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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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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Courtnaayy 0
Better a fly then a giant June bug somebody had in their ear on The Untold Stories of the E.R. Be thankful :]
sappy082996 6
lol I saw that episode. I got so creeped out when I saw it O.o
wpwpwp 0
what is with the bugs in the ears lately?
HAHAHSUCKS4YOU 0
Clean your ears more ..simple as that . Ydi
fallout024 0
OMG. I would have thrown up . on the spot.
k3llyb3lly 0
i got the shivers when i read that.
zee209 0
If you popped your eardrum you would have known right away. Not only can you not hear, but there is EXTREME pain like you've never felt before.
jackiekinz04 0
Uhhh how did you not feel that? haha And that is really gross! I can't even have any insect TOUCH me, if I would have found out that is was living in me, I think for the rest of the day I would most definatly be cleaning my ear, over and over again.
lakeylove 0
I think it's a good time to check your nose! you know if one fly was in there for so long maybe they are some in your nose. take em out before your head is their home sweet home
jessicaherley1 0
HA! The exact same thing happened to me when I was little! but, i didn't find out for like, 2 months, and when I did I was at the doctors office, and he called in all the nurses and other doctors because he found it humorous and then I had to sit and have water squrited into my ear for about 4 hours. oh, man, thats sucks
Squit_fml 16
YDI for putting a fly in your ear.