I grew up with chronic ear infections. I have had tubes in my ears a handful of times and my ear drums burst 3 separate times. I remember one of the times was while being on the beach before a huge storm came in. It was perfectly windy outside and when we got back on the car to leave, the sudden shift in pressure ruptured my ear drum.

As an adult I have been told I have what looks to be a hole in my ear drum that’s not healing. We later found it is a deflated ear drum. There is a way more technical term that I do not know. All this scaring has caused 30% hearing lose.

Fast forwarded many years and I have had zero ear infections. Every once in a while I will have the start of one but with I haven’t had to go to the doctor. I pray for healing and use essential oils and within a day or so I am pain free again.

Today though, I am in tears because of ear pain and super frustrated at myself for not going to the doctor earlier this week. I don’t like to take RX so I avoided it. I am now regretting it.

I obviously didn’t plan to write out my whole ear pain history 🥴but it is basically all I can think of and I needed today’s writing to happen 😏

This picture was taking yesterday, when I had no ear pain 😒