A while back I started feeling discomfort in the ear area while wearing my sunglasses. Now, I do like to wear the bigger, rounder shades as they offer a wider protection area from the sun, so I thought they might just be getting a bit heavy by the end of the day and dismissed the entire thing. These episodes continued to happen. I would relapse, recover  and still I would merely complain to my husband and continue with my day.

This started to change slowly and gradually. Sometimes there was no pain and I would feel like there was something inside my ear. It almost felt like a bug was trying to crawl out!  It seems CRAZY I know, that is the only way I can describe the way this was feeling ( and the way I told it to the Dr.).  The pain moved from the outside cartilage to the inside of the ear and it became difficult to sleep on which ever side was hurting at the time – sometimes both.  Tinnitus also became a daily issue and it was very painful to wear my sunglasses on some days.

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