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[lacierc]

I STILL have water in my ear. I made myself an appointment to see the doctor on Thursday. My mom told me to lie down with a heating pad on my ear. I don't have a heating pad(the cats killed it a few years ago and I never got a new one). She also advised me to put some drops of warm oil in my ear. I'll do that one as a last resort as I'm not too

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[aloha420wsm]

I hope the trapped water doesn't cause an infection. I'll see if I can't find a solution for you.

[aloha420wsm]

This might help you. It's personal opinions, so pick and choose your methods. The general concensus seems to be see a doctor... an ear doctor. I hope your ear feels better!

[lacierc]

Thanks! I think most of the water has drained while I slept. I got the heating pad and I could feel it coming out drop by drop. I was waiting for that satifying gush of warm water and release of pressure but I fell asleep. I have made an appointment with my doctor and I'll see what's going on with my crazy ear tomorrow. I had tubes in my ears when I was a kid(ahem, back in 1985...). Did you have those? I don't think they even do that anymore. Most of the pressure is gone and I can hear again and I think part of it is related to still being congested.

Did your cold ever go full blast or were you able to stifle it with Vitamin C??

[aloha420wsm]

I'm glad it finally drained. I've never heard of tubes in the ears, why did they do it? The only thing I've ever had wrong with my ear is a sudden earache/infection. I woke up at like 2 or 3 am (8th grade-ish) with a HORRIBLE ringing in one ear. I was ready to scream/cry/bash myself in the head, but being the middle of the night all I could do was bury my head in my blankets and wait for it to subside. When I woke up I couldn't hear out of my ear. That sucked.

I guess the Vit C chased the germies away cuz I'm not sick or showing symptoms anymore.

[lacierc]

Yay! I'm glad the Vitamin C killed off the germs. Being sick sucks. I"m almost over it and I'm so excited.

They used to put tubes in the ears of children who got a lot of ear infections caused by water in the ears. It was a short surgery they did where the doctor cut a tiny hold in the ear(not sure exactly where, maybe the drum?),and put a tiny metal thing(tube)in the hole so the water could drain out. The hole would eventually heal and the tube would fall out. The thing they called the tube wasn't really a tube at all but looked exactly like a sewing machine bobbin only much smaller. I wish I would have saved one. The thing was that when you had tubes in your ears you could not get the inside of your ear wet so I had to wear wax ear plugs all the time and remember having to go back to the doctor a lot because I just jumped into the pool without thinking about it.

How scary to wake up in the middle of the night and have a horrible ringing in your ear! I think I would have screamed.