Tuesday afternoon I took myself to the doctor. My throat has been sore for a couple of weeks now so I decided to get it checked out. My ears were both hurting too, which I thought was from my throat. Well my doctor said my throat looked fine (which I still don't understand since it is still sore) but that my one ear was full of wax so it had to be flushed out so she could look at it. As soon as she said that, I felt nauseated.
A few minutes later the nurse came in with a bottle of water with a little tube attached to it. She stuck it in my ear and started squeezing water into it. OH.MY.GOD. It hurt like hell! I was literally in tears. She finally got this huge clump of wax out (I know, GROSS!) and then stopped. It is a good thing that I'm not a violent person, because I seriously wanted to punch her. I have never experienced pain like that in my life. I still had tears in my eyes when my doctor came back in. She just gave me this look and I said "that hurt like hell!" As she was getting her little ear-looker instrument to jam in my ear she said "you're such a baby." I proceeded to tell her again just how bad it hurt and she took a look in my ear and said "well that's because you have an ear infection." What? Am I 2? Since when do adults get ear infections? Well apparently we do. I was sent on my way with a prescription for an antibiotic and directions to take Claritin-D and Ibuprofen along with it. I also had more pain in my ear than when I went in, and it STILL hurts!
The part that makes me really sick to my stomach is the fact that my poor children have had to endure that torture so many times, and I held them down while it happened. I feel so ridiculously bad for them, and now I know why they scream their heads off when they have to have it done. I also know why they scream all night when they have ear infections. The pain is unbearable. It feels like someone is stabbing me in the ear. I can only hope that the torture my children have gone through with their ears will fade from their memory, because unfortunately, I will never be able to forget that.
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Oh no!! I have another friend that had an ear infection and posted on facebook that she knows why kids cry so much. I hope you feel better soon!
I've always had a problem with ear infections. They suck so much! Hope you get to feeling better soon, dear.
I can't believe your doctors response...how rude! My hubby has to go to an ENT doctor because he has been having ear pain for awhile too...they can't even get him in until June though!!!
Ouch! Sorry to hear your in such pain!! I hope you feel better!!
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bless your heart! i always treated strep throat like it was no big deal...a little sore throat--give 'em antibiotics for a week and its over. that was until i got strep throat for the first time in my life! i thought i would die, for sure. i have a whole new respect for that illness and much more compassion when i hear that someone is enduring it.
hoping those antibiotics kick in quickly and you start feeling better soon!
i get them and got them a ton as a child. but i know what you mean. i got strep for the first time about a year ago and since i had it and understood the pain i don't mess around waiting to see if my kids REALLY could have strep before taking them in
Hehe, if it makes you feel better about the whole wanting to hit the nurse thing...a couple months ago when I was sick, the doctor did a nose swab to test for the flu and it hurt like hell...and I literally pushed the doctor. It was like a completely involuntary reaction and I felt awful and apologized like a million times. Hehe.
Her response was so rude, and I have extraordinarily sensitive ears so I know the pain you're talking about. I feel terribly for you!
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I hope you feel better soon, ouch :(
I'm glad your kids had a good ENT visit, but I'm so sorry to hear about your ear infection! I get them as an adult too (I once had a boss that wouldn't believe me because "only kids get ear infections"--I had to have my doctor write a note) and I've also had to have my ears flushed out and it's TERRIBLE! Like, "is this also used as a form of torture against terrorists?" terrible.
One thing that helps me is to put a really hot, damp towel up to my ear when the pain is bad. It's kind of soothing. :)
Oh how terrible! :(
I hope you're feeling better! That sounds miserable!
My 5 year old daughter was complaining about her ear hurting on Monday well I didn't think much of it. She went to sleep and woke up screaming and I just felt so bad that I couldn't do anything for her. We took her to the hospital and they gave her ibuprofen and amoxicillin. She cried and screamed the whole time we were there and she's the type to never cry. She just kept walkig around and couldn't stay still. I just knew that she was in unbearable pain and I felt like I was going to break down because I couldn't do anything for her. After a day she felt way better. I'm so sorry your children have to go through this pain because they always say it's the worse pain and worse than a tooth ache. I've had plenty of those but not ear aches. Sorry that you had to endure the pain that you did!! Definitely makes you look at ear aches in a whole new perspective!!
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