Thanks, guys. It's probably an ear infection, then. *whine*
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Jun 14, 2010 5:13:56 pm PDT #6584 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
beth b - Jun 14, 2010 5:27:01 pm PDT #6585 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
sarameg -- may I suggest the water bottle spray of evil
Beverly - Jun 14, 2010 5:40:21 pm PDT #6586 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Zen, I get earaches once in a while, and my first goal is to keep the canal from swelling shut before I can get to medical care. Because if the canal swells till the walls touch? There's nothing you can do about that.
If you have hydrogen peroxide, dip a cotton swab in that and carefully clean the part of the ear you can reach. With a clean swab, apply ABX cream. Neosporin should work--we use Bacitracin because I'm allergic to the polymixin in Neosporin. Gently pack your ear with cotton--not firmly, but it should block your hearing a bit. Keeping cold air out will help it feel a little better, and if you can use the warm compress or hair dryer on low as well, it will help even more.
If you're not going to the ER tonight and if you're not taking meds that are contraindicated, take aspirin. It reduces inflammation and will help keep the ear from swelling, may even help reduce it a bit, as well as help with the pain.
And even if it's better in the morning, go to Urgent Care or your PCP. Earaches are nothing to ignore. Good luck with it.
sarameg - Jun 14, 2010 5:48:38 pm PDT #6587 of 30001
beth, I don't want to explain carrying a squirter with me everytime I leave the house...
Liese S. - Jun 14, 2010 5:55:52 pm PDT #6588 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee. Could you leave on on your front step?
It was totally hard to hear but amazing and needed to be said. So often no one will acknowledge that anything is wrong, that promises were ever broken, or that cultural identity has been devalued. Just hearing that acknowledged out loud was an unbelievably powerful thing.
beth b - Jun 14, 2010 6:11:42 pm PDT #6589 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
mine sit on the front steps or the hall table
msbelle - Jun 14, 2010 6:24:48 pm PDT #6590 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dear sara,
your neighbors have met you already. the "sara is crazy" ship has sailed.
msbelle - Jun 14, 2010 6:26:10 pm PDT #6591 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
and I say that with love. because I'm nice.
Kat - Jun 14, 2010 6:37:56 pm PDT #6592 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
msbelle, thank you for the clothes! they arrived today. So CUTE.
msbelle - Jun 14, 2010 6:38:41 pm PDT #6593 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh YAY!