By Fallon

A few weeks ago I suddenly wasn’t able to hear too well out of my right ear. I thought it was extremely strange and aggravating but I waited it out a few days before going into the doctors and finding out what it could be. I thought it would go away because I never had anything like this happen when I didn’t even have a cold.

When I went in I found out that I had some water behind my ear drum which made sense because it really sounded like I was listening to things from under water, so annoying. She gave me some amoxicillin and nasal decongestants even though I didn’t feel stuffy but she said that could help dry out the fluid in my ear and prevent more from dripping back. Then she said if it wasn’t better in a week I should see my regular doctor because she was just an on call doctor in the urgent care area of the building and it can take up to two weeks to be seen by your normal doctor when you make an appointment.

Well luckily after about 2 or 3 days of taking everything I started to feel a lot better and boy was I relieved to have my hearing back! I guess a little infection started in my Eustachian tube because it was not functioning right and so fluid got trapped. It’s mostly common in children but I had lots of ear problems as a child and it can be caused from other things such as allergy or other irritants..

I have an appointment for a physical this Wednesday though. I hate going but it is good to go and get a full check up, blah!