what did you say?

i finally managed to see the doctor last thursday to see about that cough that’s been plaguing me for over a month. but it was very unsatisfying, as she didn’t really know what was going on, didn’t feel like i sounded very congested at all, and just blindly prescribed antibiotics for something she vaguely described as being “somewhere between an infection and a virus”. i guess i shouldn’t complain, as i just wanted antibiotics anyway, and it seems that they are helping things.

unfortunately, she also complained that i had too much wax in one ear, and so having suspected this before as well, i got one of those ear wax removal kits. i don’t know what happened, but i ended up having incredible earaches the first day, and then for the next few days my ear was all clogged up and i couldn’t hear anything at all except a loud ringing.

it’s much better now, but i kept thinking, “what if i went deaf in one ear? what if i could no longer hear well ever again?” maybe i’d end up like hmc’s dad, hard of hearing in one ear, using it to tune out complaints from hmc’s mom. or maybe i’d end up like yao ming, and become a 7’6” basketball player!

maybe i should just pretend not to hear from now on, just to give myself universal plausible deniability…