Actually, I have an ear infection in both ears! HORRAY for daycare aged children's diseases! Went to the doc because I'm fairly certain my head may explode. He gave me an antibiotic and something to "dry me up". I am glad for the meds, but what the hell can I do to make the fucking PAIN go away. Any suggestions? (And yes, I've taken nearly my body weight in tylenol over the weekend, it doesn't help AT ALL.)

Some sort of heat would help alot. We have a heating pad that goes in the microwave and makes moist heat. Also, I sat next to a girl on an airplane who asked the stewardess to fix her up 'ear cups' for take off and landing cause she had ear pain - a couple of paper towels soaked with HOT water, squished into the bottom of a plastic cup, then held over the ears so you look ridiculous. But she said it helped alot. Dr. Gott's column recently mentioned warm "sweet oil" (no idea what that is), a few drops in each ear, but this may just be a variation on the heat principle.

Hope this helps!

Great idea. I have sweet oil and completely forgot about it! (It is actually olive oil in some form). Hell ya, I'm going to go heat it up right now!
THanks, Ping, you rock!!!

I've just been a mommy longer than you have. You learn this stuff in the trenches, you know?

Way back when I was a kid my mother used a warm iron wrapped in a towel, worked every time! We wuz just po fokes and probably didn't have a heating pad, certainly not a microwave. This must be a difficult time for your sex slaves!

SWEET OIL.. great remedy , Ping, I found that out in 1981 with my baby's earache!

That is the ticket, Lefty.... warm it just a tad, and a few drops in each aching ear... the relief is amazing!

sweet oil
n : mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or
edible rape oil
http://dict.die.net/sweet%20oil/

Rape(seed) oil is what is sold in the US as canola.

I used that^^^(sweet oil) recently and it worked, to some extent with my son...but they now have a drop called "ANTIPY/BENZO OTIC SOL" that worked immediately and for like 10 hrs. Jake is really pain tolerant (like me) which is a bad thing in some ways. He didnt mention it bugging him until it was soooooooo infected, that it was excrutiating. (I'm the person that has a 103 temp before I notice I have a temp...and walked around for 2 days with a dislocated hip, waitressed even, cuz I thought it was just my slipped disc/ciatic nerve acting up)

But this shiot really worked!! I had to use it amonth later, only ONCE and my ear cleared, no pain!

Call your dr & ask if it doesnt get better.

My sympathies, sis, ear pain/ toothache and back pain are worse than childbirth!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry yer hurtin Lefty.
Hope yer back to rasin cane real soon!

I don't have anything to add.

Just trying to pad my way to 2000 posts.

HOpe you feel better