Back in Melbourne, with the bike

[dryfter]

I'm safely back in Melbourne with the motorcycle. Hurrah.

Well, I say safely, but actually I think I've done some damage to myself..
My neck and shoulders are feeling completely screwed up at the moment. Massively screwed up.
AND I think I've burst an eardrum!
I wanted to listen to some music, because eight hours of loud wind noise isn't very interesting.. but to get the headphones to stay in, I really jammed them hard into my ears.. and then kept turning the volume up until it was at about triple my normal listening volume.

I realised this was a bad idea after about an hour, maybe less? However the damage appears to be done - my left ear is now almost totally deaf, but it makes a noise like someone crunching up paper if I prod around the outside of my ear. Erm. Oops?

Comments

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Hope your neck, shoulders, and ears are better soon. (Almost broke out into "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" there! Oh dear.) Are you sure you haven't put crunched up paper in your ears? That might cause it. Especially paper with pictures of really loud things on it.

[wintrmute.livejournal.com]

I was wondering about trying to take a macro photo of my ear, so as to see if there is in fact small pieces of crinkled paper with loud things upon it.. but then I realised I wasn't Van Gogh.

[kevinhains.livejournal.com]

might be a ruptured ear-drum... normally heals up by itself but u might wanna pop into a clinic in case theres an infection.

[wintrmute.livejournal.com]

ah, thanks - I've looked the term you mentioned up, and got some more info. Apparently I have to keep water out while showering. I can see me trying to improvise a miniature shower cap in the morning..

[(Anonymous)]

i think there's sticky tape somewhere... :)

[funkabubble.livejournal.com]

Go for a massage - that'll sort out your neck & shoulders. The muscles are probably all just tensed up.