Aeroplane in my left ear
Well, that’s what it sounds like, this buzz in my left ear that’s been there for more than a week now.
When I first heard it, I was at my desk at work and thought it was the chair creaking. But later, I heard it again. By Monday, I decided it was time to see the doctor. But I forgot that day, and went the next day.
The doctor took a look inside my ear and pronounced the outer ear “very clean” . He went on to explain that it could be the middle ear, or even some nerve problem. As he couldn’t be sure what it was, he gave me three different types of pills (yes, three, count it – 1, 2, 3) for different possible problems, including sinus and nerve. I asked if it was okay to take them at the same time, and he said yes. Not very convincingly, tho.
When I told my sister that evening, she said it could be due to my body being too “cool” (leong). I decided to go and see my uncle who’s a Chinese sinseh the next day. Which I did, and he gave me just one type of pills which I’m taking as prescribed – two pills three days a day until the bottle is finished. There’s 200 pills in the bottle, divide that by 6, and I have to take them for a little more than a month.
Already, I’m feeling better. Psychological? Maybe. More like due to my childhood spent inhaling Chinese herbs on the first floor above the family Chinese herbal shop.
