Post by sub on Mar 13, 2020 10:20:07 GMT 12
Haven’t been contributing much lately, due to preoccupation with a health issue.
Perhaps with much of our focus on the equipment and how it sounds, we can lose sight of the tool that brings the sound altogether - our body, especially our ears.
Have had a health scare, a small lump on upper right cheek turned out to be a cancer involving the R parotid (salivary) gland, and affecting the lymph nodes in front of the R ear. By the time I had 7 hours in surgery last Tuesday the tumour had aggressively grown to near the size of a pool ball.
Tumour , parotid gland and a significant part of my neck containing lymph nodes have been removed.
Woke up with diminished hearing in R ear today, and surgeon advised, he had to given me a bit of a face lift and re-routed my R ear canal! Said was probably swollen, should return to normal, but not guaranteed!
4 days into a projected 7 day Stay in hospital, and this morning took me to ENT clinic where had R ear suctioned out - it contained a lot of dried blood and wax. Hearing a bit better now, just have to wait for swelling to go down and hopefully my ability to listen to music will not be dramatically affected.
Perhaps with much of our focus on the equipment and how it sounds, we can lose sight of the tool that brings the sound altogether - our body, especially our ears.
Have had a health scare, a small lump on upper right cheek turned out to be a cancer involving the R parotid (salivary) gland, and affecting the lymph nodes in front of the R ear. By the time I had 7 hours in surgery last Tuesday the tumour had aggressively grown to near the size of a pool ball.
Tumour , parotid gland and a significant part of my neck containing lymph nodes have been removed.
Woke up with diminished hearing in R ear today, and surgeon advised, he had to given me a bit of a face lift and re-routed my R ear canal! Said was probably swollen, should return to normal, but not guaranteed!
4 days into a projected 7 day Stay in hospital, and this morning took me to ENT clinic where had R ear suctioned out - it contained a lot of dried blood and wax. Hearing a bit better now, just have to wait for swelling to go down and hopefully my ability to listen to music will not be dramatically affected.
