Sleep: minimal and disrupted ~4 hours
Weather: fine, hot again
Main activity: trip to the doctor/driving home
Training - 0 sessions
Total Training for the Week: 6 sessions; 10hrs19; 207.2K
Kept up a lot of the night contemplating cutting my left ear off. Very hot all night as well. Got up and looked at options to get seen by a doctor - not the easiest on a Sunday morning. Found a medical centre in Leichardt and after a 2 hour wait, finally got seen to. As suspected I have an infection, specifically, a case of acute external otitis or 'Swimmer's Ear' http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/swimmers-ear/DS00473
Given a prescription for the old blue lid ear drops (the very same bottle I remember using regularly when I had problems with my ears as a young and frustrated swimmer). Told to keep the ear dry and that it should clear up in a few days. So no swimming for the next few days to a week. Hopefully get some relief soon.
When researching the causes of Swimmer's Ear I am putting it down to:
■Excess moisture in the ear — from a lot of swimming, trapped water or humid weather
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