So for the last couple days I diagnosed myself with an ear infection–symptoms included an awful fever, fatigue, sore throat, and major pains in my ear that made me suicidal.

I ended up just resting a lot, taking a Vitamin C pill everyday, and took aspirin which was supposed to reduce the fever. After 3 days or so it was a little bit improved but still really annoying, and I really hoped to get better for the Halloween weekend.

I ask a med school friend then who recommended to go to the doctor and get some anti-biotics–which was probably going to be a last resort effort..since I hate to get anti-biotics unless I’m in a life threatening situation.

I google around then and find this article.

Which recommended garlic oil, which I didn’t have..but said that cooking oil may work as well.

I decide I have nothing to lose then, so I grab some corn oil from our cabinet, pour a few drops into a shot class, go in front of the mirror, tilt my head to the side, and ever so slowly pour it in my left ear.

For a few seconds I go completely deaf in my ear, thinking wtf did I just do why do I believe everything I read on the internet–but within minutes, I find myself COMPLETELY CURED.

Maybe it’s just because I lost an ear drum on my left side so now I can’t feel any pain over there anymore, or cooking oil was really the magic cure all I should’ve tried days ago–but whatever it is, I’m a new person again.

w00t

Cliff’s:

Had awful pain in ear
Tried normal remedies, which didn’t work
Poured corn oil in ear, voila!

This is Dr. Nguyen, signing off.