on the hospital bed ripping the skin
from the side of my nails off as I
waited for the examination to be over it
wasn't exactly the most comfortable
thing I'd experienced in my life I just
wanted to know what was wrong with me
suddenly I heard a gasp and then a
thumping sound like a body hitting the
floor
I couldn't move because there was a
camera in my ear but I managed to look
over the side of the bed to see that I
was indeed a body that had hit the
was indeed a body that had hit the the sweet nurse who had brought me water
the sweet nurse who had brought me water
and made sure I was okay
was clearly not okay herself she was
lying on the floor passed out I looked
at the doctor and she looked like she'd
seen a ghost she was as pale as the
nurse and was gripping on to the bed
she pressed the emergency alarm button
and that's when the panic really hit me
was this an emergency because of the
nurse who'd just painted or was it
because of me I waited a long time
before finally giving in and booking a
doctor's appointment I don't know if you
realize what it's like to wake up every
day with a headache which as the day
goes on just gets progressively worse
and worse I couldn't take it anymore
sometimes it was so bad it felt like
something was living inside my head and
there were even some strange sounds that
I'd constantly hear like a rustling
sound on the day of our final SAT exams
i sat in the hall trying to figure out a
math equation the pain was so bad it
actually felt like the big clock on the
wall was taking like a time bomb inside
my brain
I took headache tablets every day to try
and get rid of the pain but I didn't
have any on me they weren't allowed in
the exam hall that day was probably the
most pain I'd ever been in but there was
nothing I could do it was the final exam
so I could hardly just walk out up until
that point the headaches had been
accompanied by this weird crawling
feeling in my left ear
I kept thinking it was water and I told
my head every time I came out of the
shower and try to empty out any leftover
water but the feeling remained it was
pretty it she and it was always worse
whenever I moved if I stood still or
laid down it wouldn't feel so strange
that's why I assumed it was water or wax
but the headaches believe me you've
never felt anything like it and that day
was the worst one yet I
decided I had to leave the hall because
it was either that or I throw up
everywhere and I would never live that
down I got up to leave and I could just
make out the door in the distance but I
never reached it it must have blacked
out because the next thing I knew I was
sitting in the nurses room and she was
telling me that I really needed to get
help
she was no stranger to my headaches I
was probably her most frequent patient
and she even offered to help me contact
a specialist about it I told her it was
fine and I'd get my mom to make the call
for me
I stayed there in the nurses room for
the next few hours but I knew deep down
I had to do something I couldn't live
like this anymore
it wasn't normal but I was scared I'm
scared that the doctor would tell me I
had a brain tumor or some rare disease
that night I couldn't get the nurses
voice out of my head I realized it was
only going to get worse if I didn't seek
proper medical help so that's how I
found myself lying on the bed in the
hospital with an ear nose and throat
specialist staring and shocked at what
she saw on the screen and a nurse passed
out next to me um doctor what's going on
I managed to say in a quiet voice she
stared at me shock and fear written all
across her face nothing and I mean
nothing could prepare me for what she
told me next she looked at me and tried
to smile in a professional manner then
she told me what was wrong with me there
was a spider living inside my ear now
I'm not one of those people who has a
major phobia of spiders or anything but
this news hit me like a ton of bricks a
spider was living in my ear I probably
would have thought the doctor was joking
if it weren't for the fact that the
nurse had properly passed out from shock
at that exact moment a few other doctors
and nurses came running into the room
and one of the nurses actually ran
straight back out as soon as she saw
what was on the screen
she actually screamed like seriously
what was wrong with these people
they weren't even the ones with the
spider in their ear ah get it out I
screamed get it out right now please I
couldn't even move because the camera
was still in my ear but I didn't care I
yanked it out and slid off the bed I
wanted to get out of there I don't know
what came over me but I started
shaking my head frantically as if I
could somehow get the spider out myself
the doctor who examined me took me into
her arms and asked me to sit down
she said they would get it out right
away but I'd need to lie back down as it
was stuck deep down in my ear canal and
they needed to use special tools to
remove it I was literally squirming and
discussed how had this even happened the
other two doctors looked as disgusted as
