Thursday 2 August 2007

New Lease on Life!



Whew! Just came back from the ears, nose, and throat specialist! He was excellent! Had a build up of wax in both ears; and the left ear has been so very painful, that I had to finally succumb to taking extra strength tylenol 3, with codeine for the last couple of days. I am not a "pill popper"; however, the pain was unreal; and brought tears to 'me eyes', particularly when I would swallow food and drink, or sneeze. Not pleasant; at all. For those of you who have had ear infections, or water build up, due to wax build up etc, you can appreciate the excruciating pain, I am posting about. Plus, I could hardly hear. Now I can even hear the noises of the computer; everything seems so LOUD! Wonderful!

Thank goodness for the Dr and also the expediency of an appointment. The earliest I could "get in" to see him was on Aug 30th (we return late that day from Pasley)and quite honestly, I thought, I do not know if I can "hang in there" with this horrid ear ache until then. When I described the "symptoms" etc, they had me come in right away. It was the easiest and quickest doctor's appointment I have ever had; less than 10 mins; which included the waiting time to see him. The final straw was when I went swimming in the ocean with my son this past weekend; and the salt water just adhered itself further to the already hard chunks of 7 yrs of wax build up. I used to go and get the ears cleaned every year. Am going to start again and stick to that regime for the future. Not worth having deaf ears! Hmmmmm. That makes me also think of some of those who can literally hear, but things appear to fall on "deaf ears". Hmmmm. I will have to remember to always "listen" and have constant compassion; so that "stuff" does not fall upon "deaf ears". Now, that is a bit of tid for me; as well as a tid of a bit for you. Hmmmm.

Tidbit - Appreciate your ears; and look after them! ie removal of wax build up; if there is a tendency for wax gathering in your ears. I feel so sorry for those that are not able to hear, or have lost their hearing, in some capacity. Thank Heavens for Ear Doctors and, for "state of the art" hearing aids, if needed. Alan's Mum and Dad have the hearing aids; and nowadays, you can hardly see the inserted hearing aids!

Bittid - If you are fortunate enought to be referred to a specialist, that is the best way to go. My "GP" is great; however, cleaning out wax is not his specialty.
He would squirt water in the ear drums (ouch, at the untantalizing thought of it) to remove the wax; but going the route I did this afternoon, is far more preferable and easier on the ears.

In short, this clean up has given me a "new lease on life". What a treat to be able to hear again; and properly!

Will blog in a bit; glad to say that my ears are unclogged now; hope this blog helps those with "clogged" ears.

God Bless.

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