Oh, Connie. I hope the MSRA infection clears up quickly.

I swear I'll stop bitching about this, but seriously HOW DO YOU GET TO BE A GROWN ASS FORTY YEAR OLD ADULT WITH GIRLFRIENDS AND STUFF WITHOUT LEARNING TO CHEW WITH YOUR DAMNED MOUTH CLOSED??????

At this point, I think the main reason I don't say anything is because clearly nothing else anybody has said has made a difference, what the heck am I gonna do except make our living together even less pleasant for the remaining weeks.

I mean, for all I know, he has some medical thing that makes him need to chew with his mouth open.

Yikes, Sean. All I can say is that having many attendants has given me an unpleasant window into people's habits. Liese, aw, for your student. Connie, man, your husband's like Rasputin.(Hope they get that germ cleared up)

For those of you not on Facebook, quester posted from the hospital saying that she had been found to be very anemic.

I almost suggested that, because her description sounded so much like my hemoglobin-deprived life these days.

Have you tried earplugs or headphones, Sean?

I had a bout with MRSA, mainly in the form of a lot of ugly boils and a six-month sinus infection, and the antibiotic combo they gave me knocked it back pretty quickly. I did have to take a handful a day of very large pills for a number of weeks. I think there's a fairly wide range of MRSA infections. I hope Hubby has a version that's easily conquered.

Damn, Connie. I hope they get it under control quickly.

Thanks everyone for the anniversary wishes. This is quite the active week.

There was still a measure of basic respect for the office. I

Yes, but Bush was just stupid. Obama is black

Vortex for President.

My right ear hurts. It's been uncomfortable for months. Now it hurts, and my left ear has started doing this weird thumping thing that sounds like my eardrum is having a spasm. And I have to fly in a plane two days from now! I will have to go to Urgent Care tomorrow. Ugh.

by chance, do you use cotton swab devices to 'clean the ear' past the point your elbow reaches in your ear? If so, you may have "impacted wax build up" or whatever they call it. Try the ear wax removal kits. 15 min with some drops. Use the bulb thingie with warm water to remove the drops, and what ever loosened up. Might take a couple times to loosen things up.

And if you don't do the evil qtip thing, then. Um. yeah, I got nothing. And you are a better person than me. God damn my ear canals get itchy. Why? No flippin' clue. Allergies, I'm guessing.

Is there a muscle that wraps from the shoulder blade around to below the armpit? I have an ache that feels like I strained something in that area, along with a line of swelling going from my side to as far back as I can reach. I've been doing some lifting and clipping things above my head during spring garden prep, so it's conceivably related.

by chance, do you use cotton swab devices to 'clean the ear' past the point your elbow reaches in your ear?

No, I don't stick things in my ear, not even just up to the wrist! I think this thumping noise is a muscle spasm, and I doubt there's anything a doctor can do about it. Maybe I can get some muscle relaxants. I'm mostly hoping he can give me something to stop the pressure and pain in the other ear.

Calli, that sounds like a muscle strain to me, but IANAD.