I pray the Lord heals you up, and gives you peace and energy as well.

Brad


At 09:22 AM 1/23/2004 +0000, carol pearson wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Well, as Phil thinks everyone may want to know and I'm not really feeling
>much like typing just now, I am giving everyone an update on the situation
>with my ears rather than writing individual messages.  (Feel free to press
>DEL if you wish!  <SMILE>)
>
>Yesterday was the fourth appointment in just less than a week.  I saw the
>doctor I'd seen first, which is the one I'm not so keen on.  She confirmed,
>what I already suspected, that this appeared to be another eczema attack
>(not too usual in ears).  It's not a usual form of eczema either but a
>variant which I get on my legs from time to time.  Even on my legs I can end
>up with ulcers, so can understsand why the ears get so painful.  Anyway,
>again she gave me the usual treatment - a clean and then inserted another
>wick to open the very swollen and narrow ear canal.  (Ouch!!)  Well, she
>made it clear that if this wick fell out (not because of the swelling going
>down but for any other reason) then I was to go straight back.  It fell out
>yesterday soon after I got home and when I removed the cotton wool, as she
>just hadn't got it in far enough.  (Only one doctor out of four has managed
>to do this successfully so far which is not surprising because of the
>swollen and narrow ear canal.)  Anyway, I made a decision not to go back
>until my next scheduled appointment which is Monday.  Meantime I'll just
>press on with drops and cotton wool.  I just feel it's an awful waste of my
>time and energy (when they can't keep it in anyway) and I have to get
>someone to take me which isn't easy.  Meantime, I still have quite a hearing
>loss in that ear and am not totally convinced it is going to recover.  That
>is something I'd like people to pray about.  Most of the pain has gone, as
>long as it's left alone, I'm glad to say.
>
>I am still feeling very physically low after the intake of so very many pain
>killers over the week, together with strong antibiotics, which followed
>quickly upon two doses from the dentist.  Truthfully, I don't want to do
>very much right now and have lots that wants doing.  Sometimes we just have
>to get up and shake ourselves and move on, but we have to know that time has
>come.  I am thinking of a short shopping expedition (for something I need
>and like) to achieve this and make me feel more normal again, but as yet
>don't feel I can quite make it.
>
>Well, there's my update.  If I'm not posting much then you know it's just
>that I can't get down to it.  Yes, even the computer is a bit of a "No, no"!
>
>Thanks for any and all prayers coming my way.  I really do appreciate them!
>
>
>--
>Carol