ENT.
Operation recovery.
I have to say the NHS have been good to me. The dizziness, the tinnitus and the strange numb feeling has baffled the hell out of them but they keep looking..
Last Thursday I went in for an exploratory examination of my nose, septum, polyps and sinuses.
Based on what was going on in there, would deem what they would do to me.
Well I have spent all week in recovery mode. Nose bleeds, pain, sore nose and face. I have no more polyps. I have a nose that I should now be able to breath through.
I have not actually been a nose breather for as long as I can remember. Never have I been able to even get a sniff of air in via the nose.
I always thought this was how it was… The ENT consultant and I did laugh when we discovered I had no idea that people actually breath via the nose… imagine my shock.
So hear I sit. Feeling not so bad today .
Friday last week. Got up. Shabby. Went for a walk. Nosebleed. Back to bed.
Saturday. Got up. Shabby. Went to Tesco and had a nose bleed round Tesco. I went home.
Sunday. Bed.
Monday.Bed.
Tuesday.Bed. Very very very BORED.
Wednesday. Got up. Did some work. Loved it. Even got a haircut. No blood. Just snot.
Thursday- Today…I write this. I shall focus on some work and growing my 6 week beard.
Over the last week, my tinnitus has at times been horrendous. So I come to reflect why?
I have sat in silence. Doing very very little. My silence though is not silent. It is noise. A high pitched ringing.
So I have found myself focused on the noise. Tuning into the noise. This week I have on twitter described her as Pantera, iron maiden and a few other heavy metal bands. Loud and heavy bass and decent guitar riffs. Yesterday I believe I said she reminded me that Parliament and p funk was cool.
Also I have taken a lot of pain relief. Ibuprofen and paracetamol. I have noticed in the past that these seem to make it louder.. They make Barbera louder…
Hence combine Barbera with being sick note and sitting in silence, then a world of tablets maybe she is playing up.
Then I reflect upon if I am focused on her. Am I thinking about her. Am I wondering about her. Am I bringing the noise to the forefront.
Maybe I am.
Well, tomorrow I am back to the hospital for my friends at ENT to look at my hooter.
Let’s see what the hooter brings tomorrow.
#hooter #barbera #tinnitus
