Well, that's what I get, I guess!

[illusionaria]

So, I woke up this morning to clean my ears, when I notice that my right ear, which I just stretched up a couple days ago, is still kind of puffy. Not normal. I took out the plug with some discomfort, and lo and behold, it's t's infected, with a little pus and blood. And if I look closer, I can see there's a tiny bit of fistula poking out, ever so tiny. Plus, I have no 14g tapers or plugs, since I had no o-rings and they got lost in my sleep. So I downsized both ears back to a 16g, and am letting my right ear heal. I'll buy some 14s from walmart, or something. I guess sometimes we have to learn the hard way...

[illusionaria]

So, right now, I think the infection is mostly gone, since I've been cleaning it with sea salt soaks twice a day, and I took the jewelry out to let it heal, so I can start over fresh when it does. Do you think January would be a good time to see if it's healed?

[ast.riske]

Yeah, January should be plenty of time to wait. It's good that you listened to your body. Your ears will thank you for it. : )

[illusionaria]

Great! That's what I thought. 8 weeks of waiting sounds a lot better than having a blowout for the rest of my life. I'm doing it the healthy way from now on!