The ear pain isn't getting any better. Not only does it constantly hurt, but when I'm sleeping the pain gets far worse and throbs like a motherfucker. I supposedly have two more days until my follow-up appointment with my PCP, but fuck this. I totally could've been using prescription painkillers all this time while simultaneously reducing the inflammation. Enduring this pain was needless. Initially, I wasn't too disappointed about having not been prescribed painkillers, but now I'm bitter.