Before I get all workout crazy, I guess I gotta get myself healthy, as in, not so sick I want to die, first.

On Tuesday night I was running around town taking care of some errands, and having a good time with SisterKaty when my right ear started to hurt.  I’ve been battling this crazy sinus infection for about a week now, and my ear felt “closed” on and off, but I figured that was just cause all that congestion , right?  About two hours after the pain started, it became severe pain.  Ice picks in my ear is what it felt like.  Death.  Sharp stabbing death to my ear, I thought I was going to die.

After trying hot socks with salt and taking some Aleve to no avail, I finally asked Zack to take me to the UrgentCare that’s right down the road.  I’ve never been so grateful in all my life that I live in the hospital district.  When the doctor came in to see me, he looked in my ear and said, “Woah.”

“Woah,” is NOT a word that you want to hear your doctor say.  Even if my ear did hurt so bad, it felt like ripping it off would be a good option– you still don’t want to shock a medical professional.  They gave me some ear drops that were supposed to help with the pain (but didn’t), took x-rays of my head and chest to see how bad the congestion was (real bad) and then came back with a shot for the pain.

A shot! For ear pain!  I couldn’t believe it. He gave me what he called “the sledge hammer” – a shot so fierce that 15 minutes later, when I was walking out of there, Zack literally had to assist me out of the building and into the car.  I had to have help walking up the stairs in the house, and I went to sleep. for 12 hours.  Solid.

So 3 days and 4 perscriptions later, I’m feeling better.  The icepick-in-the-ear seems to be a thing of the past, though I still have no hearing in the ear,nevermind the constant ringing noise.  And because it’s dangerously close to TMI, I’ll just say this: the decongestant that he gave me is working like a champ.  Seriously.

Needless to say, I haven’t used the gym membership yet.  Next week is “free class” week.  You gotta get exctied about free Yoga classes, don’t you?