oh my aching
It's Sunday. I woke up with a horrid ear infection Tuesday. I went to work for one hour before leaving in pain. I went to the ER at 4am Wed. morning. Double (inner and outter) infection in the right ear. My life since then has been an alternation between pain, sleep/vicodin, pain, and wake/vicodin. I'm almost out of vicodin. I can stand the pain, barely, if I take one every three hours. It doesn't end in my sleep -- I wake up after one to two hours in pain. Thursday the infection miraculously manifested itself in my left ear as well. The right one has not abated. These things are supposed to clear up on their own in four or five days (according to WebMD), but mine haven't budged despite antibiotic pills and drops for days. It could be viral. It should still be improving, and it's not really. I've missed five days of work. I've been to the hospital twice. I will be broke and in debt for a few months from this at least. I also had to drop my class, too late for a refund, because of this shit. I've never had an ear infection this bad or lasting. At least, for the first time in six days now, I think I might be able to eat solid food. I can barly open my mouth, but for days I couldn't close my jaw. It might hurt, but I am so sick of oatmeal (run in the coffee grinder first), puree soups, instant breakfast, and yogurt. I would kill to eat an in-and-out burger right now.