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Many years ago I decided to go swimming, for the first time in years, mainly to impress some girl I knew, the result was the wax in my ears coming loose and going completely deaf for a few days.
I actually have a genetic hearing defect, so any signs of become more deaf scares me somewhat, I've done volutary work with deaf organisations and I know what people with more severe hearing loss have to go through in everyday life. Anyhow, solution is to get your ears syringed, with a device that looks like a cake icer, filled with warm water and gently plunged into the ear, a weird sensation but the result of having great hearing again is worth it.
I had to have this process done again in January, as this was in a BUPA place they had a specialised piece of equipment for ear wax removal, with a little pump and tube array that kept the water at the right temperature and pressure, much safer than having a Hattie Jaques matron with a cake icer telling you to sit down and shut up, even if you complain that ear wax removal is not done via the anus.
A few days back I started experiencing hearing loss and got worried as I couldn't believe I needed syringing again in such a short space of time. Doctor said its all "chokka" inside my ears again, so I book another appointment but glad thats all it is, and I spend the next few days stuffing oil in my ears to soften up the wax ready for removal.
I arrive yesterday and I'm seen by a proper Doctor guy, normally this stuff is done by a nurse but he explained that even with all of BUPA's millions they can't get decent nurses, anyhow he's been a Doctor for 25 years and certainly knows how to syringe ears, fine I think but I start getting worried when he's fumbling with the syringing device and dropping it all over the floor.
Right ear no problem, left ear gets a bit stubborn and he's stuffing this syringe thing deeper and deeper, looking at the pressure control and trying to overclock it, etc, but the wax is refusing to shift. So then he goes to his little bag and brings out what I can only describe as a dentists pick, like this:
He then proposes to stick this into my ear and scrape the wax off, I'm saying "are you sure thats necessary" which is a nice way of saying "no fucking way mate" and he's going on about dewaxing ears for 25 years, and then I notice his shoelaces are undone and I'm definitely not getting a good feeling about this, and am I looking at the new Dr Shipman who has just decided to "go for the record" ?
Anyhow, the wax is one tough bastard and defeats even this medievil torture device, so after I prise off my fingers from the armrests of the chair and he advises me to use more earhole oil and come back in a few days. Happily the receptionist informs me he is not available and I have to book with someone else, hopefully someone not descended from Thomas de Torquemanda.
See no evil (Summo), Hear no evil (me), Speak no evil (?)
I actually have a genetic hearing defect, so any signs of become more deaf scares me somewhat, I've done volutary work with deaf organisations and I know what people with more severe hearing loss have to go through in everyday life. Anyhow, solution is to get your ears syringed, with a device that looks like a cake icer, filled with warm water and gently plunged into the ear, a weird sensation but the result of having great hearing again is worth it.
I had to have this process done again in January, as this was in a BUPA place they had a specialised piece of equipment for ear wax removal, with a little pump and tube array that kept the water at the right temperature and pressure, much safer than having a Hattie Jaques matron with a cake icer telling you to sit down and shut up, even if you complain that ear wax removal is not done via the anus.
A few days back I started experiencing hearing loss and got worried as I couldn't believe I needed syringing again in such a short space of time. Doctor said its all "chokka" inside my ears again, so I book another appointment but glad thats all it is, and I spend the next few days stuffing oil in my ears to soften up the wax ready for removal.
I arrive yesterday and I'm seen by a proper Doctor guy, normally this stuff is done by a nurse but he explained that even with all of BUPA's millions they can't get decent nurses, anyhow he's been a Doctor for 25 years and certainly knows how to syringe ears, fine I think but I start getting worried when he's fumbling with the syringing device and dropping it all over the floor.
Right ear no problem, left ear gets a bit stubborn and he's stuffing this syringe thing deeper and deeper, looking at the pressure control and trying to overclock it, etc, but the wax is refusing to shift. So then he goes to his little bag and brings out what I can only describe as a dentists pick, like this:
He then proposes to stick this into my ear and scrape the wax off, I'm saying "are you sure thats necessary" which is a nice way of saying "no fucking way mate" and he's going on about dewaxing ears for 25 years, and then I notice his shoelaces are undone and I'm definitely not getting a good feeling about this, and am I looking at the new Dr Shipman who has just decided to "go for the record" ?
Anyhow, the wax is one tough bastard and defeats even this medievil torture device, so after I prise off my fingers from the armrests of the chair and he advises me to use more earhole oil and come back in a few days. Happily the receptionist informs me he is not available and I have to book with someone else, hopefully someone not descended from Thomas de Torquemanda.
See no evil (Summo), Hear no evil (me), Speak no evil (?)
