Re: Re: Well just run me over with at truck

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Carolyn,

It sounds like an ear infection! I never had them

before the past two years - and now it seems that

every spring I get one. Maybe get it checked out,

that's what I finally had to do.

kassia - I hope you feel better soon!

Donna

--- Festival City Concrete <pvisser@...> wrote:

> Kassia wrote:

> > b/c that is how i feel right now.

>

> awwww, so sorry kassia !!! just pick one day next

> week and know

> that you will definitely feel better by then. that

> might help you

> to see it through. at least you got rid of the dh

> for a few days

> and wont have to wait on him hand-and-foot.

>

> personally im having some sort of issue with my

> ear... ive never had

> an ear infection so i dont know what it feels like

> or if this is

> one, but my jaw hurts like heck when i open my mouth

> or eat and the

> area underneath my earlobe and into my neck hurts.

> my ear feels

> funny, sort of stuffy i guess, i cant really

> describe it. i also

> feel tired. ::sigh:: oh well, just another pesky

> pain to add to

> the sore back and ankle. it feels like this old bod

> is falling apart

>

> :*carolyn.

>

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sounds like you might have an ear infection. if you go to the doctor they usually give you drops that clear it up but also numb the pain. they gave the same thing to viola when she had swimmer's ear. hope you get better too. i am feeling a bit better but i think i will lay low exercise wise. if i feel i must do something i always have plenty of denise austin on hand. kassiaFestival City Concrete <pvisser@...> wrote: awwww, so sorry kassia !!! just pick one day next week and know that you will definitely feel better by then. that might help you to see it through. at least you got rid of the dh for a few days and wont have to wait on him hand-and-foot.personally im having some sort of issue with my ear... ive never had an ear infection so i dont know what it feels like or if

this is one, but my jaw hurts like heck when i open my mouth or eat and the area underneath my earlobe and into my neck hurts. my ear feels funny, sort of stuffy i guess, i cant really describe it. i also feel tired. ::sigh:: oh well, just another pesky pain to add to the sore back and ankle. it feels like this old bod is falling apart :*carolyn.

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I must have missed this one. Get better soon Carolyn, hope you get in

to see a Dr. so he can fix you up.

Take care,

Kerry

Donna wrote:

| Carolyn,

|

| It sounds like an ear infection! I never had them

| before the past two years - and now it seems that

| every spring I get one. Maybe get it checked out,

| that's what I finally had to do.

|

| kassia - I hope you feel better soon!

|

| Donna

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Kassia wrote:

> sounds like you might have an ear infection.

thanks kassia and donna for helping diagnose this thing. i still

feel crappy today and dh had some ear drops left over from when he

had an ear infection a long time ago. i got desperate and put some

in my own ear. i dont know if they are going to help, but i figure

they wont hurt. im hoping to perk up a bit later today so that i

can do a stretch workout. i really must do some sort of workout!

i havent been able to workout for the last 4 days on the good

side, this thing has really cut my appetite down to zero... just

thinking about food makes me want to hurl, yet if i dont eat then i

get so hungry that i want to hurl.... so either way, im hurling ! LOL

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Carolyn,

Ear infections often require antibiotics to clear up. I think they can also lead to hearing loss in severe, untreated cases. Please consider seeing a doctor for proper treatment! I hope you'll feel better really fast, no matter what you choose to do!

Re: Re: Well just run me over with at truck

Kassia wrote:> sounds like you might have an ear infection. thanks kassia and donna for helping diagnose this thing. i still feel crappy today and dh had some ear drops left over from when he had an ear infection a long time ago. i got desperate and put some in my own ear. i dont know if they are going to help, but i figure they wont hurt. im hoping to perk up a bit later today so that i can do a stretch workout. i really must do some sort of workout! i havent been able to workout for the last 4 days on the good side, this thing has really cut my appetite down to zero... just thinking about food makes me want to hurl, yet if i dont eat then i get so hungry that i want to hurl.... so either way, im hurling ! LOL:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

I am so sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well Carolyn. Maybe you

should see the Dr. You don't want any lasting effects from this.

Donna, didn't you have a bad ear infection not too long ago?

Take care and get better Carolyn,

Hugs, Kerry

Carolyn wrote:

| thanks kassia and donna for helping diagnose this thing. i still

| feel crappy today and dh had some ear drops left over from when he

| had an ear infection a long time ago. i got desperate and put some

| in my own ear. i dont know if they are going to help, but i figure

| they wont hurt. im hoping to perk up a bit later today so that i

| can do a stretch workout. i really must do some sort of workout!

| i havent been able to workout for the last 4 days on the good

| side, this thing has really cut my appetite down to zero... just

| thinking about food makes me want to hurl, yet if i dont eat then i

| get so hungry that i want to hurl.... so either way, im hurling !

LOL

| :*carolyn.

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Kerry Kramer wrote:

> Take care and get better Carolyn,

thanks kerry... you are just the sweetest gal !

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Kassia and Carolyn, I hope you're both feeling a lot better very soon!

