An Entirely NEW Kind of "Failure"
So, it's been a while. During the wintertime, I seem to suffer from Hibernation Tendencies. I curl up, sleep, and eat my weight in sugary snacks and treats.
And then I turn four and get and ear infection.
Actually, it BEGAN as general stuffiness and popping. Then I couldn't hear well. Finally, it turned into horrific pain that went from my inner ear, down the side of my neck...and straight through my teeth. In all truth, I felt as though I had a demon trying to chew its way out of my skull. Through my GUMS.
I'm the first to admit that my teeth aren't in the best shape anyway. I have hairline fractures in my back teeth, which cause breakage and shattering from the simplest things. Things like biting into an apple wrong, for instance. As a result, this pain was magnified to levels that left me shaking and nearly vomiting 24/7.
I should also mention that, due to a new computer integration at work, my coworkers and I were asked not to take any time off until AFTER THE END OF MARCH. Naturally, this pain began mid-February and increased steadily. I continued to work while in immense pain, but finally had to put the brakes on the insanity.
I stumbled into New Boss' office, with swollen face, black eyes and gasping pain. I mumbled that I was sorry, and informed him that I needed a Doc in the Box, STAT. He raised his eyebrows, nodded, and wished me luck. There was no attitude, no questioning, no badgering. His simple understanding showed me how sick I truly was.
I drove toward home, steeling myself against the pain, hoping that I could make it the additional 10 miles to Goat Town, where the best DITB in the county is located. I drove to the familiar building, only to see that it now housed a specialist for the elderly. Sobbing in pain, I turned down the road towards another town, where a far inferior DITB was located. At that precise moment, Chachi chose to call. It turned out that the DITB had merely moved down the road from its former "home". I had never been more relieved in my life.
I walked in, they assessed me, and declared that, while I didn't have an ear infection YET, I wasn't far from one. I suffered, apparently, from 'Eustachian Tube Failure". Otherwise, if I HAD been four years old, they'd have been prepping me for tubes. AWESOME. They hooked me up with an excellent decongestant, and sent me on my way.
TO WALMART...
...Where I encountered (during my 2.5 hour WAIT) one of the most bizarre individuals I've met to date.
(TO BE CONTINUED....)
And then I turn four and get and ear infection.
Actually, it BEGAN as general stuffiness and popping. Then I couldn't hear well. Finally, it turned into horrific pain that went from my inner ear, down the side of my neck...and straight through my teeth. In all truth, I felt as though I had a demon trying to chew its way out of my skull. Through my GUMS.
I'm the first to admit that my teeth aren't in the best shape anyway. I have hairline fractures in my back teeth, which cause breakage and shattering from the simplest things. Things like biting into an apple wrong, for instance. As a result, this pain was magnified to levels that left me shaking and nearly vomiting 24/7.
I should also mention that, due to a new computer integration at work, my coworkers and I were asked not to take any time off until AFTER THE END OF MARCH. Naturally, this pain began mid-February and increased steadily. I continued to work while in immense pain, but finally had to put the brakes on the insanity.
I stumbled into New Boss' office, with swollen face, black eyes and gasping pain. I mumbled that I was sorry, and informed him that I needed a Doc in the Box, STAT. He raised his eyebrows, nodded, and wished me luck. There was no attitude, no questioning, no badgering. His simple understanding showed me how sick I truly was.
I drove toward home, steeling myself against the pain, hoping that I could make it the additional 10 miles to Goat Town, where the best DITB in the county is located. I drove to the familiar building, only to see that it now housed a specialist for the elderly. Sobbing in pain, I turned down the road towards another town, where a far inferior DITB was located. At that precise moment, Chachi chose to call. It turned out that the DITB had merely moved down the road from its former "home". I had never been more relieved in my life.
I walked in, they assessed me, and declared that, while I didn't have an ear infection YET, I wasn't far from one. I suffered, apparently, from 'Eustachian Tube Failure". Otherwise, if I HAD been four years old, they'd have been prepping me for tubes. AWESOME. They hooked me up with an excellent decongestant, and sent me on my way.
TO WALMART...
...Where I encountered (during my 2.5 hour WAIT) one of the most bizarre individuals I've met to date.
(TO BE CONTINUED....)
posted by rennratt at 4:32 PM
11 Comments:
OMG...how can you leave us hanging like that????
I feel your pain, though, and I do hope you are feeling better by now. My allergies kicked up weeks earlier than usual, right on the heels of a virus. I've had a headache for about 3 weeks. HOpe we are both better soon.
Please come back soon!
Aw, man - 'tis the most suck of sucktown. And makes me feel sorry for you and for my kids when they were little, because they had stupid ear infections all the dang time.
Horrible pain - hope you get all better very soon!
whoops! That last one was me.
Shared computers...sheesh.
Oh, wow. All hurty and then having to spend more than a few minutes in Walmart? Agony. For real.
I hope you feel better soon. And, Walmart is the place to meet all the most nutty nutjobs ever. I love that place!
Ear infections make you feel like you are gonna die.
I never ever had an ear ache growing up, It wasn't until I was in my 40's that I got one. I always thought people were being wussies. I found out otherwise.
And don't keep us hangin' too long. The most bizarre person ever for you must have been truely bizarre.
2 1/2 hours?!? OMG I would have been insane and that's if I wasn't in pain, I have no idea what would have happened if I was in pain and there for 2 1/2 hours.... it boggles the mind.
sounds like "short Eustachian tubes" to me...I suffer the same thing.
Geez! I thought I had a long pause between "To Be Continued..." and "And Now, Back To Our Story...". But that's groovy! Maybe you needed to let your ears recover and stuff.
What about the bizarre individual at WalMart???? The suspense... it keeelllzzz me!!!!
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