Waxing non-lyrical and seasonal (?) fruit
I've been having trouble with my hearing recently. I'd noticed that I want to turn the volume up higher on various things. And intermittently the hearing in my left ear would cut out entirely - particularly in the shower or in bed. This has the benefit that if I want to be disturbed less by a Certain Little Chap Who Sleeps Lightly I just have to hope my left ear cuts out and sleep with my right ear buried in the pillow. Going deaf wouldn't be the worst thing in the world - it would at least prompt me to finally learn sign properly. Although OTOH it'd probably rule out ever gaining a convincing accent in any language I don't already speak, which is a grim prospect. But I'd really rather not lose any hearing at all.
So when it didn't get any better I popped along to my nice GP. She listened, and then had a peek in my ears with her otoscope.
"You said it was worse in your left ear?"
"Yes."
"Well, you have the most enormous clod of earwax in there."
"That might be doing it."
So I'm squirting olive oil in there for a few days before popping along to the practice nurse to have my ear syringed. I didn't know they still did that - it sounds so 1950s.
In unrelated news (at least, I hope it's unrelated news), I ate some delicious raspberries fresh from my own garden this evening. Er, what? I know they're Autumn-fruiting, but the middle of November is really a bit much.
So when it didn't get any better I popped along to my nice GP. She listened, and then had a peek in my ears with her otoscope.
"You said it was worse in your left ear?"
"Yes."
"Well, you have the most enormous clod of earwax in there."
"That might be doing it."
So I'm squirting olive oil in there for a few days before popping along to the practice nurse to have my ear syringed. I didn't know they still did that - it sounds so 1950s.
In unrelated news (at least, I hope it's unrelated news), I ate some delicious raspberries fresh from my own garden this evening. Er, what? I know they're Autumn-fruiting, but the middle of November is really a bit much.