They gave me the worst ear infection of my life.
First off, we signed in, got thru triage, then I got to see the doctor. She "couldn't see my eardrum" to see if it was infected or not. (the whole reason of the visit was because my ear had felt like it was sore, and it was getting an infection)
I told her I had tubes before etc etc. Knowing this, she sent someone to flush my ear with water and hydrogen peroxide. """to get rid of some of the wax""".
AFTER I TOLD HER I HAD TUBES, AND PRONE TO EAR INFECTIONS... She even doubted me that since I hadn't had an ear infection in years that I would have one today. She told me it's been so long why would it come back if I hadn't been swimming etc.
Well the nurse she sent back in to flush my ear saw I was in discomfort and in pain from the water going into my eardrum. She said we had to get thru a whole squirt bottle or until all of the wax comes out... ouch.
I finally had enough I wouldn't let her do any more I called it quits. I felt a sharp sensation go thru my ear down to my jaw and a ringing noise. That's what made me almost short of a yell stop. It was painful, and so she finally stopped, sent the doctor back in to tell me my ear was red and that she could administer me antibiotics.
Cool, so I had to get water pumped into my already infected eardrum? To get antibiotics? Cool. Well after that it didn't get much better. She gave me amoxicillin, I stopped her in her tracks saying that it's too weak, it just doesn't work on me, I'm basically immune to it. Then she's saying that "it's been so long since you've taken this antibiotic I'm sure it'll work for you now".... I have to have augmentin or stronger for it to even help. Well I went somewhere else for a checkup, it hasn't got 1% better, only worse and they administer me augmentin... okay cool. Well about a week passes I feel like absolute crap still. I go to the clinic again, and then this time the dude says my eardrum is ruptured... and it's shrunk due to the pressure being different because of the sinus tube behind my ear locking shut when I have a cold.
So basically now I'm stuck with a ear that I wake up and my whole ear canal is filled with green pus oozing out every morning. Thanks for all the help.( a bit of a backstory, i had gotten my 4th tubes surgery done and they put a flanged tube in one of the ears, i forgot which one, but she refused and denied that it would still be in there from 3 years ago. 2 days ago i went somewhere else and they confirmed it was still in there) read more