I can hear clearly now...

[valis2]

So I've always had issues with too much earwax. Alas.

Long story short, I thought I had a perforated eardrum, which is why I never used the blue-bulb-with-liquid solution before. But a couple days ago I rubbed my ear, and voila! Half deaf! I couldn't get it to pop no matter what. Went to the doctor's office, and there was a treatment involving a syringe full of warm water being repeatedly blasted in my ear. It was uncomfortable and I don't want to go through that again. But I can hear again! Though my ear hurts a little.

In other news, I am scrambling to get eBay listings done and tweet and share photos on my fanpage on FB and catch up with my feeds. I am a bit overwhelmed with my online life right now! Not that it's really been super financially rewarding, but things are beginning to step up. I've been advertising the website, my Etsy craft shop, and my FB fanpage, and I'm seeing more people join and higher viewing stats. Now if I could just get more sales...

I do have an ace in the hole, which is a cool thing I am going to send in to an industry mag, and I hope that it goes over well. I have my fingers crossed.

And the giant fic continues to stare at me. I finished another scene, and started another, and I'm inching closer to the end. I have to finish the scene I'm in, write a climactic scene, and then write the ending and possibly an epilogue. I've got to get it done--I need two weeks to post this puppy, and I'm leaving at the end of January!

Hope you're all doing well!

Comments

[logospilgrim.livejournal.com]

I have had the same issues in the past... And I know precisely of the treatment you mention. I hope the pain is fading fast, most beloved!

May all your endeavors yield success :-)

*tired professors cannot put sentences together*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you so much! It was just...uncomfortable. Hopefully it will fade quickly.

And I'm really hoping that things take off. I'm slowly inching my way forward! Hooray for progress!

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Ow! That does not sound fun. But hurray for hearing!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yes, hooray!! Thank goodness! Two days of partial hearing was enough to drive me crazy, seriously. :(

[idleleaves.livejournal.com]

Gah, that warm-water treatment is no fun at all, but I'm glad you can hear properly again. <3

YAY for the giant fic!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

It really was borderline painful. That sucked!

And omg yay! I want to write MORE MORE MORE and finish it. eeee!!

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

Maybe I ought to look into that treatment. I've had trouble hearing for a while and I always have an excess of earwax. It would be nice to hear clearly again...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I would, definitely! It's uncomfortable, hells yes, but the end result is worth it. *nodnod*

[todayiamadaisy]

Ooh, that sounds... unpleasant. I hope you only need it once.

Fingers crossed your ace pays off!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm hoping not to have to repeat this, but considering how much earwax I seem to produce, it will probably happen again. wah!

[dark-cygnet.livejournal.com]

Yet another thing we have in common, darling. In fact, when I was six my hearing was so bad they thought I was going deaf but turns out really bad wax build-up. They even used some kind of machine that blasted water into my ear, not just a syringe-which i still have to do occasionally-and I remember it being so weird afterwards and everything was just so LOUD! So now that I've shared TMI, hee, just know I feel your paiiiinnnnn! Your ear will stop hurting. ::swansmooches::

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I just read a story of a kid whose hearing was permanently damaged by severe wax buildup, so that's pretty scary!

And yeah, it was really uncomfortable. Thankfully, it was just a syringe, and now I can hear again. *nodnod*

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I had that with warm oil - it was lovely!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Now I'm jealous! Mind was the antithesis of lovely, let me tell you.

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

You were lucky though. I had the warm-water treatment once and it's really comfy compared to the "scrape it off the eardrum with a soft spatula". Although I agree I can do without it both cases.

So... the online marketing seems to catch hits. I'd really like to hear when and if it shows in the sales numbers. We are currently thinking about using social media more, and I am still a bit unsure if that works. Especially since we are not in the consumer market :-) So please do write when you get to either/or conclusion, yes? Good luck though!

PS: I'd send oyu a white-paper of how to enhance your internet presence. It's in German though. Can you read German?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

The spatula technique is making me shudder! I hope it doesn't come down to that. I had a dream this morning that I couldn't hear again and there was earwax everywhere and I was really upset.

I'm seeing the best response from a FB campaign I did on FB, to try to get people to see my FB fanpage. I've gone from 15 fans to 72 in just three weeks. So I will definitely keep that up. I'll definitely be posting about it more!

And I'm sorry, I can't read German! :( But thank you!

[thedoingofit.livejournal.com]

Eeep! Hope that your ear issues have resolved themselves by now! *hugs hugs hugs*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's much better now, thank you so much!! *giant hugs*