deaf in one ear

[presto]

my sinuses have been playing up over the past few days, blocked nose etc.... yesturday it started to spread to my ears which fealt waxy and blocked. but today i woke up and i am completely deaf in my left ear.
been taking 'sinutab' for the past couple of days which has releived it a bit, but it dosn't seem to beclearing my ear.

[Micky T]

Did somebody say summit :doh :doh :geek

[mathare]

Get some eardrops and try some Optrex.

My sinuses are knackered after a few broken nose incidents but I rarely have much trouble with them. Last time I did the doctor suggested I start using Optrex drops and they were awesome.

[presto]

will try them mat, it all started on thursday (got punched on the nose on wednesday night), i don't think my nose was broken, but i think i got some swelling that may have started it off.

[Fadetoblack]

You know Presto...it could be hayfever...my symptoms have been starting to go like that too,

[vegyjones]

Mat, can I hask how you came to have your nose broken on more than 1 occasion? :)

Hopefully not a persons A B and C situation :laugh

[Fadetoblack]

Matt was in the protection racket for a few years.

[mathare]

Mat, can I hask how you came to have your nose broken on more than 1 occasion? :)

Hopefully not a persons A B and C situation :laugh:laugh

Nope, first time when I was a nipper playing in the garden I got hit in the nose and nearly broke it. I suspect it was broken at the time but the doctors weren't convinced. Next time was as a teenager playing football in the park. I got scythed down, got back up and told the lad who 'tackled' me that I didn't really approve of his challenge so he nutted me, cracking me right on the nose. Then one of my brother's mates kicked the crap out of him. And then a couple of years back I did it in again playing 5-a-side football. A great sliding challenge (on astroturf) to win the ball only the guy I tackled was much taller than me and in trying to avoid the tackle and keep the ball he kneed me really hard in the nose.

My nose doesn't go flat to either side like some people's broken nose does. Mine is just slightly crooked after it reset badly the first time it was 'broken'. When I did it the second time the doctors asked if I had broken it before and said according to their colleagues I hadn't. Not what the second set of doctors thought. But the most recent incident just did my sinuses more than my actual nose.

[vegyjones]

Yes, you haven't got an identifiable broken nose!

Not that I spent too long gaping at your facial features when we met! Being a rugged butch East Lononder, grrrr! :D

[mathare]

Being a rugged butch East Lononder, grrrr! :DWhereabouts in East Lonond do you live then Vegy? Near Letyon or are you close to Bwo? :wink

[Fadetoblack]

Vegy hasn't the appropiate weaponory to live in Leyton.

[vegyjones]

I have kebyoard dyslexia! :(

Do you fell good about yourslef do you? Making fun of a person with disabilities! :D

[mathare]

I have kebyoard dyslexia! :(

Do you fell good about yourslef do you? Making fun of a person with disabilities! :DYes :D

[vegyjones]

:laugh

I'm trying desperately hard to resist the temptation to repute you for that! :D

[Littlegaz]

Er - back on topic for a sec - it's Otex, I think. Optrex is for yer eyes, innit?

I'll go away again now. Carry on Vegy.

[vegyjones]

Thanks Gaz,

Please don't post any more serious posts!

More pics of Topless Swedish totty please! :D
Oh wait a minute, the topless one was you :yikes: :puke :D

[presto]

it's a good job the sinutab's are working :)

[mathare]

Er - back on topic for a sec - it's Otex, I think. Optrex is for yer eyes, innit?Could be right there Gaz. What did I use then? :doh

Aha. It was Otrivine (http://www.mypharmacy.co.uk/medicines/medicines/o/otrivine/otrivine_adult_nasal_drops.htm). Nasal drops are quite hard to use I found. They just sort of dribble out again when you put your head the right way up again.

[presto]

well the sinutabs didn't do much :( (mainly helped the blocked nose).
last night i went nearly fully deaf in both ears, and this morning i woke up a little worse than that :( - got a spray for them, but so far it's just resulted in wet ears :( :mad:

[andyp]

Get to the docs, presto mate. They may need to be syringed or checked for anything serious.

[mathare]

Get your boxing mate you are scrapping in a couple of weeks to smack you hard round both ears and see if that helps any :)

[presto]

i know this sound's silly, but the doctors i will rule out - they are just a sad joke. they still treat with leaches and drill holes in the skull to get rid of headaches.

been there several times with my insomnia over the years, to get the advice 'just go to sleep' ;fire - i kid you not. this was after a few 3 or 4 days without getting any sleep (which is hell). or the advice it's normal not to sleep for a few days :doh

last visit was 3 months ago when i had a mole (quite a big one) on my armpit that started to bleed, i just thaught they would inject it with a pain killer and remove it. but no - he tried pulling it off with his bare hands (gave me no warning). blood everywhere but the mole remained, gave it a good 10 or so pulls before giving up. he said i could just as easily have done it myself at home ;fire - i tried and it would not budge. after a few days it went rotten :ermmm and having foul smelling rotten flesh on your body is not nice. took them 2 weeks before they would remove it the propper way :mad:

so you can see why i won't bother with the doctors, it's the same for everyone who goes, no real treatment. and you have to wait for hours even with an appointment.

