Ear Infection

Last night after work I decided to go to an urgent care center across the street from work to get my ear checked. It had been hurting since Sunday night, just really sore to the touch. Actually, I wasn't sure if it was my ear or my jaw, since I have been clenching my teeth a lot lately. My jaw is actually pretty tired, now that I mention it. Anyway, the doc said I had an outer ear infection and gave me some drops. Well, he gave me some sample drops and then a prescription for the drops, which he mentioned were "god awful expensive." I was hoping to make the sample drops last, but I missed my ear last night when trying to put the drops in and I wasted some of them. Bah. Which reminds me, it's kinda hard to put ear drops in by yourself. Even the directions for the drops say "the person putting in the drops should..." I tried my best to have good aim and I pretty much had to guess what 3 drops were.

I kept thinking that I had never had an ear infection before, but then I remembered that years ago I spent one summer at my aunt's house and went swimming multiple times a day, which resulted in having Swimmer's Ear in both ears. That was not fun and very painful, so it's a good thing I got this checked out early.