Have been having alot of trouble with my ears just lately, itching and for some months I have been 'missing' a line of sound. Not loud or very soft sound, just that ordinary middle sound so i have been secretly fearing that I am going deaf. The horror of it. I indulge my passion for music by having state of the art sound equipment and to think it all could be wasted should I be reduced to those awful skin coloured, odd shaped gizmo's sound deficient folks have to stick in their audibles.

Plucked up the courage to go to the doctors yesterday and my 2 year efforts into getting weight off and getting fit have resulted in eczema in my ears through swimming as regularly as I do. A real case of no pain, no gain. Anyway doctor doesn't want me to give up swimming so I now have drops to out in which should sort it out.These drops feel as if I am pouring in half of the Indian Ocean and the sound of them rolling around makes me feel a little sick but if it brings back my missing sound level I can hack it.

I have so much new music to listen to, the new Harry Connick Jnr, Alison Moyets The Turn and haven't even decided yet if I am buying the new Annie Lennox. Get to new some stuff over the weekend.

Like Leona Lewis's new single, at last they have given the X Factor winner a proper song and she sings it proper, would like to see it as the No. 1. Bit of a battle going on there with the Take That single, but honest - do they need another number 1?