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.
Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Ginger - Jun 16, 2014 7:36:42 am PDT #29978 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Sophia Brooks - Jun 16, 2014 7:48:59 am PDT #29979 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
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.
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2014 8:02:58 am PDT #29980 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"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?
shrift - Jun 16, 2014 8:18:23 am PDT #29981 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
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.
brenda m - Jun 16, 2014 8:46:49 am PDT #29982 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hey shrift I just realized that Ecuador will be playing France while we're in Quito.
erikaj - Jun 16, 2014 8:48:56 am PDT #29983 of 30000
If Scooby Doo taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear is real-estate developers.Lisa Simpson
I hate passive aggression so much that doing that to me would guarantee a constant stalemate.
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2014 8:59:51 am PDT #29984 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's the most desirous way to respond to a Kindly Brontosaurus? Blithe and Clueless Ankylosaurus?
Beverly - Jun 16, 2014 9:02:40 am PDT #29985 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
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.
-t - Jun 16, 2014 9:08:10 am PDT #29986 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What's the most desirous way to respond to a Kindly Brontosaurus?
Dinosaur Comics must hold the answer to that somewhere.
Zenkitty - Jun 16, 2014 9:12:33 am PDT #29987 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Maddeningly Indifferent Apatasaurus.