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Uncle Dave Lewis lives in a hole in the back of his brain, filled with useless trivia about 78 rpm records, silent movies, unfinished symphonies, broken up punk bands from the 80s and other old stuff no one cares about. This is where he goes to let off a little steam- perhaps you will find it useful, perhaps not. Who knows?

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Sunday, February 27, 2005

Lewis Down, way way Down

Friday morning I went to work, feeling no worse than I usually do. At about ten a.m. I noticed my left ear blocking up and held my nose and blew it out. Mind-numbing pain in my left ear began, along with dizziness so intense that I almost passed out at my desk.

After about two hours of trying to deal with it - seeing if it will go away. I finally threw in the towel and asked my boss if I could leave. I went home and died, only to be revived by the mrs. - there were a number of things I had promised to do for her that I wasn't going to get out of. So I had to devote two hours hustling around a matress, going to the store etc. Times like that I wish I could find a nice drainage pipe to hide in.

The next day, Saturday, no change and in fact, it's worse. The pain is gravitating from my left to my right ear. Although I have the presence of mind to tape the movie "Pigskin Parade" (1936) off cable, I can't really do anything else.

Sunday morning I felt better - first time in 44 hours with no pain, although it sounded like a factory inside my head. I hustled off to church, only to deteriorate during service. I came home with both ears throbbing and a sore throat. That's kind of where we're still at as this is written.

There is no way that I can call off work tomorrow - I have to file two important documents relating to my benefits. Also, tonight I had tickets to go see David Finckel and Wu Han in East Lansing. But I can't even make it out my front door. I feel like the Pope looks in his most recent photographs.

Uncle Dave
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