Dealing with ED
Category: Just Plain Silly... Medicine...
Posted Friday, February 17, 2006 at 01:21 PM [GMT-6]

It's a relatively common malady that strikes men of a "certain age," and its effects are embarrasing and socially crippling. Pleasurable activity that was taken for granted in one's youth is difficult, if not impossible. The wife is also affected, obviously, and while her initial reaction is one of sympathy, it doesn't take long for the gesturing and shouting to take over, and the times of intimacy become agonizing trials. The temptation to resort to extreme measures is great because professional help is often not forthcoming and self-treatment takes a while, with varying results. Yes, ED can be devastating and humiliating, but it's time to stop hiding and share my story in case my example can help others.

It's true...I suffer from ED: Earwax Deposits.

What? What did you think I was talking about?

Anyway, it's about to drive me crazy. Everything's muffled and it's starting to affect normal conversation. But I'm not about to go back to the doctor's office, nosireebob. They stick that water-pik down your ear canal and you feel like the stream is going to come out the other ear. Nope, it's the old eardrops-over-a-period-of-three-days protocol for me. It's not fun, but it will eventually solve the problem, and my wife can finally stop yelling at me during conversations (well, at least she won't have that excuse for yelling).

Whew. I'm glad I got that off my chest. Sorry if it wandered into the area of Too Much Information, but sometimes these stories need to be told.

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Huh? ... sorry, didn't catch that last ...

What did you say?

:-)

Posted by: Jeff at February 17, 2006 02:02 PM

I APPRECIATE YOUR VULNERABILITY, AND YOUR TACT. HOPE THE TREATMENT WORKS FOR YOU.

Posted by: Jim at February 17, 2006 02:32 PM

Lord, save me from the Pennsylvania Pair!

Posted by: Eric at February 17, 2006 03:05 PM

Oh, I don't mind the water-pik treatment. The one I don't like is the manual pick. The one that looks like an ice-pick, but with a needle eye at the end of it. That one will kill ya. I dread going to the ear doctor.

Posted by: bryan at February 17, 2006 08:37 PM

Bryan, you really want a doctor with a steady hand when he's approaching your ear drum with that implement. Oh, and you kinda don't want to sneeze...

Posted by: Eric at February 17, 2006 08:58 PM

I've discovered the secret cure for the ED problem. I stopped using clippers to cut the hair that grows in and around my ears now. When I begin having a problem hearing in general, I take the time to pull out the longer hairs that have gotten stuffed into my ear canal by the Q-tips and the build-up of wax comes out with it and I simply wipe them off and allow them to return to the ear canal. Hey! Works for me.

Posted by: Clarence at February 18, 2006 04:46 AM

Firearms, Accounting and Ear Wax.

Something for everyone, here at the Gazette.

I am only thankful that there's no "photo upload" option in the comments. (Hi, Clarence!)

;-)

Posted by: Brian at February 18, 2006 10:35 AM

Brian, I'm considering a new motto for the Gazette: "We may be irrelevant, but at least we're trivial."

Surely someone could provide me with a good Latin translation so we could also sound uppity in the process.

Posted by: Eric at February 18, 2006 10:48 AM

You might want to go to the health food store and check out an alternative method. Lots of our friends utilize this method.

http://www.naturallydirect.net/ear-candle.htm

Posted by: Janie at February 18, 2006 10:25 PM

I have no response. Clarence's comment totally grossed me out.

TMI, indeed.

Posted by: jen at February 20, 2006 07:35 AM
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