msfntor Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Check your ears NOW!.. This man thought he was going deaf, but it turns out he just had an earplug stuck in his ear for FIVE YEARS! by Harriet Rigby ··Nov 15, 2022 · NottheBee.com Wallace Lee, from Dorset, UK, chalked up his increase in hearing problems to a career in aviation, but his issue turned out to be much more basic: He had an earplug lodged in one ear for five years. Lee explained what happened to the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-63599329 Five years ago when I was visiting my family in Australia I bought these little earplugs that you can put different attachments in, depending on the noise you want to phase out on an aircraft. One of these little attachments had lodged in there and it had been in there ever since. I have so many questions here. Did he not notice when it got stuck in his ear? Did he think it was going to fall out on its own? Did he forget about it? Why did it take him 5 years to do anything about it? So after 5 years of thinking he was losing his hearing in one ear, and presumably 5 years of his wife nagging him to get his hearing checked, he decided to buy a home endoscope kit. I know you were expecting me to say he finally decided to go to the ENT, but no, he's a real man, so he performed his own checkup. With the endoscope kit, he could see that there was in fact a foreign object in his ear canal, so he finally called in the professionals. Lee explained that the doctor was quickly able to remove the portion of the earplug with tweezers: Instantly I could hear everything in the room. The fog that was in my head for all those years went and left - and I could hear perfectly well. It was just such a relief... it's like hearing correctly for the first time all over again. It's almost as if taking the earplug out of your ear would unplug your ear! Here: https://notthebee.com/article/this-man-thought-he-was-going-deaf-but-it-turns-out-he-just-had-an-earplug-stuck-in-his-ear-for-five-years/ Edited November 18, 2022 by msfntor without serious reason...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCyborg Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 This week is going really slow for me...how about the rest of you? I just wanna sleep in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, UCyborg said: This week is going really slow for me...how about the rest of you? I just wanna sleep in the morning! I am fine. Did something bad happen to you recently? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCyborg Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 In the immediate past, no, just tired from being in the office every day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerceniol Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 1 hour ago, UCyborg said: This week is going really slow for me...how about the rest of you? I just wanna sleep in the morning! Glad to see you ... I sleep late and usually fall out of bed at 9AM. I wake up early but sit up worrying staring at the ceiling. Otherwise, I'm good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, XPerceniol said: Glad to see you ... I sleep late and usually fall out of bed at 9AM. I wake up early but sit up worrying staring at the ceiling. Otherwise, I'm good. I sleep at 2 AM (and sometimes a bit late than that), and I wake up at 10 AM (and also sometimes a bit late than that). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCyborg Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I try to limit my uptime in the evening to 10 - 11 PM, though I stay up for at least 1 hour more often than I'd like to. Day's really short if you work, especially the autumn time pronounces the feeling, you come home and the night is already dropping. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCyborg Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 8 hours ago, XPerceniol said: I wake up early but sit up worrying staring at the ceiling. I'm sometimes existentially anxious when I wake up on work free days. Are you worrying about anything in particular? Worrying sucks. You don't have to answer, just curious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msfntor Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 13 hours ago, mina7601 said: sleep at 2 AM (and sometimes a bit late than that) You know Mina that it is too late...not healthy at all! And your poor eyes! 10 PM is OK. Then you'll wake up earlier, around 8 or 9 in the morning. Try to do this, please... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Just now, msfntor said: You know Mina that it is too late...not healthy at all! And your poor eyes! I know. Just now, msfntor said: 10 PM is OK. Then you'll wake up earlier, around 8 or 9 in the morning. Try to do this, please... Well, I sometimes do that, don't worry. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msfntor Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Age-related eye disease: Promising evidence of supplements’ benefits but longer studies needed 10-Nov-2022 By Gary Scattergood The potential for antioxidants and other supplements, including lutein, zeaxanthin, saffron, bilberry and beta-carotene, to help prevent and treat age-related eye diseases has been underlined by new research from Malaysia. https://www.nutraingredients-asia.com/Article/2022/11/10/age-related-eye-disease-promising-evidence-of-supplements-benefits-but-longer-studies-needed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msfntor Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 More Sociability = Better Health! Friends with microbial benefits 14-Nov-2022 By Danielle Masterson New research highlights the connections between social behavior, microbiome composition and health. Here: https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2022/11/14/friends-with-microbial-benefits - so social monkeys = good microbes... more sociability = better health! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerceniol Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Awwww ... that is so nice :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, msfntor said: More Sociability = Better Health! Friends with microbial benefits 14-Nov-2022 By Danielle Masterson New research highlights the connections between social behavior, microbiome composition and health. Here: https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2022/11/14/friends-with-microbial-benefits - so social monkeys = good microbes... more sociability = better health! Very cute ngl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msfntor Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Grooming Snow Monkeys for you then... Grooming Snow Monkeys/Moaan/Getty Images stevebloom.com -Jigokudani National Park, Japan zoomingjapan.com zoomingjapan.com Trey Ratcliff -Snow Monkey Spirit Animal Edited November 16, 2022 by msfntor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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