Thats good to know that the ear pain will decrease with treatment. Right now it has the best of me. It is literally the kind of pain that would drive a man crazy. I don't see how they survived in the old days without pain medication.
My doctor at UAB seems like he is going to be conservative with pain management. My local ENT that referred me to UAB seems very open with pain management. I hate to get between the two. I want to do whats right but I don't want to walk around hurting all day. I'm kind of torn. I am trying to make it until Friday and bring it up again face to face with my doc at UAB. Its horrible though. I have to give myself a break about every three days to allow my stomach to catch up and have a movement. Thats when the pain gets out in front of me and it takes almost the entire next day to get caught back up. Its like there is a huge bug deep down in my ear. Constant ache with periods of piercing pain.

I will be consulting with him Friday if not earlier.

Thanks
Josh