Today, I discovered that the hearing in my left ear is still good. I haven't been able to hear that well out of it for 2 weeks and I thought I popped an eardrum and waited for it to heal. I stuck a Q-Tip in there to clean it out. Turns out there was actually a dead fly in my ear. For 2 weeks. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, a fly flew into my ear canal and got stuck. It was the most horrifying two minutes of my life. FML
Today, something blocked my ear. I couldn't get it out, so I went to Urgent Care so I didn't pop my eardrums. Turns out my allergies made my ears stop draining. After they rinsed my ears, I can now hear almost nothing. FML
Today, I was taking my earrings out and thought I had lost the back of one. Turns out my ear infection has caused the flesh of my ear to grow around and engulf the back of my earring and it is still stuck in there. FML
Today, I found out that the doctors accidentally perforated my left ear drum performing a routine wax syringing. I was at the doctor's for a completely different reason, having crushed my pinky at the gym. They can't fix either and my finger needs surgery, which can't happen until next week. FML
Today, my excruciating ear pain turned out to be a bastard maggot eating away at all the vital things behind my eardrum. The doctor pulled it out, but I’m now permanently deaf in that ear and can’t balance. I fall if I try to stand or walk further than 5 feet. FML
Today, I went to the doctor's to get a checkup. When the nurse stuck the Otoscope into my ear to look, she was disgusted. When she pulled it out, she told me that I had an ear infection, and that she'd popped a pimple in there by mistake. FML
Today, I was taking a nap on the couch when my 2 year old daughter decided that daddy needed an ear cleaning. With all the grace of toddler-hood, she stabbed me in the eardrum with a Q-tip. Now I can't hear her coming. FML
Today, I discovered that it is possible for bugs to lay eggs in your ears. FML
Today, I was cleaning wax out my ears when my wife came barrelling into the bathroom, desperate to pee. The door slammed right into the side of my head and the cotton swab I was using was pushed all the way in and ruptured my eardrum. FML
Today, my right ear drum ruptured. My family doesn't understand that I only lost hearing in one ear and continues to talk about me behind my back, thinking I can't hear them. FML
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Top comments
drano 0
How would it have gotten in there without you feeling it? Unless you were sleeping o_O still, gross.
IDoNotHaveAIDS 0
OH SHIT! THAT'S ******* NASTY! THAT POOR FLY GOT COVERED IN EAR WAX.
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Comments (187)
jhb33 4
How the hell..?
zequa 14
Same thing happened to me in the 90s. I was on a trip and finally discovered it when I got home.
snapdragon1100 7
You need to clean out your ears mor
agentWallflower 12
Insects in the ear are a punishment in a circle of hell if you ask me. How did you manage to go so long without noticing it? The one time I had a fly in my ear it nearly drove me mad until I flushed it out with some vinegar and water. Either your tolerance is super human or it was dead when it got in there.
tannara 12
That's disgusting. YDI
rougeunicorn03 17
This is why you should clean your ears regularly, everyone.
AnimeRules1125 24
Dat. Is. Nasty. FYL, that's horrible.
kimespinosa 13
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
lovehate8995 9
ew...
ever_enthralled 19
Glad you got it out but in the future you should see your doctor to do that. Q-tips can push wax and debris deeper into your ear and cause you to perforate an eardrum for real!