When I woke up this morning, I noticed that my scratchy throat was gone, but I was much dizzier, my ear was really painful, and the swelling and soreness had spread down into the side of my neck! The dizziness was not at all like the vertigo I've experienced in the past. Well, no sense in going home early, since we planned to leave in the early afternoon anyway, so we stayed for the last two workshops, and left right after lunch. By that time, my ear was quite painful, the swelling was looking a bit like the mumps, and I couldn’t walk a straight line!

As soon as we arrived home, I called the Urgent Care Dept. of our clinic, but it had just closed an hour before. I described my symptoms to the physician’s assistant manning the after-hours phone, and decided seeing a doctor could wait until morning. I still think I'm dealing with a bad ear infection, and an emergency room visit would require me to co-pay $50. I unpacked, did the laundry, and ate a light supper, It's 9:30, and I just dosed myself with ibuprofen. I'm off to bed.