Happily it seems that the first bill for ENT services we got was only half of it. We’re well on our way to breaking the £1000 mark woo.

Remember the otovent I was going to try? Kara checked several pharmacies and no one had it, so I ordered it online. It only arrived this morning so I didn’t get to use it before trying to fit the grommet.

My appointment was at 2. I got fancy numbing type cream put in my ear so I wouldn’t feel when he started cutting my ear drum. We waited for an hour or so for that to kick in then he cleared out the cream, opened my ear drum and sucked all the awful glue-y gunk out. It took two goes. He tried to fit the grommet after that, but my ear drum was too thick [swollen from all the infections] and he couldn’t get the grommet in. Then I went and had a little sit down and marvelled at being able to hear. I had a hearing test after that [another £50!] and things are definitely better. I felt my ear plug a little on the way home, so I’m listening to live To Venus and Back CD in case it goes again. I have missed music so much. I doubt it’ll go 60% again… or at least I hope not.

Dizziness still there, I am getting better, I’m able to sit up for most of the day. I’m still not able to walk comfortably for more then 30 minutes and I’m useless at looking up. He suggested that I sit on my exercise ball to encourage the re-education of my balance bits. He also thought that draining my ear of all that junk would help – especially after I told him that when I sneezed or scratched my ear I got a hit of dizziness.

Weasel and I decided to walk home so we didn’t get back until 6:15. On the walk we passed a lot of traffic stopped in queues, including a white van with two men. As we were walking by the passenger shouted at the driver [I assume for our benefit] that he wasn’t gay and he wasn’t going let him tickle his man flaps. It was too much for us. We wondered what man flaps might be, but we decided it didn’t really matter. We later passed a group of 12-year-olds who issued a ‘ginger warning’ for my benefit and commented that Weasel has a ‘tight arse’ [she does]. So really fun all round.

The first official single [Big Wheel] from Tori’s new album has video! Very excited about album and the concept around it. I’m trying to stick to official stuff only because the two ‘clips’ I had of this and another song were a bit crap and I think unfairly coloured my opinion. I’ve tried to be good and wait for the album to listen, but since this is all shiny and real I decided it was okay to partake.