Itinerary Whisperer

I lost hearing in one ear after a night dive in 2023. Just long enough to understand that my body and I were not in as much agreement as I had assumed. I started scuba diving in 2016. Not because I had a grand spiritual calling toward the ocean, but because I was on holiday and someone said, “You should try this.” Well, many questionable life decisions begin this way. Andaman is where things escalated. I got my PADI Open Water certification there. I upgraded to Advanced SSI certification on a small island in the Maldives. Soon, I had done about 30 dives. Enough to stop panicking about breathing through a tube. Enough to believe I belonged there. (and wanted to get a tattoo!) Night dives, however, have a way of humbling you. They make you feel both brave and faintly foolish. They were my favourite dives. It was on one such dive that my ear decided it had had enough of this arrangement. The next morning, the hearing in one ear had faded. I assumed it would return. After all, the body is usually efficient at repairing our minor betrayals. :) It did not. A doctor informed me that my eardrum had retracted. Treatment lasted about ten days. Everything returned to normal. Hearing was restored. Crisis neatly folded away. Except I never went back to scuba diving. Fear took over. This morning, I woke up wanting it again. I suspect parts of us remain suspended in places we once loved, waiting for our return, like muscle memory. Dormant, but never gone. One day, I will go back and become her again.

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