Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The wounds of a warrior


So like Edward Norton in Fight Club, I got punched in the ear.

My right ear is hard as a rock from all of the wrestling I have done in my life but my left ear has been left, mostly unharmed, until now.

This is what my ear looked like this morning.


Notice the huge bubble inside my ear.  My headphones couldn't even fit in my ear.

So I went to my family and team Doctor, Dr. Tom Lyons, this afternoon and he shot it full of pain killer, and it looked like this.
Then he sliced my ear, squeezed and sucked all the blood out, and stitched a piece of cotton in the front to a piece of cotton in the back.  It hurt like a mother scratcher!  And now it looks like this.

To all my wrestlers out there!  Cauliflower ear is not fun, is hurts like a Bees-natch!

But yeah, I know, it still kind of looks tough.  It's like a trophy among wrestlers and fighters. 

The problem is, I've got a hot wife and she don't really dig ears that look like a dog's chew toy.

What do you think?  Is Cauliflower ear cool, nasty, tough, or just gross?  What are you thoughts?

And now a week later, it looks like this.

Not 100% back to normal but it looks a whole lot better.

6 comments:

jennmann said...

following the orders of my leader here.

cauliflower ear is cool, but its not worth the pain.

Shannon said...

totally worth the pain looks kool and its really like a symbol on someones body to let you know not to mess with them kinda like tattoos but more serious

Jaysten Manheart said...

you could never be a sound engineer, because your ears can't work like God made them to work anymore.

J-Rev said...

Bro that sucks. I hope it gets better.

Anonymous said...

i think its..icky.
haha..
you wrote a whole thing about it which is kinda funny.

LittleTree said...

dude, it looks gnarly. I am glad it is not my ear. Will it ever get better? I am praying for you today. Have a blessed day. Peace