Bah!

I have yet another ear infection. It has been recurring for a couple of months now. It began during the holidays, and then with my dad getting so ill I had no time for an appointment to have anything done about it.

I had another infection about two years ago. It was so serious that my eardrum ruptured. I thought I just had gotten water in my ear. Having had a swimming pool for years, I knew one remedy for water in the ear is alcohol. So I proceeded to pour alcohol into the ear. I learned a new equation. Ruptured ear drum + alcohol = PAIN! Imagine if you will, rubbing alcohol on what amounts to raw flesh.

At least this year I did not choose that route. What I finally decided to do was to go to my family physician. I knew I had a ruptured ear drum, and I told my doctor. Usually he will listen to me when I self diagnose. We have had a 30 year relationship. This time he was sure my ear was just full of fungus, so he treated accordingly. I left with the instructions to return the next week, and he would suction the gunk then. That was not the treatment I wanted, nor was it the treatment that I needed.

As time went on, the ear cleared up - sort of. Last week the ear finally became completely occluded. I could hear NOTHING. I called the specialist. I was amazed to get an appointment for the next afternoon. The first thing he did was to suction. What blessed relief! I could hear, and the right side of my head no longer felt numb. I was in heaven - until Monday night. When I put the drops of antibiotics in my ear, it became occluded again!
I called yesterday with great hopes of being able to get in today. It is so annoying to constantly say "huh?". I have an appointment for Friday. And as fate would have it, the ear drained overnight. This is par for the course for me!

Well, this has turned into a really silly post. Oh well, this is my life these days! I don't know if I can stand the excitement.