not really an injury but I was in some of the worst pain of my life

a couple months ago I had labyrinthitis, an infection of the inner ear, which resulted from neglecting antibiotics after my wisdom teeth removal

this, in most cases, causes a symptom known as vertigo, which basically fooled my brain into thinking I was constantly dizzy/off balance

and that fucked me up, the room was constantly moving and it felt like I was always car sick off a 13 hour road trip; nausea would come and go and it tortured me

I was vomiting 12-13 times a day despite not having the appetite to eat anything, and I had some of the worst headaches I’ve ever been cursed with

the pain in the infected ear was nigh unbearable, and at one point I went completely deaf in my right ear; I guess my body thought all that wasn’t sufficient enough, so it slapped on a severe lack of taste too

the 4 days I spent in hospital felt like purgatory, and some of the symptoms remained for weeks after I was discharged

take your antibiotics kids