SERIOUSLY??!!!
Ok. Let's preface this with: In reality, I'm SO grateful. Grateful for my husband and grateful we finally figured it out. Now- on to this craziness...
I've been struggling for a few months (like 3-5) with recurring infections; debilitating pain in my jaw, ear, and neck; swollen lymph nodes; swelling in the right side of my face and neck; a breakout that kept recurring on my right cheek (I don't GET pimples!); etc, etc, etc.... I've been on antibiotics a few times, which seems to clear it up for a short period of time, but then the swelling, the breakout, the EYE INFECTION, the sore throat, the irritation in the ear, then the swollen lymph nodes, which are followed by pain in my jaw and shooting pain at the ear... and of course the energy knockout that goes along with it.
So... I asked my husband to look at my ear drum in preparation for another televisit for more meds before I can get to my Dr next. I asked him to take a pic, which he was having a hard time with, so he did a video. (I'm familiar with infections and what they look like in the ear drum and he's just learning.) It gets clear for a second and I see this hair sitting across my ear canal. I've been wondering if there's one in there because it's uncomfortable from time to time, but unable to get it thus far... so I ask my husband to remove it.
Instantly, my ear felt better. The next day, the swelling was down a bit, the sharp pains were nearly gone. The next day? Even better. I still took some ibuprofen for a few days, but a week later all symptoms have ceased.
IT. WAS. A. HAIR! I'm dying for months and my system is going haywire due to a fricking HAIR!
So.... if you ever have a system wide failure radiating from an area of your body, look for something weird that could be causing it. It might save you a lot of pain and time and suffering. 😩😮💨