tajmall (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tajmall) wrote,@ 2008-06-25 20:00:00 |
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Don't have Tinnitus (or) So I Hear
Woah the malady lingers. My right ear has been not-100% for over a week now. At first I thought it to do with an irritating gust of wind from a fan blasting behind me in the office. Cue for my superior (Brent Jr) to demonstrate his expertise in man-things, telling me to "equalize" like he does when goes diving (with sharks and James Bond girls with harpoons I assume). It hurt when I followed his instructions.
Since then I've heard (usually through my other ear) of syringing wax, alcohol swabbing and Vinita's recent and unexpected sinus surgery, but according to the Doc none of this is required for me, and -thank feck- it's not Tinnitus. It's caused by inflammation on the eardrum from the flu I fought off last week. Am told the darn thing made its way up a tube from my neck to my ear. So, my ear has a cold? It makes me wobbly. Ear-drops and pills. No swimming or flying permitted.
Latest development: tuneless pitch-shifting whistles triggered by shite Chinese pop being blasted by Brent Jr.
Reminder: This is the third time a Doctor has remarked on my ear canal. Usually these bend (upwards)? Mine: quite straight (horizontal?). Does this account for my apparently excellent hearing which is generally a handicap since I don't do many hunter-gatherer activities. It would be good if it could detect the sound of lost money, gold or cheap guitars waiting to be retrieved. Unfortunately it sees me cursed with the ability to detect Celine Dion or Kenny G recordings being played within a 1/2 mile radius of me instead. How my goat is got.
Woah the malady lingers. My right ear has been not-100% for over a week now. At first I thought it to do with an irritating gust of wind from a fan blasting behind me in the office. Cue for my superior (Brent Jr) to demonstrate his expertise in man-things, telling me to "equalize" like he does when goes diving (with sharks and James Bond girls with harpoons I assume). It hurt when I followed his instructions.
Since then I've heard (usually through my other ear) of syringing wax, alcohol swabbing and Vinita's recent and unexpected sinus surgery, but according to the Doc none of this is required for me, and -thank feck- it's not Tinnitus. It's caused by inflammation on the eardrum from the flu I fought off last week. Am told the darn thing made its way up a tube from my neck to my ear. So, my ear has a cold? It makes me wobbly. Ear-drops and pills. No swimming or flying permitted.
Latest development: tuneless pitch-shifting whistles triggered by shite Chinese pop being blasted by Brent Jr.
Reminder: This is the third time a Doctor has remarked on my ear canal. Usually these bend (upwards)? Mine: quite straight (horizontal?). Does this account for my apparently excellent hearing which is generally a handicap since I don't do many hunter-gatherer activities. It would be good if it could detect the sound of lost money, gold or cheap guitars waiting to be retrieved. Unfortunately it sees me cursed with the ability to detect Celine Dion or Kenny G recordings being played within a 1/2 mile radius of me instead. How my goat is got.
