Got my second lavage treatment today.

That's when medicos squirt ya in the ear to remove access wax. For a month I had almost no hearing. It’s been bad ever since 2014 but it was manageable. There was always some other pressing issue. Recently it all closed up. Recently Olive’s ears closed up and she had her ears cleaned. It wasn’t a pleasant experience as they had to break up some crystals and get her dizzy with cold peroxide in the ear. She had a terrible time but was still able to get a silent dance party going with the Docs.

She had so much fun we signed me up for a turn. 

To be honest I was enjoying the peacefulness of not noticing everything. The problem was it was painful and the sound I did hear was like a swarm of bees. I’m eager to listen to the music I've been recording while in jester drag. I couldn’t hear very well so most of that is theory and guessing. I got the painful “rock mining” portion of the cleaning done last week. This week they broke through the wall like Geraldo. For 45 min. four fantastic people in scrubs took turns with the water pic and stabby-thingee. The moment they broke through I felt effervescence and then a world of sound rushed in.

They eventually pulled out a huge glob of what looked like Hatshepsut’s booger. They then set upon my other ear to remove the lesser valley of the kings boogers. I was embarrassed and kept muttering “Such a gross state of affairs, I’m so sorry yew folx have ta deal with this nonsense.”

Maybe it wasn’t the most gnarly thing they seen all day but it sure was for me. They had me hold a little trough under my ear to catch the water.

Each time one of the Scrubs took it away it looked NASTY. They were so good to me it was a gift to see them do what they do.

I was looking forward to the water making me dizzy but it never happened but at least i still lost my ID so that isn’t not a thing. I asked why Olive and my ears both got jacked up at the same time. They say it may be our bodies adjusting to the new house microbiology and the stress of moving. My noggin is sore but stable. That was an interesting month of silence.