Health and Gross: Today, my excruciating ear pain turned out to be a bastard maggot...

By Anonymous - 19/06/2018 20:30

Today, my excruciating ear pain turned out to be a bastard maggot eating away at all the vital things behind my eardrum. The doctor pulled it out, but I’m now permanently deaf in that ear and can’t balance. I fall if I try to stand or walk further than 5 feet. FML

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By caempa - 29/12/2010 18:13 - Australia

Today, I was taking my earrings out and thought I had lost the back of one. Turns out my ear infection has caused the flesh of my ear to grow around and engulf the back of my earring and it is still stuck in there. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/05/2019 20:10

Today, I found out that the doctors accidentally perforated my left ear drum performing a routine wax syringing. I was at the doctor's for a completely different reason, having crushed my pinky at the gym. They can't fix either and my finger needs surgery, which can't happen until next week. FML

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By IHaveThePower - 21/02/2022 02:00

Today, something blocked my ear. I couldn't get it out, so I went to Urgent Care so I didn't pop my eardrums. Turns out my allergies made my ears stop draining. After they rinsed my ears, I can now hear almost nothing. FML

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By ANON - 21/08/2015 06:22 - United States - Mission Viejo

Today, one of my ears randomly went deaf. I went to the doctor, thinking I had an ear infection or something. Turns out that your ears can go deaf entirely without reason, and I now have medication to take to see if I can get any of my hearing back in that ear. I'm only 26. FML

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By lovedbyallthewrongppl - 28/11/2010 01:03 - United States

Today, I was teaching my two year old daughter how to take a person's temperature. While I was sitting down, she came up behind me and shoved the thermometer in my ear hard. Now I can't hear out of my right ear, and I'm in excruciating pain. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/08/2023 18:00

Today, I was cleaning wax out my ears when my wife came barrelling into the bathroom, desperate to pee. The door slammed right into the side of my head and the cotton swab I was using was pushed all the way in and ruptured my eardrum. FML

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By Xandriajoy10 - 08/03/2016 11:56 - Australia

Today, a fly flew into my ear canal and got stuck. It was the most horrifying two minutes of my life. FML

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By SierraTheArchdevil - 23/05/2021 00:01

Today, I woke up completely deaf, for no reason. My doctor told me my hearing loss, "could possibly be permanent." I’m a composer. FML

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By Candlestick Maker - 07/03/2024 05:00 - United States

Today, I went to a doctor's appointment to figure out why I've suddenly started going deaf. As it turns out, for some reason my ears now produce wax at an alarmingly fast rate. "Enough to make an entire candle before long if you save it up," the doctor said when she cleared them out. I guess this is my life now. FML

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By lbelle - 07/10/2012 23:39 - Canada - Montreal

Today, my right ear drum ruptured. My family doesn't understand that I only lost hearing in one ear and continues to talk about me behind my back, thinking I can't hear them. FML

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Symphoniaes 32

Monday 4 June 2018 11:09

I think I speak for everyone when I say: Y I K E S

Ahmed Sakr 16

Tuesday 19 June 2018 21:34

On the bright side, It won't be annoying when one of your headphones stops working

Comments

interesting33 36

Wednesday 20 June 2018 0:43

that is truly horrible, I'm so sorry OP. I wish you best of luck in the future

ArtLover 13

Wednesday 20 June 2018 1:32

That's an fml if I've ever seen one. God that's horrible, I feel you op

Chazzster 28

Wednesday 20 June 2018 2:39

That’s terrible! OP - Where do you live that this can happen?

RichardPencil 30

Wednesday 20 June 2018 5:09

That’s not very fly!

Levvy 22

Wednesday 20 June 2018 6:23

Yikes! As far as I know, there aren't a lot of species of fly whose larvae eat tissue that's not already dead, so that's especially unfortunate.

PenguinPal3017 19

Wednesday 20 June 2018 8:00

This is terrifying. Am I the only one who has a slight pain in their ear after reading this?

Davros 12

Wednesday 20 June 2018 9:34

so only go 4 1/2 feet at a time

fabs1171 23

Wednesday 20 June 2018 15:04

Who said that maggot was parentless? Just because it’s parents left it to snack on your eardrum while they went out to dinner doesn’t make it a bastard

Sheepiebeepie 26

Wednesday 20 June 2018 16:43

This scarred me a little, and how would you not go to the doctor long before you were permanently deaf? The pain of being eaten in a sensitive part of your body must have been intense.