Posted by MichelleInMichigan at beckyj.hris.msu.edu on March 25, 2004 at 10:55:21:
In Reply to: I hate being sick posted by Sinatraking on March 25, 2004 at 10:48:55:
In January my right ear started ringing and I couldn't hear anything out of it. They put me on months worth of steroids, which didn't help much, but he said if I would have went in immediately they may have had a better impact.
I got fitted yesterday for hearing aids and they'll be in in two weeks. Already had hearing loss in my left ear from childhood that I never did anything about. But now that I'm almost deaf in my right ear, I had to cave.
Don't wait on stuff like this. It may be nothing, but it could be serious as well.
: So get this, two Friday's ago I went to the ER. I'm Diabetic, I was running a fever of 102, and my blood sugar had jumped up from 130 to 320 in a matter of 4-5 hours. Hadn't had much to eat. Anyway, the doctor checks me out, and says it looks like Strep, she writes a script out for a Z-pac, and some pain killers for my throat. I finished the Z-pac, and my ear started hurting, I go to the doctor, and I have an ear infection. So they put me on antibiotics yet again. Now 7 days into my 10 days worht of antibiotics, my ear is hurting again, but this time worse. I can't hear a thing out of my left ear. What the hell is wrong with me? Why won't the antibiotics fix it? DAMN I DON'T WANT TO BE SICK ANYMORE!! What's worse is my job only gives me 5 days sick leave each year, and 5 days vacation that has to accrue through out the year. I have allready used my sick days, and it is not even April yet.