# Beck's not hearing voices... but,her ear is bad, bad, bad! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990 "2020-04-03T19:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/1 "2020-04-03T19:11:14Z")
I’m really not a hypochondriac. Really, I’m not. (Hush, out there!!) My upper back was hurting. My head was dizzy. I had nausea. DIL dragged me to my doctor. I most decidedly did not wanna go. Fear of the corona virus, and all. Doc sez I have a nasty ear infection. My ear never hurt. Got shots and eardrops. And pain meds. He sez my ear WILL start hurting! :eek: I’m so relieved. I cannot tell you how relieved I am. I just knew I was dying of something. I can’t take so much good news…oh…um…wait. Really not good news, I guess. I’m still relieved. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/2 "2020-04-03T20:58:09Z")
Sure hope it’s not one of those bugs that burrows into your brain and eats its way across to the other ear. :eek: I saw that on Twilight Zone!! 😃 Hope it’s not too painful. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/3 "2020-04-03T21:05:57Z")
I had an ear infection a couple of years ago that went from “mild ache” to “I’m whimpering in pain and biting my lip so I don’t scream” in about 2 hours. Went to see the GP, got a referral to an ENT and a pain prescription with the instructions, “do not drive after taking” on the bottle. But the ENT appointment was hours away, so how was I supposed to do both? I was so lucky that I have a very bestest friend who drove 50 miles so she could drive me to the ENT appointment and thus I was able to take the pain pill at once. Two courses of antibiotics and ear drops later, it still wasn’t all gone. The ENT actually had to make a small cut in the ear drum to drain the infection out. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/4 "2020-04-03T21:18:43Z")
I’m awake. I felt a twinge of pain when I turned my head. But so far not much change. My head’s still dizzy. That may be normal, I hear. :D. My favorite part was the Corndogs I got afterwards. **FCM** , you’re pure evil 😉 I thought of those things they put in Chekovs ears in that Star Trek movie. Aaaacccckkk! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/5 "2020-04-03T21:30:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I thought of those things they put in Chekovs ears in that Star Trek movie. Aaaacccckkk! > [@Pavel Chekov](#): > > Oh, sir, it was Khan! We picked him up on Ceti Alpha Five… He put… creatures… in our bodies… to control our minds. He made us… say lies… do things. 😃 I hope you feel better soon! No Ceti Ear Worms! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/6 "2020-04-03T21:57:28Z")
**Kenobi!** ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/7 "2020-04-04T00:23:33Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > The ENT actually had to make a small cut in the ear drum to drain the infection out. When I was a wee tyke I had an abscess in one of my ear drums. All I remember is screaming while my father held me down, while the surgeon removed the abscess. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My favorite part was the Corndogs I got afterwards. Corndogs? Don’t you have to protect Lefty? Anyway, hope you’re feeling better, **Beck**. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/8 "2020-04-04T00:27:34Z")
Well, there is pain in my ear. It’s not bad. I took a pain pill after supper. I’m not in too much discomfort. I have a feeling of a echo chamber in my ear. I told the lil’wrekker about that. She cracked up. She now says I have an empty head. I’m so happy my discomfort gives her so much mirth. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/9 "2020-04-04T01:50:28Z")
**Panache** , I’ve had absolutely no salt for 2 months. I figured I’d be okay just this once. I drank 2 bottles of water. The corndogs were incredibly salty. I doubt I’ll have them again, anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/10 "2020-04-04T03:11:35Z")
You’ve got a build up of fluid in your middle ear. That’s what causes the echo chamber effect. Eat something really hard and crunchy (like a French burnt peanut) to get the full effect of the echo. Did you get a decongestant? I’m pretty sure I’ve got an ear infection brewing. But it ain’t worth trading for a dose of the Coronavirus. Until it feels like I have a red-hot knitting needle lodged in my ear, I’ll just maintain for now. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/11 "2020-04-04T03:31:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m so happy my discomfort gives her so much mirth. :mad: I can picture her with a Mona Lisa Smile. Peace, Baby! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/12 "2020-04-04T21:35:53Z")
how DOES he know these things? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/13 "2020-04-07T01:08:55Z")
**Update:** My ear is much better. No fever. Very little pain. And just as an aside: my surgery site is mostly well. Shingles are gone. No more pain. I just need to gain back some strength and stamina. I’m fussing with my family. They just want me to sit in a chair or lie down. I need to move. I realize they are concerned for my safety. Mr.Wrekker is fussing about Mid-daughters cooking of his breakfast. She does some odd things for breakfast. I’ve been loving it. He just wants his sausage and over-easy eggs. Toast and milk. No substitutions allowed. He can be such a butt-hole about his ‘things’ I told him I’m able to get his sausage and eggs cooked in the morning. I typically get up early with the cats. So, I’m down stairs anyway. He was happy to hear that. I’m doing ok people. So happy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/14 "2020-04-07T02:56:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Mr.Wrekker is fussing about Mid-daughters cooking of his breakfast. So you just have a pain in the ass? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/15 "2020-04-07T15:11:27Z")
Were we ever to meet, Beck, you and I could go off and do our mischief together, while Mr Wrek and Mr VOW commiserate over the state of the world in general. (mess with a man’s eggs, that’s heresy) ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/16 "2020-04-07T18:41:59Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Were we ever to meet, Beck, you and I could go off and do our mischief together, while Mr Wrek and Mr VOW commiserate over the state of the world in general. > > (mess with a man’s eggs, that’s heresy) > ~VOW Thankyou ~VOW. I need to get him.outta the house. He’s driving me bat-shit insane. I don’t think he’s been around here this much since his great Gall-bladder removal a few years ago. I doubled his pain meds many times just to knock him out. Yeah, I’m not above drugging my husband. Terrible. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990/17 "2020-04-07T20:04:42Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah, I’m not above drugging my husband. Terrible. 😃 Bad, bad, BAD! 😃 I’m glad to hear that you’re healing well, and starting to get back to normal. Go Team Lefty!