Cordelia ,'Showtime'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I don't think you ruptured it, Ginger. You could have had something like a zit in there -- that's happened to me, too, and it's awful.
If it were me, I wouldn't go to the doctor at this point, but I am a "wait until it's really bad" patient, so take that with a grain of salt.
Rather than alcohol for ear-swabbing, I use a dab of cortisone/anti-itch cream. Eczema inside your ear canals sucks.
I see my oncologist tomorrow. I suppose I could ask him to look in my ear one more time, although most specialists seem pretty clueless about things outside their specialties.
I don't think you ruptured it, either, but in my case, rupture has always lead to drainage and relief of symptoms. I have also had many, many boils in my ear, and they are painful, itchy, and have blood when they burst.
"Umbrage" is a synonym for "high dudgeon." "Pique" and "huff" aren't bad either. As an author, I wouldn't know where to go. So much fun.
Unrelatedly, is there a real word that means unrelatedly?
I just had to duck out of a meeting because my mom was calling me. In the middle of the day. When I'd just talked to her last night. So I was all "WHAT'S WRONG?" when I took the call, and it turns out that I got baby-dialed by my one-year-old niece.
Hey shrift I just realized that Ecuador will be playing France while we're in Quito.
I hate passive aggression so much that doing that to me would guarantee a constant stalemate.
What's the most desirous way to respond to a Kindly Brontosaurus? Blithe and Clueless Ankylosaurus?
Ginger, if you have an ear syringe, you can gently flush the ear with a solution of peroxide in warm water, or dilute warm salt water. The warmth will feel good, the flush will rinse out any solid particles that might further irritate or itch, and the salt or peroxide will help disinfect. Follow with a dab of cortisone or bacitracin, or neosporin if you tolerate neosporin.
And I've done similar, embarrassingly frequently, but with no puncture. I do have a disposition to ear infections, though, and I gently pack an injured ear canal with cotton, in case of swelling. Had one swell shut once--never again. Packing was my doc-at-the-time's advice, and it's always helped. Funny hearing for the day or two it takes for the infection to clear, but worth it.