End of Year PC Build

Could be a bad VRM on the MoBo.

5 or even 7.1 Surround Sound would be amazing.....But my bedroom is not set-up for that.  It's just not feasible with the shape and layout (or sq footage) of my room unfortunately though I do appreciate the suggestions.

Fixing Windows update is definitely out of my league. Maybe someone else can pitch in.

The way I fix any Windows update issues is to just wait and let it sort itself out.

This would be my advice as well. Updates gone wrong are kind of tricky to resolve and may need several command prompt commands. Luckily they often sort themselves out after a while.

I was officially diagnosed in February of 2019, but due to chronic ear infections I have had since childhood...I first noticed a change in hear in 2017. But I never did anything about it because I couldn't take time off work and I downplayed it "oh it's nothing it's just because I'm getting sick"

Consequently in 2017 I had 9 major ear infections between September and May ( five of which actually landed me in the hospital) and I either never got them treated at all....or left treatment late, well past the optimal window of time when I should have seen a doctor.

Then in March of 2018 I went for my first hearing test as an adult.

After a year of all kinds of tests and specialists...none of them knowing what or why... it was my GP who put all the puzzles pieces together...who looked at the evidence of symptoms combined with the very strange test results....and he gave me the diagnosis of Meniere's Disease.

This saying -to be precise: Death Bell- has origins in the Old World for sure. I'm guessing Irish ancestry?
I'm going to dissect the page you linked; I'm qualified to do that.

<I'm not a medical doctor so I can't give medical advice> This. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
<Pressure in my ear is due to inflammation brought on primarily (though not exclusively) by water retention.> Fact
<Tinnitus, I had no idea what caused the tinnitus> Tinnitus happens when the hair cells in the cochlea are under pressure or damaged.
<I'd cleaned up my diet. I was Vegan. No dairy, extremely little sodium, no booze, little bread. I was clean living.> This would benefit almost everyone.
<I wrote a journal detailing all my meals, snacks, moods, stresses, workouts, meditation sessions, blood pressure, etc.> This is a good idea and possibly useful.
<If you reduce the sodium intake, chances are you'll reduce the severity of the symptoms.> Reducing your sodium intake is always a good idea.
<fluid pressure, which is a type of inflammation> There are severel causes for fluid pressure. We don't know what the cause is in Meniere's.
<I quit the booze, except for that glass of rosé I had last night!> I would abstain completely just to see if it makes a difference.
<Water Fasting> Would advice against.