Want to hear something weird?
I woke up yesterday, and the inside of my ear canal was a little itchy. I thought about reaching for a Q-Tip, but decided it wasn't bad enough to merit that.
And that's when I realized that I haven't reached for a Q-Tip in months. This astounded me, as I used to go through Q-Tips like toilet paper! There was always this watery stuff in there when I woke up, I think my sinuses would drain into my ear canals. Ear wax was a problem, too, I'd have to use those drops to break it up and flush it out. Now that I think of it, I think my hearing has improved! No, I'm certain of it! It was always an issue while dealing poker, someone would mutter something as they threw in their chips, and I couldn't tell if they said "raise" or "call" or "250" or whatever, and I'd have to cup my ear and say, "Did you say something?", and that half of the table would give me a "Clean the **** out of your ears!" look...and that's almost never a problem any more!
Who would have thought that losing weight could help my poor hearing!
Possibly related: I never wake up with a sore throat from snoring any more. I posted ITT a long time ago that I'm sleeping better, and figured the apnea wasn't the issue it used to be.
I'm thinking that the tissue that makes up the windpipe and the ear canal was getting fat, and that led to constriction, and now that they're not so fat, they're both opening up? Whatever it is, I'm fine with it!
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Originally Posted by GreenSmoke85
you sound like a poker player who can't talk about anything but poker.
I said it was all I think about, not all I talk about. We were discussing whether or not to mention it, not whether or not to prattle on endlessly about it. Right now, when people ask me to talk about myself (which is what they do on first dates), I can't ignore this part of it. My life has gone through a dramatic change this year. To me, it seems no different than if I just moved to this country, or just bought my first house, or just became a parent for the first time, or "insert defining, life-changing event here".
They say, "That's awesome," then we're finished with it. It's not like I can't talk about anything else.
(Though I'll confess that there was a time, not very long ago, where that WAS the case--I couldn't talk about anything else, and it was starting to annoy my friends. But I'm over that now. I only bring it up now if I smash a milestone, or when asked to talk about myself on first dates.)