Argh, so to top everything off, I have now lost most of my hearing (albeit temporarily… I hope!)

Retrospectively, I think I can piece together the pieces á la Jessica Fletcher and work out why…. on Friday night I started to lose my voice, to the point where I could barely talk on Saturday. This managed to clear up by Monday morning. Last night (Tues) I was at Kuesday Drinks and suddenly one of my ears started to give out on me – I had feelings of pressure and a distinct loss of hearing. When it was just one ear I wasn’t too bothered, but then the other ear rapidly followed suit, and there was a little pain involved too, I got a lil panicky.

I took Joe along with me to Kuesday Drinks last night, his first time to the evening,  and so I did feel a tad guilty when I had to cut the evening short and head to the Midnight Pharmacy at Boots (Piccadilly Circus) to grab some ibuprophen. Stayed on the tube to Turnpike Lane then I left Joe to continue his journey back and caught the 144 bus home.

This morning, I did a little research and I think that the loss of voice over the weekend was indicative of a cold, and thus I think I have succumbed to a viral/bacterial infection of my middle-ear which is primarily caused by the presence of mucus (sexy!) in the ENT regions (Ear, Nose and Throat for those of you wondering). Given the amount of times that I’ve had to blow my nose  and cough stuff up this morning (even more sexy!) I feel that my deductions are correct and won’t be going to see a doctor, as these kind of things typically clear themselves within 3 days and are usually fairly unresponsive to anti-biotics.

The main point of irony in my predicament is that I am supposed to ring NHS direct for advice… If I have temporary loss of hearing… how the frig am I supposed to do that?! LOL! Something that has made me giggle and cheered me up somewhat – strange!

As a child, I used to get ear infections on a regular basis, and was a regular face down at the ENT department of our local hospital. I had to have so much medication that it meant that some of my molars (the ones that push through when you’re about 14) didn’t form properly in my gums and thus came out a little funny and not as strong as they should have been. Therefore, being at the age when the wisdom teeth are finishing off their development, I am determined to steer clear of any more ear medication!

Anyway, enough of me being super sexy!  I am off to the supermarket to go buy me some nice food to cheer me up and then will blog again on Westlife, as I had meant to do that earlier in the week!

Thanks for reading xx