An ear infection that either was staph or turned into it, requiring an ear to be reconstructed, a new ear drum, ear canal reconstruction, and the mastoid bone removed. There was a very real concern from the doctors that it was going to get into my brain. They cut my ear off of the side of my head, did the work, then sewed it back on. 10/10 for the doctors that did the treatment and fixed it all. -1000/10 for the different unrelated doctor that let the infection get that bad.
A 4mm kidney stone making its way out.
An ear infection (same ear as above) where the ear canal swelled shut, and the ENT and his staff held me down in his office on a table to force a wick into it to make the meds able to get into it.
Even though it was 30 years ago, the ear infection (prior to the reconstruction) is what I remember most vividly.
There’s a pile of them.
An ear infection that either was staph or turned into it, requiring an ear to be reconstructed, a new ear drum, ear canal reconstruction, and the mastoid bone removed. There was a very real concern from the doctors that it was going to get into my brain. They cut my ear off of the side of my head, did the work, then sewed it back on. 10/10 for the doctors that did the treatment and fixed it all. -1000/10 for the different unrelated doctor that let the infection get that bad.
A 4mm kidney stone making its way out.
An ear infection (same ear as above) where the ear canal swelled shut, and the ENT and his staff held me down in his office on a table to force a wick into it to make the meds able to get into it.
Even though it was 30 years ago, the ear infection (prior to the reconstruction) is what I remember most vividly.