acute otitis media
I’ve been whammied. Acute Otitis Media – in both ears. I can’t believe how much pain an ear infection can cause. I developed it pretty quickly – overnight last week. I was up in San Luis Obispo and woke up at 2am Thursday morning in pain. Hot shower didn’t help. OTC pain relievers didn’t help. Camped out in front of the Urgent Care in SLO waiting for them to open at 8am. The doctor (who by the way was SUPER COOL. If you’re ever sick in SLO, go to the Urgent Care.) said that I had acute otitis media in both ears. Prescribed antibiotics, pain meds, nose spray, anti-inflammatory. In addition to the two inhalers I’ve been using to get rid of a viral asthmatic cough (which most likely caused the ear infections).
Got home Thursday afternoon. Slept. Then woke up with blood in my right ear canal. Perforated ear drum. It’ll heal on it’s own.
Now I can’t hear. I’ve lost a significant amount of hearing in both ears. From what I’ve read – it can take weeks to months to clear up. What a load of total shit. Everything is muffled and I have a constant ringing in my ears.
This is so uncool. Let me just say – the only thing I can remotely compare the pain level to is being in labor with Catherine. It’s this horrible, constant pain that drives you crazy and you want to run from it to just get away, but you can because it’s inside you.
I <3 Vicodin, btw.