Well, my nightmare finally came true and I think a piece of my "mack's" ear plug is lodged in my ear. When I took it out, my ear canal decided to close a little, reducing all frequencies above 1kHz and below 500Hz (did a sound check). Yeah, something is stuck inside. One can only imagine the horror on my face when I listened to one of my tracks and not only didn't it sound muffled in my now-retarded ear, but it caused a high pitched sine wave to emit (known as auto-acoustic emission).

This...REALLY....*F*U*C*K*I*N*G*......SUCKS!!!!!!!!

So I thought I'd share it to the trance world while I'm up ALL night long waiting for the next morning so that an ENT specialist can call me back, because I'm too afriad to go into the emergency room right now...I might end up paying way too much money. =(

Anyone have any similar stories with happy endings so I can sleep and not kill myself?

-jake

Last edited by Jake Benson on Nov-18-2005 at 09:04

I blew my left eardrum at Freak Night 2004. That was fun...

Good luck, man. Ear problems suck.

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1. Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb's Main Mix)
2. Klea - Tic Toc (Paul Van Dyk's Re-Edit)
3. Alibi - Eternity (Inner City Mix)
4. Cirque de Soleil - Pokinoi (Sasha Mix)
5. Chris & Kai vs. Levin - Gone to Heaven

Money or Ear?

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Good point, Xpress. EAR! I just think I'll save if I wait until a normal doctor sees me and not pay all the fines. I called their 24-hour message line and it says in case of accidental insertion of earplug, waiting a few days isn't going to hurt. It's just that I want it out now. I'm a little more calm now though. Sedating emotions with Reeses peanut butter cups.

That sucks about your ear, punisher! Is your ear drum totally gone? Or did you get help? I've been to some Freaknights a while ago when I lived in Seattle.

-jake
p.s. thanks for the replies!

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Originally posted by Jake Benson Good point, Xpress. EAR! I just think I'll save if I wait until a normal doctor sees me and not pay all the fines. I called their 24-hour message line and it says in case of accidental insertion of earplug, waiting a few days isn't going to hurt.

I'd still reccomend getting help as soon as possible..

Are you insured?

If not, id go get insured right now

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Incidentally, I'm meeting up with a guy tomorrow afternoon to get health insurance. If the emergency room is something that just costs hundreds of dollars, I'd be willing to give it a go. But I don't want to pay more than that.

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Originally posted by Jake Benson Incidentally, I'm meeting up with a guy tomorrow afternoon to get health insurance. If the emergency room is something that just costs hundreds of dollars, I'd be willing to give it a go. But I don't want to pay more than that.

Doesnt insurance cover emergencies?

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I think insurance covers it. But I don't have it yet, or a doctor. So the lethargic chick on the phone says to wait until tomorrow. Here's part of the conversatin we had,

Operator: "Who's your doctor?"
Me: "I don't have a doctor"
Operator: "Oh, you need a doctor"
Me: "Yeah, of course I need a doctor. I have an ear problem. Can I get a doctor???"
Operator: "You can be a new patient. They'll call you in the mornin"

What are they, stupid?

I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a nightmare...I hate US healthcare.

-jake

Last edited by Jake Benson on Nov-18-2005 at 09:50

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Originally posted by wwu.punisher I blew my left eardrum at Freak Night 2004. That was fun... Good luck, man. Ear problems suck.

Heh, I was in front of the speaker stack the entire night. Yay for earplugs.

NHS ftw.

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Originally posted by Rebel Brown NHS ftw.

A lot of people whinge about it but it really is great.

If you had the same problem here in England you'd just just pop down to casulty and get it sorted no problem. Sure you might have to wait around a while but it wouldn't cost you a penny.


wwu.punisher - I've always wondered what it'd be like if that ever happened. Does it heal? Has it affected your hearing?

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Originally posted by idoru Heh, I was in front of the speaker stack the entire night. Yay for earplugs.

We were pretty damn close to the stacks, too. No plugs. Fortunately, my hearing is fine... just as good as it has always been. Doctor told me that it didn't even appear that my drum blew because of the show. Apparently, I had a small ear infection, anyway. (I'd been sick for about two weeks leading up to the event.)

Everything's cool with it, now. I car hear just fine.

Wait... what'd you say?

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1. Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb's Main Mix)
2. Klea - Tic Toc (Paul Van Dyk's Re-Edit)
3. Alibi - Eternity (Inner City Mix)
4. Cirque de Soleil - Pokinoi (Sasha Mix)
5. Chris & Kai vs. Levin - Gone to Heaven