Several days ago, I woke up and realized that I could no longer hear anything out of my left ear. I immediately banged my head against the pillow, thinking that there was something stuck inside. It felt a lot like when your ears get clogged in the swimming pool. Anyway, it didn’t work. Then I got up and started to think what could be wrong. It would have been very easy to freak out, but I did my best to stay calm.

Staying calm is not an easy thing to do when you have Lyme disease. The infections systematically sabotage your nervous system and destroy your inhibitory powers. Nevertheless, I was able to stay fairly composed. I had been through so many frightening health episodes to know that somehow and someway, I always get through them.

“I see no way, but He sees.”

Of course, I was particularly worried that this hearing loss could be more than just a simple clog. Lyme disease is frequently known to cause hearing loss, and so my worry was aggravated by considering that possibility.

I researched on the internet and reflected on the knowledge I had about hearing loss, and I concluded that there were four main possibilities:

1. Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD) is condition that basically means your jaw muscles and ligaments are all messed up, and it hurts. Strangely enough, a problem stemming in the jaw can sometimes cause hearing loss. I have plenty of jaw problems (just one of the literally hundreds of complications of Lyme disease), so I thought this could be possible.
2. Infections can cause hearing loss. This option was even more suspicious due to the fact that I know myself to be taken over by a number of raging infections.
3. Compacted earwax. This also made sense, as I intuitively felt like there was some physical obstruction.
4. Physical damage to the ear. I didn’t have pain, and actually, I realized I still had maybe 5% of hearing in the ear, so I didn’t think this was likely.

Knowing that the only one of these options I could quickly do anything about on my own was compacted earwax, I researched ways of clearing out the ear on the internet. After that, I posted on a number of Lyme and ear related support forums, and got other people’s opinions. Many Lyme sufferers responded indicating that they had hearing problems. This was discouraging. However, many non Lyme sufferers indicated that they have had clogged ears in the past, and solved it easily. These peoples’ comments also confirmed what I had believed would be the best way to clear out a clogged ear at home:

How to unclog an ear
(I wonder if this is on Lifehacker?)

It simply involves water, an eyedropper, and hydrogen peroxide- all of which I already had at home. I decided that I would try unclogging the ear at home using this method. Then I thought, “Well, let me at least go see the doctor really quick, and if all he does is refer me to an ENT specialist, then I will go ahead and try this.”

So I saw the doctor, and sure enough my ear was clogged. Then the nurse cleared it out using this exact same hydrogen peroxide method! And presto, I had my hearing back. It seems though, that I could have saved a few bucks by staying home and doing it myself.

Nevertheless, I was pleased that I had “shined” in the midst of my own little adversity. I had proven to myself that by using my own intellect and sound research, I would have been able to make a medical decision that would have been both safe and effective. Nevertheless, because it was convenient I still went and saw a doctor. But the whole experience left me encouraged knowing that I am not as helpless as some people would like me to believe, and that I can exercise tremendous power over my own health. I hope this also empowers you.

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