muscle96ss
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Ok, I will try to make a long story short. About 4 weeks ago I started getting/fighting off this damn cold virus that is going around. Around 3 weeks ago it was full blown with fever, cough, nose congestion, ear congestion. A little over 2 weeks ago it was not getting better and for fear of turning into infection I started Cipro. I was most concerned about the ear as it had been plugged solid on the left side only for over a week. Some quick background info, I have been doing sinus irrigation for around 4 years with the Grossan Pulsatile sinus irrigator(like a water pik for the sinuses). I have also been doing rinses for 2 years with a Gentamicin solution from a compounding pharmacy to prevent recurrent sinus infections and have not had a sinus infection since starting. Anyways, all my symptoms were subsiding except the ear was virtually unchanged. 1 week ago I started a Medrol dose pack(methylpred) which gave me about 25% relief and on tuesday I saw an ear specialist who said basically that there was no fluid behind the ears and that it should clear up on its own. Things were getting better through yesterday where I was able to plug my nose and pop my ear and have my eustachian tube open for short durations before it would close back up. Then last night while sleeping, my ear started aching from extreme pressure and we are back at square one where I am extremely plugged up only in my left ear(sinuses and right ear clear now) and when I pop my ear I can still feel a wall behind it and get marginal temporary pressure relief and no hearing relief. Now hear is the wierd part, when I pop the ear if I continue pushing pressure trying to pop it more, I get a whistling sound that is loud as hell at my eardrum and people in the room can hear it as well as say that is sounds like a bird. Now my guess is that the eustachian tube is so inflamed that the air is barley making it through causing a whistling noise but am not sure. Lastly, I use Bipap due to severe sleep apnea and am fearful that the pressure from the CPAP is continuing to irritate an inflamed eustachian tube and not allowing it to heal. However, I need the CPAP or the consequences could be fatal. Anyways, looking for people that have had similar experiences and some guidance on how to solve the problem.
I apologize for the long read but felt there was a lot of pertinent info and this is a very serious situation for me. After what I have been through in my life I would never think that a plugged ear could be so traumatic, but I honestly am at wits end and cannot take this much longer. I can't explain to you how traumatic it really is. I have a great life, everything I could ever ask for but for the past 3 weeks I truly hate life; I have no idea how I have made it thru each day(please don't worry about me doing any harm to myself as I have a 2 y/o and 6 y/o and would suffer through tons more for them). I am starting to fear that this is going to be a long term problem and hope that others experiences can not only guide me to a solution but also give me a little more positive attitude to help me get thru this.
I apologize for the long read but felt there was a lot of pertinent info and this is a very serious situation for me. After what I have been through in my life I would never think that a plugged ear could be so traumatic, but I honestly am at wits end and cannot take this much longer. I can't explain to you how traumatic it really is. I have a great life, everything I could ever ask for but for the past 3 weeks I truly hate life; I have no idea how I have made it thru each day(please don't worry about me doing any harm to myself as I have a 2 y/o and 6 y/o and would suffer through tons more for them). I am starting to fear that this is going to be a long term problem and hope that others experiences can not only guide me to a solution but also give me a little more positive attitude to help me get thru this.