I've suffered from chronic ear infections since I was 2 and I've had 2 operations on my right ear due to having a large perforation and hearing loss

my left ear also had a perforation however they need to be operated on it as it's my 'good' ear and they didn't want to risk me losing hearing in both ears if the operations weren't successful

2 weeks ago I had an earache in my good ear

forward to today and I can barely hear anything right now I'm so dizzy I have a blocked nose and the doctor said I don't need to come in and that I've just to take ibuprofen and paracetamol

I woke up like 4 times last night I have an extremely high pain tolerance when my ears are concerned and the fact the pain woke me is really concerning to me 😭😭

my bf thinks I rely on the doctors too much but it's not my fault I mean I've suffered for 18 years with hearing loss/ earache/infections and migraines