Ear Raisins
So, I’ve come back with an appointment with my primary care physician, Dr. Fountain-of-Youth-Face. Ususally, these are really brief, under a half hour. Today, was a little longer because I mentioned to my doctor that my psoriasis had spread to my ears.
This caused him to take that little ear doo-hickey out and look in my ears.
You Know It’s Bad When…
There are some things you never want to hear your doctor say during your appointment. Perhaps the “c” word is the worst (I mean “cancer”, of course) but this comes a close second. Whenever the doctor is peering through a bodily orifice you can’t see, you NEVER want to hear him gasp and say:
“Oh…Gawd…”
He then advised me to have an immediate earwax cleaning, which his office assistant would be happy to provide right that second. I said yes. I figure if any doctor is willing to do something immediately, it must be bad.
As it turns out, the psoriasis in my ear went down into my ear canal. This caused a heck of a lot of irritation in the walls of the ear canal. He called it “like an irritation in the oyster” only I didn’t have pearls in my ears. These pearls may be one reason why I’ve been having what I assumed were sinus headaches (although they would not affect the migraines).
The Cleaning
I got ice-cold oil that looked suspisciously like Peto-Bismal dripped into my ears. Then, I had to wait 15 minutes shuffling through pages of WebMD hoping my brain wouldn’t explode. Then, it came time to squirt warm water into both of my ears.
Something popped out. “Wow,” she said, “That was a big one.”
My curiosity got the better of me. I asked to see it. Big mistake.
I looked down and saw a nearly black fuzzy cosmetic cotton ball sized glop that closely resembled a drowned bumble bee. How the heck could that have FIT? As my eyes widened, the nurse smiled and said, “We call them ear raisins.”
I will never be able to eat raisins again as long as I live.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
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