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Anyone had suffered from tinnitus before ? At this moment, I am still not sure if I am having tinnitus, pardon me for lacking of such knowledge. I tried to search the Internet to find out what is tinnitus and I got the answer as ” Tinnitus is a ringing, swishing, or other type of noise that seems to originate in the ear or head”.
Well, based on the above sentence, I think I am having Tinnitus but for every consequence, there must be a cause and I believe it started about one month ago. I suppose you understand that when we want to answer our cellphone with hands free, there is a set of earphone for us to pluck into our ear. This earphone normally has a piece of “protector” attached on it. I lost them for about a week but did not buy a new set to replace. Soon after that, my ear started to feel itch for few days. I took it easy and subsequently, it became swollen. By now, most of us would go to consult a doctor to have some antibiotic medicines but I still did not do so. Another few days passed, the swell subsided. I thought everything was back to normal but it was not !
Soon, I could hear buzzing noise inside my ear, I thought it was due to the water that have flow inside when I took my shower the other night. Again, I was wrong, the buzz did not disappear and I felt very irritating. Then only I went to consult a GP.
She examined my ear using an otoscope and later prescribed me an ear drops and1 pack of C-Flox 500 that contained 10 tablets.
I took the medicine until I found out that this C-Flox actually is used to treat infection for lungs, skin, bones and joints, kidney and bladder, prostate and bowel and it does not work against infection caused by virus such as flu, colds or fungi. By that time, I have taken 9 tablets and my ear conditions did not show any improvement.
Less than a week after consulting the GP, I started to have fever and went back to the same GP again. She checked my temperature and it was 37.4 Celsius. I also told her my ear condition and she wrote a letter to refer me to a specialist of my choice, I chose one private hospital that is near to my house, the one where my mother had admitted before she passed away in 1996. In addition, she also prescribed me FEDAC and Carinox tablets.
Fedac Carinox
I got a medical leave on the same day and I went to the hospital while on my way home to see one of the ENT specialist there. Upon examining my ear with otoscope, he said there was water inside and he needed to suck it out. Using a tiny metal tube, he slowly inserted it into my ear and guys, I can tell you, this is no good ! It was painful when the tube reached deep inside my ear, yet he could not do the suction due to my pain.
You know what next ? Immediately, he asked me to do a minor surgery to suck out the water tomorrow morning and he also wanted me to stay in hospital for a night but I rejected because the medical bill would definitely be high and I did not see any reason for me to be admitted since he said it was only a minor surgey, which took only about 1 or 2 hours. He also asked me to sign something like “consent letter” on the spot, explaining it was a standard procedure prior surgery.
Can I say it was my ignorance or my stupidity that I did not seek second opinion before I went to the so called “minor surgery” ? The “surgeon” has repeatedly told me to come on time because he would put me as first patient in his list on that D-day. He also emphasized to me that my condition was not very bad and need not be worried. I took it for granted, thinking to end all this quick so that my life would go back to normal. It really affected my daily life for having such an irritating noise inside my ear. To continue …………..
