One Problem for Another

So Saturday I woke up with the muscle in my right arm above the elbow all in knots. Hurt like a bitch and I actually took some pain meds. That's rare for me, but damn was it annoying.

Had to kneed and work the muscle to get it to go away, and I think I left some bruises. I also got advice on SSD, and found that hotpacking it helped too.

So finally, finally I woke up with full use of my arm again.

But as of last night when I was cleaning my ears, I can no longer hear out of my left ear.

I tried peroxide, I tried plugging my nose and blowing to pop it, I've tried massaging it, and this morning I tried a hot shower. So far, nothing has worked.

This happened once before, and it took like... three days or something to get my hearing back. Same ear.

So... I think I'm going to take a nap, lay on that side again like I tried to do last night before I woke up with a bad stomach, and hope it drains.

Worst case scenario, I have to go to the doctor and get it flushed. And I don't want to do that because the insurance company doesn't like kids over 18 who aren't full-time students. AKA, I have no health insurance, and so going to the doctor would be VERY costly.

Oi... this blows.