It’s bizarre having something wrong with you like this, that’s always with you and affects the most basic things you do. I’m functionally deaf in my right ear (apart from severe tinnitus), my balance is right out of whack, and I keep having to stop to wince from the pain. Somehow injuries to other parts of your body are easier to ignore, but something that’s IN YOUR HEAD seems to be impossible to get away from.

Still, I’ve got some antibiotics which will hopefully make short work of it. Now all I’ve got to do is resist that urge to poke, scratch, and wiggle it . . . . argh . . . .