I should have gotten the damn tubes put in when I had the chance!
Ears are pretty uncomfortable and feel "full," with occasional few seconds of a little pain here and there. Hearing is total crap again - maybe even worse than it was before. Feels like about 70% of my hearing is gone.
I've been taking Sudafed now for a couple days*, 2 pills every 4-6 hours (14 pills taken; bought the 48 pack). My left nose seems a bit better right now in terms of stuffiness, but up 'till now has been fluctuant in how clear it is... so we'll see how that goes. It seems a bit more springy on that side, before I think it seemed a bit more hard (or maybe I just didn't press down hard enough due to pain), I don't know if that is actually an improvement. When the other side is pressed on, there seems to be a gap/it dips in, not some sort of springy tissue like on the other side in the exact same position(cartilage?)..... that really has me worried. I'm worried that my nose has collapsed a bit, similar to the way calcium deficiency causes bone loss (although cartilage isn't bone). I haven't noticed this difference until I started having ear and nose problems. Aren't both sides of the nose supposed to be exactly the same?? I don't think I've mentioned this to my ENT. Wearing glasses like I normally would still hurts my nose now and then to the point where I need to remove them, and even causes headaches. Still coughing randomly a lot. Seems like I cough more at night for some reason - got this really disgusting feeling I don't know exactly how to describe. Like I'm coughing mucous. Seem to spit out a lot of mucous in the mornings - Yes, it's completely disgusting.
Was supposed to have another appointment with my ENT in the coming week, but I'm now in-between jobs with another bill I really need to pay, so it looks like I will be canceling that appointment until money is no longer just flowing outward - outlook isn't too good, since I don't know of any managers who actually like to hire people who can't hear. So I will probably have trouble landing a new job because I can barely hear, and I can't have my hearing fixed because I need a new job first.... heh. It's so ironic it almost makes me want to cry and laugh myself to death.... classic catch-22.
*I've only taken it for a couple days because I thought I needed a prescription, and discovered no prescription was sent in - but the doctor wanted me to take the plain Sudafed (no prescription needed). I had some trouble getting in contact with the doctors office (holidays and personal stuff), so I didn't find that out right away.
Last edited by B_in_Florida; 12-05-2014 at 10:29 PM.
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