Well here it is, the VERY painful and bruised hole left behind after the top of my cholesteatoma broke off. ENT are sending me an appointment letter to get a fresh look
Ear Hole Update! it's been a few months, and all they've confirmed is that it IS a cholesteatoma...and a big one at that. Waiting for a pre-surgery consultation, but today a piece literally broke off in my ear causing quite a bit of bleeding and pain ð
TL;DR - a formerly benign cyst went haywire when my immune system ramped up to fight covid. Had it lanced, then I was allergic to the antibacterial infused bandaids I bought to cover it. I'm in hell.
Husband has had a lump on the side of his face months and he finally let me at it with my extraction kit. This is only a tiny fraction of what came out, I wish I'd set the camera up to video!
I put a bandaid with Boil-Ease over a boil on my side. I guess I'm allergic to the padding because these little bumps of fluid and irritation started popping up all around the boil. I've used Boil-Ease without any issue before but these bandaids are ne
