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tigresacanela24
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I went to the doctor on Monday because I
hadn't felt very well for over a week. I
had a mildly sore throat and a
temperature. The doctor told me that I
had an ear infection and if I hadn't come
in I could have ended up completely deaf
in my left ear. As it currently stands
I've actually lost some hearing ability in
that ear and I have to go back in two
weeks to see if the loss is temporary or
permanent and to what extent my hearing
has been damaged. The weird thing is that
my ear never hurt! And I actually didn't
even know that I had a temperature until
sunday because I bought a forehead
thermometer that kept reading my
temperature at 98.5. That freaked me out!
If I hadn't found my regular digital
thermometer on sunday I would have just
kept assuming that I had a mild cold.
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Bridget
Moderator
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OctoberBaby06
Extremely EHEALTHy
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tigresacanela24
Especially EHEALTHy
oh, i'm great now! I had an antibiotic
and I feel well enough to clean up and
hang out on the internet! 
antibiotics are wonderful things. i think
it'll be temporary because yesterday I
could only hear loud noises with that ear
but today I can hear dh when he talks, he
just sounds like he's talking through a
pillow. It's actually given me a much
needed break from listening to him. I
pretend that I can't hear him so he hasn't
said much to me today!
I'm so bad!!
antibiotics are wonderful things. i think
it'll be temporary because yesterday I
could only hear loud noises with that ear
but today I can hear dh when he talks, he
just sounds like he's talking through a
pillow. It's actually given me a much
needed break from listening to him. I
pretend that I can't hear him so he hasn't
said much to me today!
I'm so bad!!
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OctoberBaby06
Extremely EHEALTHy
& I just noticed I typed pretty much the same thing as .B
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hopefulmjz
Extremely EHEALTHy
Yikes! that's really shady that the
forehead thermometers didn't work. I hope
the hearing loss is only temporary....or
when you get your hearing back, it can be
selective 
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Eyes Wide Shut
Especially EHEALTHy
how insane!!!!! I hope it's temporary! I;m sure it is, if it's improving!
I miss you so much, it's insane!
sarah
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