Shaking hands

[valarltd]

I'm leaving work early today.
It's time for my semi-annual ear-vacuuming.
I'm scared. I hate this procedure.

I'll be ok. I always am, but this is so hard to do when I'm not sick!

I know, I know, it's to clean out the mastoid cavity so that I don't get an infection. (and to monitor the state of the right skin graft.)

But the suction just squicks me. And I mean that in the old sense of gut-level repulsion that makes me want to bolt from the office.

Half an hour. Breathe, Angel, breathe. You can go to Hobby Lobby afterward.

(And there's the parent meeting for The Nutcracker tonight. My two toy soldiers are excited. Well one is, one is ticked about being given a "boy's part.")

Comments

Eek!

[jkb.livejournal.com]

Hi Angel

I'm way behind on reading LJs, but I hope that by now your ears have been properly suctioned and squee-geed and whatever else they do to them, and that it wasn't too terrible. Does it hurt or is it just weird and icky? I have to confess I've never experienced such a thing. The weirdest thing I've ever had is fiber optics up the sinuses, about which the less said, the better. Anyway, I hope they suctioned out whatever they needed to and didn't suction anything they shouldn't.

Re: Eek!

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

It's wierd, icky and LOUD. Like running a wet-dry vac in your ear.
It doesn't hurt, unless something that needs to come out is reluctant to go.

The Dr. says my hearing has greatly improved since April, when we got the infection cleared up.