Geek on Two Wheels

A week or so ago, I began noticing some discomfort in my right ear. Eventually, it turns from mere annoyance to pain and partial loss of hearing.

Naturally, it was time to flush the crap out of my ear.

Unfortunately, the q-tip failed to yield any results. Even the trusty ear pick failed to clear my poor ear canal, although it did succeed in digging out some really sticky brown stuff. Clearly, more drastic measures were needed.

Long story short, olive oil, flushing with water, ear pick, olive oil again, q-tip, and then more ear pick all failed to make my hearing normal again. Alas, although the olive oil seemed to have been successful in softening up whatever that was collected in my ear, it also caused almost all of it to settle against the ear drum, consequently nullifying my ability to hear out of that ear entirely. I was fighting a losing battle.

The next day, not wanting to call it quites and too lazy to actually go to the doctor, I wielded my trusty ear pick once more. After what seemed like an eternity of fruitless attempts, something almost indescribable finally popped out of my ear:

To mark our glorious victory over the thing (it was very much a team effort—olive oil doesn’t just pour itself into one’s ear canal), we photographed it for “posterity’s sake” (not my words), dubbed it Nathan (not my idea) then finally casted it away into the garbage.

A very slight discomfort still remains in my ear after a day, but my hearing is back and there is no longer any pain. I should be able to remove what remains of Nathan’s brethren without much more resistance.

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