TWI Grievous Bodily Harm

[akujunkan]

Oh, you laugh now...but read this.

So, remember how I had a horrendous cold a few weeks back? I spent so much time coughing that my esophagus, nose, and sinus cavities bled, they were so raw. I also ended up with blocked eustachian tubes. For those of you not in the know, this results when fluid gets stuck in your ears until they unblock and drains it away, or causes an ear infection.

Or you until you rupture your ear drums from coughing, and it drains out that way. I tell you, feeling wet on your pillow and turning the light on to see blood coming out of your ear is not fun.

Luckily, I don't have a full rupture--only a perforation(!)--so it will eventually heal on its own. And hearing wind whistling in and out of my ear when I cough, sneeze, or swallow is kinda neat, I guess.

Ears are pretty important to your sense of balance, so when something's off, you'll tend to fall or trip a lot more. This may partially explain how I managed to walk into a corner and fracture the bone in my little toe. It isn't a complete break, so there's not much I can do but keep it immobilised and wait for the swelling to go down. It was black about a week ago; now it's just about 2/3^rd bigger than the unbroken one.

And if the above weren't bad enough, there was the itchy, scummy eye. Now, this was probably just a result of the massive cold. But at the time, we were all worried that it had something to do with the scary bacterial contamination discovered in AMO's contact solution. We currently have about eight bottles of the stuff waiting to be turned in; luckily, we don't appear to have any of the suspicious lots. But wouldn't that have just been the icing on the cake?

Anyway, I'll get around to posting the normal TWIBs and checking regularly as soon as I get my current assignment done.

That will be all.

Comments

[dark-waterlily.livejournal.com]

*speechless*
All I wish is for you to get better soon, and with no more 'surprises'

[bloody-american.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Poor you. I'm glad you're feeling better (you are, aren't you?) at least. *hugs*

And, I a mentioning this because you told me to and for no other reason than that so... yes. Written anything lately? ;)

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

I'm reading this, and with the exception of the bleeding ear & broken toe... oh you know where this is going. Dude, seriously I've been going through the same thing. The ears are the worst. I was ready to stab myself with a knitting needle to lessen the pain on Thursday.

If you get the blocked ear again, chew gum, lots of gum. The jaw movement helps move the gunk out of the canal.

Take care my dear evil twin ;) {{{hugs}}}}

[suriru.livejournal.com]

that sounds tough... or is tough an understatement? x__x;;

my brother experienced bleeding in the ears before... and like you said, it wasn't fun.

anyway, i hope you feel better soon (hugs)

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Belated thanks for the well wishes! I'm feeling much better and my ear seems to be coming along nicely.

[suriru.livejournal.com]

that's good :D let's hope your ear recovers completely soon~ (hugs)