A part of my recent sickness involves a stuffy and sometimes painful
ear when I swallow. It's like something needs to give. Poking my little
finger in there, and trying to suction out whatever was stuffing up my
ear canal, did nothing to alleviate the problem.
Nor
did poking around inside there with the end of a cap from a red ink pen
that sits on my dark basement lair desk. You know. Those plastic caps
that cover the ball-point end. That stick-like part of it that clips
onto your pocket. It didn't even feel particularly satisfying like when
you sometimes get an ear-canal itch. No. I might even have made the
stuffy-pain issue a tiny bit worse. Plus, it sounded like I was scraping
the burnt off a piece of toast.
I probably shouldn't play a doctor or nurse-practitioner over the innernets. But then again, my treatment plan for the Posterior Tibial Tendonitis
that I had in my left ankle has been a remarkable success! I can walk
normally, without pain. Every now and then, like every night, mainly, I
get a sharp shooting pain right there when I'm minding my own business,
cooling my heels in my OPC (Old People Chair). It also hurts at night,
if I get up without stretching it before standing on it. But I'd say
that I've made a remarkable recovery.
I'm pretty sure I'll get over this cold, and the ear stuffy-pain, too. Just don't butter any toast around me for a while.
What's the name of that tube connecting your throat to your ear canal. Eustachian? Or something like that? That's where the blockage will be, not in the ear itself. The germs from your throat have set up a little nest and will be gone soon after your cold goes.
ReplyDeleteAlso, do NOT poke around in your ear with sharp objects, you will be scarring the ear drum, which is never a good idea.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
ReplyDeleteYes, I think you're right. It will be nice to have some of my balance back. I've been walking like Farmer H drives!
River 2,
Well, to be fair, it's a plastic lid from a ballpoint pen, and not an ice pick...but you're right about the sharp objects, too!
I've heard that you should never put anything smaller than your fist in your ear!!
ReplyDeletefishducky,
ReplyDeleteI've heard that you should never put anything smaller than your ELBOW in your ear! I guess neither of us did, if we can still hear people giving that advice. Somebody needs to tell the Q-tip Cotton Swab company!