she’s a super freak
Written by patty on June 9th, 2009And no, I don’t mean my dog.
(By the way, I neglected to mention yesterday that Talullah has done this sort of thing before. I can’t imagine why?).
Long time readers (bless your misguided little hearts) may remember I’ve had some ear challenges over the past year or so. Because I’m convinced the slight hearing loss and odd, occasional buzzing in my ear are most certainly a sign that I’m dying, my ENT humors me with occasional follow-up visits. Tomorrow, I have a hearing test with Odd Ear-Grabbing Man, and then a few days later a consult with the ENT himself.
He’s pretty sure I’ll survive. In fact he seems convinced that the only problem confronting me (other than a slight hearing loss in my right ear) is the fact that I’m crazy. Well I guess we’ll see about that.
Look, I know this is no big deal. A blip on the radar. Nonetheless, these follow up visits make me a little, umm, edgy. So think of me over the next few days, dear reader(s). And take comfort in knowing I’m using ear-drying drops every time I swim these days. Which is increasingly often. Which helps tremendously with the crazy.
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Okay, loss of hearing? Both ears? When ever a doctor calls a patient crazy or diagnoses such a thing, I get really concerned about the doctor. I have seen to much of that when what it really was was Lyme disease….
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I would have told you you were crazy for half the price.
patty Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Whitemist, not to worry – my doctor didn’t tell me I was crazy. I mean, not out loud or anything.
AH&UC, my copay is a paltry $15. And I’d probably pay you your $7.50 in pennies.
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Crazy, you? No way. It’s nice not to hear sometimes.
SO, I have a mild hearing loss as well. While on a winning sales trip courtesy of my friend Laura, I was multi-tasking at the mirror by brushing my teeth one hand, cleaning my ears with a q-tip with the other hand all the while my hair was in a big fluffy oversized towel. The towel comes falling down off my head and I go to push it back up and whammo, q-tip goes to far and I lacerate my ear drum. I spent a Friday evening at a Miami hospital emergency room. All my husband could do to console me over the phone was to recite a Father Guido Sarduci SNL skit about the 10 Commandments and how there are more than just 10. One of them being something like, “dont go in your ear with a q-tip only go around the outside.” Nice, very nice. Made you giggle didn’t I?
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I have been squinting at the tiny numbers on my TPS reports as of late.
Garden variety age-related nearsightedness? Cataracts? A tumor?
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What was that? I couldn’t hear you. Sorry.
It’s universal, honey.