My right ear has completely lost contact with the Mother Ship.
I've been battling this cold I got from my mom and it really hasn't been too bad. Day one was a little stuffiness which I attributed to allergies (nope). Day two was rotten and lousy when the cold took up residence in my throat. Day three perked up--the throat became much better and I just had a stuffy feeling in my head. Was finally able to drink some wine on day three (yesterday). And then came last night. While blowing my nose, I popped my ear (like you do on the plane) and it got permanently stuck there. Then the cold moved in. Just in my ear. It throbbed and ached all night despite Nyquil, and it was so bad I couldn't even sleep on my right side because the pressure was too much. Finally some ibuprofen took the edge off and I got some sleep. I'd hoped it would drain but no luck.
I can't hear a freakin' thing.
And I have that weird kind of off balance feeling you get when one of your ears has gone out of commission. I guess I should be thankful that my left ear is unaffected, but this single side thing is driving me crazy. And it still hurts a lot. Hopefully being upright will help it out today.
I wonder what tomorrow will bring.
Posted by Shelby at August 20, 2004 02:21 PM