Please see a doctor if this stuff hangs on for either of you longer

than the weekend.

Sending you both healing thoughts,

Tess

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Lethe Loupe wrote:

> Kassia and Carolyn, I hope you're both feeling a lot better very soon!

thanks tess. it is just the strangest thing, ive never had this

before. when you have an ear infection, does it make your jaw hurt?

i cant open my mouth very far and eating on that side of my mouth

hurts. i know it isnt my teeth because i just had a dental checkup

a few weeks ago. the ear on that side feels stuffy though and just

plain weird. headache, tiredness, blah blah blah ::sigh::

i hope that truck hasnt run over kassia yet... hopefully she and i

will be kicking butt again very soon.

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

I'm far from a doctor, but it sounds like some sort of infection is

going on. The pain in your jaw is probably referred pain from your

ear... It could be a sinus infection or something going on with a

lymph gland around your jaw or a salivary gland or your eustachian

tube that connects your inner ear to your throat. (that's the part

that gets blocked and " pops " when you increase your altitude suddenly

in a plane or car.)

The jaw/ear area is packed with busy stuff in close proximity and pain

in one place can spread out to unrelated structures. When I get a

sinus infection, fer instance, my upper jaw teeth on the affected side

ache. Even went to the dentist because of it once...

I'd think if it were a sinus infection, though, you'd have a stuffy

nose, some facial pain and drainage of really nasty, gunky stuff from

your nose or down your throat. If you don't, then it's down to the

ear or some gland near your jaw. Do you have any dizziness? Any

decrease in hearing on that side? Then it's most likely an ear. If

you're not having stabbing pains in your ear, though, I'm betting it's

an eustachian tube blockage... ear infections usually feel like

someone's trying to ram a knitting needle through your eardrum at

intervals. A blocked eustachian tube makes you feel like you need to

make your ears pop, but you can't. There's a feeling of uncomfortable

pressure against your eardrum on the effected side, but no sharp,

intermittant pain usually.

If there's a lump or a hot spot around the hinge of your jaw or down

near the big tendons in your neck, then it could be a lymph gland. A

sore lump around your cheek or in front of your ear may be a salivary

gland.

All this is armchair medicine, though, and you definitely need to see

your doctor asap. Infections aren't good things anywhere, and ear

infections can definitely ruin your hearing. My eardrum ruptured in

childhood from one, and I still have a hearing loss on that side.

I hope you feel MUCH better very soon!

Tess

On 12/9/06, Festival City Concrete <pvisser@...> wrote:

> Lethe Loupe wrote:

> > Kassia and Carolyn, I hope you're both feeling a lot better very soon!

>

> thanks tess. it is just the strangest thing, ive never had this

> before. when you have an ear infection, does it make your jaw hurt?

> i cant open my mouth very far and eating on that side of my mouth

> hurts. i know it isnt my teeth because i just had a dental checkup

> a few weeks ago. the ear on that side feels stuffy though and just

> plain weird. headache, tiredness, blah blah blah ::sigh::

>

> i hope that truck hasnt run over kassia yet... hopefully she and i

> will be kicking butt again very soon.

>

> :*carolyn.

>

>

>

>

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hi tess!! thankyou thankyou thankyou! i know that noone here is

a dr (at least i dont think so!) but i really appreciate your

advice. comments to follow....

Lethe Loupe wrote:

> I'd think if it were a sinus infection, though, you'd have a stuffy

> nose, some facial pain and drainage of really nasty, gunky stuff from

> your nose or down your throat.

no dont have any of that. also i have not had a cold recently.

>If you don't, then it's down to the

> ear or some gland near your jaw. Do you have any dizziness?

not that i have noticed, although now i will be watching for it

especially. i havent worked out much this week though, that is

where i would really see it, i think.

>Any

> decrease in hearing on that side? Then it's most likely an ear.

it feels kind of muffled... i can still hear but it is like there is

a vague sensation of pressure in the ear. it is the pain in the jaw

that had originally drawn my attention.

> If

> you're not having stabbing pains in your ear, though, I'm betting it's

> an eustachian tube blockage... ear infections usually feel like

> someone's trying to ram a knitting needle through your eardrum at

> intervals.

no stabbing knitting needle pains in the ear, however yesterday i

had the urge to ram a knitting needle in there myself and twist it

around... (except i was thinking more of a sharp pencil...lol)

>A blocked eustachian tube makes you feel like you need to

> make your ears pop, but you can't. There's a feeling of uncomfortable

> pressure against your eardrum on the effected side, but no sharp,

> intermittant pain usually.

ah-ha! ok, it seems to be like this!!

> If there's a lump or a hot spot around the hinge of your jaw or down

> near the big tendons in your neck, then it could be a lymph gland. A

> sore lump around your cheek or in front of your ear may be a salivary

> gland.

nope, no lumps.

> All this is armchair medicine, though, and you definitely need to see

> your doctor asap.

yes, thanks bunches tess! im off to google 'blocked eustachian

tube' to see if there is something i can do for it this weekend.

:*carolyn.