'Underneath'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ah, Fred. Have you tried acupuncture? It worked like magic on my sinus problems.
Just got back with another prescription and a recommendation to try Zyban (sp?) or some other immune system strengthener next fall. If this doesn't work, I start looking.
And, since my last trip to that doctor in June, I'm down 5 pounds -- depsite the holidays and the cruise!
I think Allyson had a similar experience last year, and it happened to me many years ago as well. (Just one ear though, but....yeuch.)
I had it when I was a kid. I remember that the doctor stuck this thing that looked like a huge needle in my ear, and withdrew a great lump of black stuff that was hard to the touch. gross, but fascinating. my mom wouldn't let me take it home.
People! When the periodic Ear Wax Conversation comes up around here, it just leads to me becoming obsessed with my *own* ear wax! And that's never a good thing.
EXACTLY!! I may have to run out and get QTips RIGHT NOW!!
People! When the periodic Ear Wax Conversation comes up around here, it just leads to me becoming obsessed with my *own* ear wax! And that's never a good thing.
Teppy, put down the pencil, the tuning fork, and whatever else you're pulling out of your desk drawer right now and back away.
I had to have one of those tubes put in my left ear to soak up the excess wax, which wasn't so bad (they put me under general for the insertion, and the doc just plucked it out with tweezers when it was done), but I hated the earplug they had me wear whenever I was in the pool or in the back of the car with my left ear exposed.
Q-Tips are Bad News when it comes to ear wax -- they might get a little in the outer portion of the ear canal, but they inevitably shove more wax back further in the ear, which leads to that hard, gross, black, packed wax that has to be removed by a doctor.
signed,
Knows A Little Too Much About Ear Wax
Teppy, put down the pencil, the tuning fork, and whatever else you're pulling out of your desk drawer right now and back away.
Pen cap.
Ahahahaha. I hadn't read the e-mail yet, but my boss just came by and told me one of our coworkers wants me to pull a files from 140 different jobs for him. Because apparently he thinks I have time to do that for him this afternoon, with nothing to bill against. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Boss has nixed the request, thank god.
What Teppy said re Q-Tips. That's why I needed that irrigation in the first place - in order to remove the meteor sized ball of ear wax. I've never used them since (I tend to let a stream from the shower do a warm water rinse, or I use ear drops if it's really bad).
The more painful scrapage solution last year I think was just because it was the easiest way at the time.
That said, the throat-cam portion of my ENT appt. was the most uncomforatable portion of that visit - far worse than the crochet hook.