the demon ear (- but not ---) 

It's fungal swimmer's ear. I'm a little freaked out since it's been detected in both ears and I HAVEN'T BEEN SWIMMING but I have spotted little dots of mildew in our air conditioning. D:

Still. The ENT seemed pretty competent, and I've got a follow-up in a couple of weeks. Tomorrow morning I go to the pharmacy, get my prescription (which is essentially a vinaigrette) and become...

Salad Ears.

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re: the demon ear (- but not ---) 

So this is "bad" and it's potentially "long and frustrating battle" bad, but it's also "known issue bad," "probably fairly cheap to treat bad," and "not the massive cholesteatoma and pricey surgery I was braced for" bad.

re: the demon ear (- but not ---) 

@zebratron2084

so antifungal drops and a hair drier or something more?

they didn't make you wear the cone to keep from scratching did they?

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@001zlnv I am astonished it's taken this long for a Martian Empress Cone of Shame joke, especially from @anthracite-- who has shown the PATIENCE OF A BODHISATTVA through all this.

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@zebratron2084 Rrf. Well, glad you have a plan of attack and here's hoping it's the manageable sorts of bad.

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@zebratron2084

It does kinda make sense, though... you're in a more freqvently humid climate, now, and I doubt there's any chance for a dehumidifier in the place?

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