I really miss hearing stuff

So this one is kind of gross, but such is life.....a little gross at times.

My ears get clogged every few years. I've been told there is really nothing to do about it, that the shape of my ear canal has just screwed me. Nifty huh?
And when I say clogged, wow, you have no idea. Tongue stuck in a coke bottle, nothing. More of a sink that has had an entire bottle plus of draino poured in it, and been plunged for 6 hours with a variety of plungers, and still clogged.

So I knew it was time to clean them. I did the deal and flushed them out and the next day (wednesday, yesterday) I couldn't hear. Further examination showed that I had moved the clogs from the very very inside of the ear into the smaller portion of the ear canal (woohoo, they were moving out!) but both sides were now incredibly stuck and my hearing was completely gone. I will only casually mention that there are some extreme waves of pain in each ear as well. When I had originally gone to the doctor about this (I was 15/16 the first time) my mother and I had spent a lovely 6-8 hours in the clinic while they flushed with peroxide and a water syringe, tried to get the crap with tweezers and even used a little vaccum, only to end up in the same situation. I had to repeat the entire process for several days until I was relieved and could hear again.

I'm glad I remember that one, because since then the 2 or 3 times this has happened, I have simply done it myself. It did take the better part of a day each time and really hurts my ears, but success and move on. This time, it is really really really bad. I am on day 2 of no hearing and that is really the point of the story.

No hearing sucks. Well, I can hear a big wave of white noise, but nothing else. If you have never experienced not being able to hear, while I don't recommend it, it does bring some true appreciation to the sense. I feel like I am underwater AND in a cave WITH earplugs in. I can feel sound okay, but really have to be looking to understand anything. And for someone with normal hearing most of the time, it is accompanied by constant 'huh?' and 'what did you say's, with concern that I am either speaking too loud or too quiet myself.

Grrrrr. So all of this spewed out in just about 2 minutes, but I had to say something. I am a little freaked out and since I can't hear and don't want to talk, this was the deal.

I hope I can hear later today or tomorrow, because I really miss hearing stuff.

Later-E