I was and the nurse who had fainted was
now swinging as she left the room she
didn't even ask if I was okay I was
guessing that this kind of thing didn't
happen much around here as I try to lie
still while they got their tools ready I
thought about when this might have
happened the headaches had started about
two and a half years ago and I'd been
hearing these weird sounds at first when
the headaches started almost as if there
was something in there moving around I
tried everything to get rid of it but
still I heard these sounds and the
headaches always came because of this
itchy sensation in my ear the more I
poked at my ear the worse it got
eventually I just started leaving it
alone and taking extra-strength
painkillers anyway if I could pinpoint
the exact time it all started it was at
the end of the summer just after a
school camping trip after middle school
and before going to high school we went
on this big camping trip together to
bond with our new classmates it was such
an awesome trip and we even got to camp
outside in nature and then it hit me
the camping outside that must have been
when it happened but surely a spider
couldn't live that long inside someone's
ear I mean sure it's cool and damp in
there but I'm surprised at hadn't
drowned by now
the number of times I tried to get rid
of that feeling with a syringe full of
water now to think that this whole time
the sounds I'd been hearing in that
weird creeping sensation was because an
actual real-life spider was living
inside my ear if the doctor's hen held
me down until they got it out I doubt
I'd have been able to stomach it it felt
like there were spiders crawling around
inside every part of my body what if it
had laid eggs and now I had baby spiders
living in my brain ooh even just
thinking that made me start to cry I
don't cry much but I couldn't hold back
the tears
I just couldn't believe this was
happening to me and I hadn't even
realized how could I have been so stupid
to think it was just earwax or water
causing all this pain and discomfort
after about ten minutes of prodding
which seriously felt like the longest 10
minutes of my life the doctor finally
got it out I managed to catch a glimpse
of it before they disposed of it and I
am being deadly serious when I say this
thing was huge
like not a teeny weeny spider it was
brown and no I I can't even talk about
it again without feeling sick the
doctors looked horrified before I could
sit up though they said they had to
clean my ear out with a special solution
just to make sure they got the rest of
the web out web and then they told me
the good news was the spider was
actually dead the bad news the spider
was in fact a venomous brown recluse
spider and had spun a web inside my ear
I started shaking this was absolutely
disgusting
not only had a spider crawled into my
ear and lived there for more than two
years it had also spun a web inside yeah
okay spider come on in and make yourself
at home why don't you the solution they
wanted to pour into my ear would make
sure no remaining web or spider eggs
were left in there I was traumatized
they got the rest of the web out and
predicted that the spider had probably
died after about a year due to lack of
food and water but that it was buried so
deep in my ear canal which was why I had
been getting headaches they assured me
there would be no lasting damage and
that I was lucky not only lucky that
there was no damage but lucky to be
alive because this was one of the three
deadliest spiders living in the USA and
the chances of this happening were like
one in a million great I thought and it
happened to me I hadn't even told my
parents about this appointment or anyone
for that matter now what I was alive but
I knew who wasn't ok I mean how can you
be ok after something like this I could
have died what if it had bitten me I was
glad it had died when it did I don't
wish death upon anyone or anything but
seriously if it
hadn't gotten stuck in its own web it
probably would have crawled into my
brain and bitten me even telling you
this story is bringing back horrible
memories but my psychologist told me it
would help if I spoke about it yep
and that's right I'm getting therapy now
I wish I could say they removed the
spider and life went back to normal
but I'd be lying okay so the headaches
disappeared but then I started having
nightmares and even today I still have
to sleep with earplugs in for fear of
another spider crawling in there again
my psychologist says this will
eventually stop but I can still hear
that rustling sound and any time I feel
a slight pain in my head it brings back
all those memories of my pounding
headaches if I could tell you anything
it would be that you don't need to worry
the chances of this happening to you are
extremely rare but also please don't
ignore any pain you get for as long as I
did it's always better just to check it
out and make sure it's nothing serious
oh yeah and maybe don't camp outside
without a tent just to be on the safe
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