcome
development. The whooshing was most prevalent when laying down to sleep
and this month it had been constant... until last Friday.  Here's what
happened.
I made a doc. appt on Tues.  I got an appt next day due to the symptoms
I described over the phone to the scheduling desk.  I was very short of
breath, a low grade cough for the last couple months, low grade
headached, joint aches, tired muscles.  Doc. listened to all this, had
me do a chest xray and get a blood sample. I went back to work. He
phoned me a couple hours later...  Has anyone guessed?
He said I was 'very' anemic.  He said he wanted someone else (not me)
to drive me to the hospital immediately and check in to a room.  I did
that.  Over the next 28 hours they pumped 5 bags ( a total of 1.5
liters) of blood into a tiny hole in my right arm.  They took a
bonemarrow biopsy but that is story for a diff newsgroup.  Apparantly
the normal level of hemoglobins in an adult male is 12-14.  I had a 6.
I was missing a whole bunch of blood and my blood had very limited
oxygen-carrying capacity. Looking at the palms of my hands before and
after the transfusions really tell the story.  My palms where yellow.
Now they a pink and plump like they should be.  My face has more color.
Here's the point of this post: The whooshing is totally gone. Sigh, the
T is still alive and well though. I think I've learned to habituate it
over the last couple years so it doesnt drive me crazy.  The T with the
whooshing WAS driving me crazy.

Regards,
Jim

pulsatile whoosh heart beat in your ear