Some days you just have to take care of yourself. And by that, I'm talking about being sick. I hate not feeling well. And I've not been feeling well for about a week now. It's just this crud that has been going around that lingers and lingers and moves around the body and lingers some more. I have tested multiple times this week for covid and they're all negative. Whew! Still, it sucks not really knowing what's wrong.
I have had definitely sinus pain and congestion, so I have been taking medication for that. And for the most part, it seems to have helped. But yesterday, I woke up very early to pain in my left ear. And it was completely stopped up. I could not hear anything out of that ear. The sinus pressure had moved over into my ear. What fun!! It took me awhile to get back to sleep but I eventually did. I had not desire to go ahead and get up at 4:00 a.m. on a Saturday! But every time I would sleep with that left ear on the pillow, I could hear the drainage moving around and tingling. Oh, joy!!
When I woke up again, my ear was still stopped up and I had some sinus pain, so I took meds again. And that helped. I did a few hot towel treatments on my face which also helped....and felt pretty good as well! My day was pretty much normal even though I have these sinus issues. Still, I slept pretty good last night but had a surprise waiting for me when I woke up.
Whatever was sloshing around my ear canal decided during the night that it no longer wanted to be in my ear canal LOL I woke up to a wet ear and a wet pillow. I won't go into the details, but I couldn't actually tell what it was. I wasn't freaked out about it; it was just unexpected because I has slept well. Anyway, I kept debating whether or not to go to the urgent care and get it checked out. I ended up going because I wanted to make sure that my eardrum had not busted, and I wanted to make sure that this would not affect my upcoming colonoscopy. So looking forward to that one. Luckily, everything was pretty good and this simply happened from some irritation due to the pressure. Still, they prescribed me some medication to alleviate the sinus pressure, which will be nice.
I'm writing about this today because going to the doctor when I'm sick is not something I normally do. I will wait and let things play out and if they get really bad, then I'll go. But this morning I decided not to be a martyr. It was time for me to take care of myself and do what is best for me. This could have potentially been something that needed attention. Luckily it was not. But I am happy that I went and got it checked out and can rest easily now.
That is all.
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