About four years ago, I am one of the few who has an ipod. Mine was a colored one which was the latest model then. Now, everywhere you look, people are holding and tinkering with their ipods which I find amusing. What alarms me though is that people seem to be having hearing impairment that they put the earphone’s volume in full blast. It is so loud that you can actually hear the music coming out of the earphone. I know that they know already that loud noises could cause eardrum perforation but they commonly say that they want to tune out of the world’s chaos that is why they put the volume in full when they listen to it.

The eardrum (tympanic membrane) is a thin, oval layer of tissue deep in the ear canal. It helps protect the delicate middle and inner ear from the outside.

It is called an eardrum because it looks and acts like a drum. The eardrum receives vibrations from the outer ear and transmits them to the small hearing bones (ossicles), of the middle ear.

Because it is so thin, the eardrum can be ruptured or punctured. The hole exposes the middle and inner ear to damage or infection.

(source:www.emedicinehealth.com)

I came to see my doctor who is now holding most of his clinic hours at St. Luke’s in Global City. The travel was a bit painful considering that the summer has kicked in. One hour already late for my appointment, I still waited for an hour for my turn. My turn has come and the doctor was pretty pleased with my latest lab result. Just the same I did not tell him that I no longer take two of his prescribed medications. The reason why I was there was so that I could get the medical advice on properly tapering the steroids.
He noted that my urine protein and blood (hematuria) are at +1 from +3. They should be negative of course. My cholesterol level is just 5 points above the normal. Although he scribbled on his prescription pad the same medications. I still do not plan to take in those medications except for the steroids, sinvastatin and losartan potassium. I might consider taking in some protein powder to replenish the one that I waste in my urine.