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Help! I Can’t Hear!

About ten days ago, my right ear just went bust. It either will never work right again or is just filled with snot. My doctor thinks it’s just filled with snot. He gave me a prescription for an antibiotic (two pills each day to be taken with food) and the Nasonex nose spray (two sprays in each nostril every morning). I have since taken all the pills and have squirted the Nasonex for a week solid.

And still–I get nothing from my right ear.

I tried to listen to this over the weekend. It was like listening through a paper bag. A wet paper bag filled with snot.

I have since given up listening to anything but NPR. Does anybody have any remedies that may save my right ear? I can’t take NPR much longer.

3 Responses to “Help! I Can’t Hear!”

  1. casey Says:

    Remember the other day when I accosted you at your workplace? Maybe not. Anyway, I mentioned that my ear did the same thing a while back. It SUCKS, especially for music writers/musicians. Unfortunately, it’s a chronic problem for me.

    My typical remedy is to complain alot and take way too much Claratin.

    One time I was prescribed Nasonex. Keep sniffing — it should work eventually. In the meantime, pretend you’re Brian Wilson.

  2. me Says:

    i remember pouring hydrogen peroxide into your brother’s ear one time. didn’t work.

  3. Citizen Mom Says:

    Try listening to Norah Jones. It’ll make your ears bleed, if nothing else.

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