I currently have an ear infection, for about a week now. Well it started in my right ear, but over the weekend it spread to my left ear. I have antibiotics to take orally, antibiotic drops that go right into my ears, paracetamol and codeine. I am always in pain though, once the painkillers wear off, but I'm only allowed four doses every 24 hours, so sometimes I have to sit and suffer, since night-time is worse so I always keep my last dose for then. Codeine has been really good though, it works pretty fast, I take one codeine with two paracetamol. Plus now both my ears are swollen, so I can't really hear very well. I won't be able to do my volunteer work this week, which is annoying. I was driving over the weekend, but I couldn't do it today. Even then I couldn't hear the engine properly and had to change gears by looking at the speedometer. Well at least I got out for a little bit!
I must also say about my weirdly vivid dreams during this time. One of the side-effects you can get from codeine is hallucinations. Only mine haven't happened during the day when I take them, it's only at night! So I'll wake up crying out in pain, but there's something weird too. Last night there seemed to be loads of plastic around me, and I remember waving my arms around, trying to push it away, and crying at the same time because of the pain of my ear. It was very strange indeed! The other day was bits of fabric or something, and I didn't want them near me, I can barely remember that one though. Luckily I never woke anyone up in our house, despite the fact that I felt like I was being really loud!
Oh, and I met my grandfather for the first time the other day. Maybe I'll do a full post about it once I feel better. I'm just really sleepy at the moment, as my ear pain doesn't let me sleep for long, so I'm always tired!
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