Sitting in the ER waiting to see a doctor, I may have ruptured my eardrum. Damn Q-Tips & my memory for forgetting it was in there (I deal with itchy inner ear so I sometimes put a q-tip in to help stop the itch, meds are messy). All I no is; it still hurts (from 7:30 am), it was bleeding, I feel pressure, have ringing in my ear & can't really hear out of it. I've done it before, but never this hard & deep. I wasn't going to go to ER, but the bleeding pushed me & I had called the advice nurse who told me to go to the nearest one. prom selections in black