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lunadelcorvo) wrote2025-02-06 12:11 pm
lunadelcorvo) wrote2025-02-06 12:11 pm
Oh, my head!
About seven years ago, I was in and out of the hospital for a month on account of, of all things, an ear infection. It was a doozie, no question. That sucker tore right through most of my outer ear, worked its way through the labyrinth, and stopped just short of the cochlea. I lost a good chunk of bone to that beast. I also lost roughly 90% of my hearing on one side.
I mention this because today I realize the loss of 90% of my hearing on one side was not nearly enough.
You see, we often have to cover classes for out-of-school teachers. For me, on this day, that means I am sitting in a large room with two dozen beginning band students and as many instruments (from a tuba to drums and everything in between) ineptly (if earnestly) blatting at me and I cannot describe the headache.
My nerves are already frazzled to the very edge, and never have I wished more sincerely to be fully, completely deaf.
I mention this because today I realize the loss of 90% of my hearing on one side was not nearly enough.
You see, we often have to cover classes for out-of-school teachers. For me, on this day, that means I am sitting in a large room with two dozen beginning band students and as many instruments (from a tuba to drums and everything in between) ineptly (if earnestly) blatting at me and I cannot describe the headache.
My nerves are already frazzled to the very edge, and never have I wished more sincerely to be fully, completely deaf.
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I think I have had dexamethasone, and it packs a punch. If I recall, it didn't set too well with me either.
What made my 'incident (?)' so weird was:
A) I had been having weird jaw pain for months, that neither my primary doc not a dentist could ever pin down. I am convinced that monster was just percolating away that whole time - eugh!
B) When it finally did make itself known, my eardrum burst. First, eeew. Second, barf. Third, pain! Then I spent hours clinging like a barnacle to the side of the bathtub, utterly unable to even crawl away without such nausea that my stomach tried to leap out of my throat. It was ghastly! The paramedics had to basically frog-march me out by the armpits to the ambulance, with me retching the whole way. Thankfully it's sort of a blur...
C) When I finally got it semi-sorted and was sent home, I started seeing paralysis in half my face. I went back in, had a tube inserted in my eardrum, right in the office, wide awake (1/10, would not recommend) and was shuttled back into the hospital again.
D) A small army of specialists later (apparently no one had ever seen an ear infection of this magnitude; I may have been turned into an article at some point), I was back home, and then had an 'exploratory surgery' just to make sure everything was all as it should be. That wasn't so bad, but the anesthetic they used left me with such muscle pains I couldn't walk for days.
It was a wild ride.
My ex teased me (once it was all safely in the rear view) that I just couldn't ever do anything the normal, simple way...
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