For a few days, around my left ear was bothering me. Yesterday, I woke up and I had painful swelling under my ear so I went to the doctor. It turns out I have a "rare" cold sore on the edge of my face near my ear. She put me on Valtrex. She said she hasn't seen these in many years but she has seen 3 people so far this week with them. Weird.

She also made me get the flu shot. I wasn't planning on it but hopefully the benefits outweigh the risks. 

She also ran some thyroid tests due to my "enlarged thyroid" earlier this year, and B12 level.