Wednesday, October 26, 2022
We went to see the musical SIX tonight. It is about the six wives of Henry the XIII (divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived). We have seen it before – it was here before it went to Broadway – and loved it. This cast wasn’t quite as good as the one we saw before, but we both really enjoyed it tonight. The costumes are very cool – super sparkly and sparkly is best. I really wanted the pins (potd), but also recognized that was silly. Instead, we all get a picture of them.
Keith had a weird (and wonderful) thing happen last night after Cats. The clickies in his head stopped going CLICK CLICK CLICK and switched to thud thud thud. Anytime anything can alter the horrible clicks that he lives with all the time, it is cause for celebration. (insert celebration emojis here) (I’m imaging that little confetti cannon, but you do you). We hypothesized that it was that the show was loud enough to make the stapedius muscle contract (smallest muscle in the body, it’s in the ear. It is partially responsible for the acoustic middle ear reflex, which protects the ear from sounds that are too loud) (former speech/language pathologist knowledge) (maybe everyone knows that. I don’t know) and that was dulling the sound of the clicks. Keith also wondered if the fog machine fog had some kind of an effect on his sinuses. We can live in fog or play really loud music if it gives him some relief. It didn’t fix him for good, but it did become thud thud thud for a little while.
Last time we saw SIX, it was the loudest show either of us ever remember going to. So, a perfect opportunity to see if the clicks turned to thuds again.
And they did (again for a little while).
There was also some fog.
Hmmm.
We will be continuing our research – always hoping for clues to a cure. Fingers crossed!
I’m goi g to six Nov 1, can’t wait!!
I think you are going to love it!!
I’m going to six Nov 1, can’t wait!!
Hmmmm…. Now, this is kind of extreme, but maybe the next step in the experiment is to go to a heavy metal concert. One would THINK that the decibels in a band rehearsal might produce this effect, however, it occurs to me that the act of playing and the air pressure aspect of that might counteract any effect of “incoming” sound waves. We have “bone induction” head sets (they don’t go in the ear at all) – I wonder if those were used at a high sound level the same result – at least temporary relief – could be obtained? One can but speculate….
It gives us lots of ideas and questions. There is a new ENT to visit, but of course he has been waiting for the appointment to arrive – still three weeks away, but closer than the 7 he had when he made the appointment!