[MattR]

i know this sound's silly, but the doctors i will rule out - they are just a sad joke. they still treat with leaches and drill holes in the skull to get rid of headaches.

been there several times with my insomnia over the years, to get the advice 'just go to sleep' ;fire - i kid you not. this was after a few 3 or 4 days without getting any sleep (which is hell). or the advice it's normal not to sleep for a few days :doh

last visit was 3 months ago when i had a mole (quite a big one) on my armpit that started to bleed, i just thaught they would inject it with a pain killer and remove it. but no - he tried pulling it off with his bare hands (gave me no warning). blood everywhere but the mole remained, gave it a good 10 or so pulls before giving up. he said i could just as easily have done it myself at home ;fire - i tried and it would not budge. after a few days it went rotten :ermmm and having foul smelling rotten flesh on your body is not nice. took them 2 weeks before they would remove it the propper way :mad:

so you can see why i won't bother with the doctors, it's the same for everyone who goes, no real treatment. and you have to wait for hours even with an appointment.


:yikes: And the say it's grim up north :wink :D

[sparkyminer]

Crikey Presto.:yikes:
Is your doctor black, with a bone through his nose?:D

[presto]

how did you know that sparky :doh

[presto]

well i went to the doctors today.
he confirmed what i already knew (sinousitus in ear) causing an infection and guess what he perscribed?

lets make a game of it - first person to guess what gets some rep :) (cue a rush of vegy answers).

[mathare]

He actually prescribed something? I'm going to say drops like I had. Otrivine type stuff.

[vegyjones]

Rhino Horn!

[presto]

not quite mat - too 'medicinal' for my doctor.

[presto]

Rhino Horn!

nah - thats what he perscribed me instead of viagra :icon_tong :blue

[presto]

clue - it's non perscription.

[vegyjones]

Marouhana

[presto]

that dosn't work sadly :(

[vegyjones]

Crack Cocaine

[mathare]

Paracetamol

[mathare]

Vicks Vaporub stuff

[mathare]

Plenty of rest and lots of fresh fruit

[vegyjones]

Gay sex in the earhole!

[presto]

both way off :doh
answer comming up at 4:30

[presto]

Gay sex in the earhole!

kinky :geek

[mathare]

Cheese

[presto]

Cheese

getting closer - you are more likely to find it in the kitchen than a chemist.

[mathare]

getting closer - you are more likely to find it in the kitchen than a chemist.The missus :doh

[mathare]

Garlic!

[presto]

The missus :doh

but she's not extra virgin :rolleyes:

[mathare]

Olive oil, of course.

Don't do it, it's a horrible feeling

[presto]

correct - olive :censored: oil

well done mat,

[vegyjones]

Olive Oil ain't a virgin either!

She's got history with both Popeye AND Brutus! :mad: The hoare!

[presto]

you sound like you have tried it mat. - was it for medical reasons or for vegys suggestion?


Gay sex in the earhole!

[vegyjones]

Apparently you can play the game of trying to get the semen to drop out of the other ear! :D

[mathare]

Medical reasons Presto - sinusitis. Not at all pleasant. But then I hate having water in my ears too.

If I were you I'd go to your local pharmacist and see what he suggests in terms of over the counter medicine

[presto]

If I were you I'd go to your local pharmacist and see what he suggests in terms of over the counter medicine

that was the back up plan :rolleyes: - fortunately it's next door to the doctors, so picked myself up some pills. think i will give the olive oil a miss.

[John]

At least try olive oil once - if you don't like it, don't do it... but medical, or even non-medical cures aren't meant to be pleasant - that's why they work!

[sparkyminer]

If it's an infection olive oil won't do anything except give you an oily ear. Olive oil is used to break down ear wax, if your problem isn't caused by ear wax, then you're wasting your time.:)

[presto]

the drug's didn't work.
the otex didn't work.
the olive oil didn't..... well try.

so i got them syringed today. - i was amazed at how much stuff came out of my ears :yikes: a 5 second jet of water in each ear and there was enough gunk to make a candle.

i won't be able to tell if i can get my hearing back for a while (till all the water drains out). but hopefully this will work.

[Win2Win]

I get syringed every year....not cos I need it......I enjoy the buzz :laugh

[Vic]

There's an old joke Presto regarding ear wax, knob on the block and a mallet - that doesn't work either.
If you had that much stuff in your lugs you may well find that your balance problem has nothing to do with alcohol, it's Friday - try it tonight, double your intake and see if your balance is any better - all in the cause of medical science:hic