re: #43 mmmirele

I’m going to the doctor in a little while because I need renewals on a whole raft of prescriptions…and I have an earache. It just feels weird going in at my age (late 50s) and saying, “I have an earache.” But I do, I have an earache. It’s not like it’s interfering with my life but it’s not normal. The PA will probably just look down my ear canal and see some inflammation and it will all be a big nothingburger. That’s what I keep telling myself because I haven’t had an earache since LBJ was in office.

I have tinnitus, as of the middle of May. Apparently, it’s practically normal. I got a referral to an audiologist, pending something. I used to get earaches as the first sign of everything, when I was a kid. At least I finally learned that it’s not ‘tintinitus’. I must have thought it was named for Rin Tin Tin for some reason.