Whining about ears - Part fifty-billion

I am seriously considering popping one of my remaining Vicodin right now. My right ear feels like somebody had stuck a needle into it, and I get to hear a lovely sound, like a radio tuning. Now I know what people mean when they use the phrase 'ringing ears'. *sigh* Most people get their earaches when they're little, and never get them again. Like with most childhood diseases, though, I never got an ear infection till this summer, and now the bloody thing won't go away! Grar! Then again, if I got ear infections as a kid, that would've been normal, and normal is a word that has never, ever applied to me.