For 18 days now I've had inner ear trouble, and for longer than that my nose has wanted to run more often than not. At this point these are just an annoyance, what having to constantly mind my snot, and occasionally turn my head so my "good ear" can pick up what folks are saying. But they're totally a distraction from what I'd rather be focusing on, that is, other people and their thoughts/concerns!
While my first round of antibiotics were a huge help in removing the extreme pain from my ear, they only cleared up about 80% of the audio-obstructing-congestion. And I'm still not sure whether my runny nose stems from allergies or a recurring cold. So all in all I'd love you to be remembering me as I deal with these (extremely) minor annoyances.