Oct 09 2007
In the Past Year
Inspired by a thread at ADL.
In the past year, I have made a bunch of good friends. I got in a wreck and got a new car, experienced the misery that is a cast to fix a broken bone. I met my premature niece, who decided to make her grand entrance two months early, but when I was relatively nearby. I changed jobs a few times and got into one I like, and most importantly I met and moved in with the most wonderful, awesomely best man in the world.
In the past 2 days, on the other hand, I have not been feeling too well. I think I’ve been having a very low grade but persistent upper respiratory infection. Driving over the Sierras last week brought hellish pain to my ears, which is a bit unusual, and today I’ve been having slight bouts of dizziness. I left work early and slept most of the day. The slight stuffiness, fatigue and such I can deal with, the dizziness and ear pain that make me take unpaid time off from work - not so much. OTC decongestants have been helping, and hopefully it goes away soon.
Sorry to hear you’re not feeling well. Sounds like you may have an ear infection, although maybe not if it’s both ears. I guess it could just be a sinus thing. Go to a dr. and get some good drugs.
Thanks, Diesel. It is an allergy-induced ear infection, and I got some really good drugs for it. Giant horse pills, but good stuff.
I have the worst ear infections.
So I know that kind of pain you mention.
Sometimes my ear infections are so bad and I get sooo dizzy I have to hold onto the walls just to get to the bathroom.
At least you weren’t flying - that pain can be 10 times worse in a plane, and it can actually perforate your ear drum.
I hope it gets better soon!
Snoskred
Snoskred - I’m not flying until the end of November, but during our road trip last week, Boyfriend and I drove through the Sierra Nevada mountains, which are over 7000ft (2200m) high. I was in tears it hurt so bad, but it wasn’t until I started getting dizzy this week that I saw the doc.