Pardon what did you say? I’m sorry i’d ask you speak louder but my ears are on vacation.
That’s my new phrase nowadays and one that I use – oh at least a thousand times a day. Â “Sorry what was that? I didn’t catch that. I didn’t hear what you said.” Â In fact, I haven’t heard anything out of my right ear since before Christmas and I’ve tried everything. Â I have plugged ears from a sinus infection.
It started when we all got the flu.  I knew right away it was going to turn into something worse for me, it always does.  I either get bronchitis or I get a sinus infection.  I was hoping for the bronchial thing, but no way in hell I was gonna get a Christmas wish like that.  Nope, the gods of sickness decided — sinus infection all the way.
So there I was over the holidays, feeling miserable, practically living in my pajama’s (not that) being sick had anything to do with it. Seems lately I’m always living in my pajama’s. Who needs clothes? Â Right? Â And I was trying to do everything I could to clear my sinuses and the water – feeling I had in my ear.
I tried hot compresses.
I tried a heating pad.
I tried strong cough candies.
I tried Vicks Vapor rub.
I put my ear over boiling water and hung my head there several times a day.
Nothing was working!
Finally I caved in and went to the medi-clinic here in Abbotsford. I ended up getting antibiotics. Â I started taking them and finished taking them, and nope. Still my sinuses are blocked (somehow) even though now I can breath easier. Â So back to the doctors I went.
This time the doctor gave me a nasal prescription. Â Guess what? Â It’s not working! Â I’m ready to bust a cap in someone’s you know what. Not that I believe in violence, because I’m a mom – violence is terribly wrong. Â But I cannot stand this anymore.
Today I woke up with the worse sinus headache ever! Â The pain shot right through the back of my skull, toward the front of my face and into my eyes. Â It was truly horrible, and for all those people who suffer from headaches (cause I don’t) on a regular basis. Â I am bowing down to you and weeping for you and the pain you go through. Â It’s absolutely horrible!
I don’t know what to do.  My doctor now says it could be months and months before I get in to see an ear, nose and throat specialist.  I don’t know if I can go that long without hearing.  I worry that the water he says is behind my ear drum might be causing permanent damage, and if it is. EVERYBODY IS FIRED!
I really do hate this. Not only is it affecting my ears, but I’m so damn tired lately. I feel sick, but most of the symptoms have gone away, except for the hearing thing. Â Well — that and I’m friggin blowing my nose every two minutes for parts of the day and then other parts of the day I can breathe just fine. Â It makes no sense to me.
I never understood (yes I took for granted) something as simple as being able to hear my kids laugh, cry or talk to me about their day. Â I mean I can still kinda hear, but not great. Â Mostly everyone is speaking and see their lips moving but NO SOUND.
What do you think? Any suggestions? Have you ever had a really bad sinus infection with plugged ears?
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I get ear and sinus infections all the time. But it has now been quite awhile since I had one. I started using Breath Right Advanced Nasal Strips when I sleep, they seem to open up my nose and it lets the fluid in my ears drain. The doctor also told me to run a cool mist humidifier in the bedroom every night, and it helps. You might also go the pharmacy and ask for Sudafed, it really helps to open the ears and make them drain.
I’ve had numerous sinus infections and they always plug up my ears. Colds always plug up my ears too. I have found that doing sinus rinses a couple times a day (the one with the squirt bottle, not tea pot style) really seems to help. They will irrigate your sinuses and hopefully clear them out which will allow your ears to open up. It’s worth a try if you haven’t tried it yet.
Try Garlic, my kids used to get ear and sinus infection every month.. along with allergies.. I finally got them off their allergy shots with garlic. I take 4-6 a day myself to keep the sinus away, it is loaded with vitamin B’s and you can not overdose on it. It will help you with energy and if you drink a lot of caffeine drinks you body uses up the vitamin B’s and this is a good way to keep your body stored with them.. Don’t get the Garlique or store brands.. go to health food store and get the Kryolic brand, you will not smell in on your breath or burp the garlic.. and very easy on the tummy. I give the little ones 1-2 daily, depending on if the allergies are acting up.l
I have never heard of that. Move over garlic here I come lol
Find a local chiropracter. They are trained not just for spines but every area of the body. Mine will do a ‘massage’ on my face and skull that loosens the sinus passages. Be prepared though. I went to him after nearly 2 months of suffering from a sinus infection that did what yours is doing. Round after round of antibiotics failed over and over. He began at the base of my skull with tapping and massaging the passages we often ignore, working his way to my face. He warned me that when it finally let loose I would need to be somewhere stable and safe. I was sitting in the passenger side of the van as my husband ran in to leave his work an excuse. Suddenly I felt as if someone dumped a whole gallon of water in my face. I grabbed a tissue and blew ONE SIDE of my nose. That was all it took, my sinuses literally DUMPED in that one good blow and the van began to move without me. I did that over and over for the next hour and then it was done and so was the sinus infection. Plenty of water and a chiropracter..
Thank you so much Angel for those suggestions. I don’t have the money to go see a chiropracter, though I will look into it.