When my ear drum popped. It was an all day event full of pain. I had no idea what was going on, I literally thought I had some sort of brain hemmorage and was about to die. I had taken about a 10x dose of some prescription ear drops my uncle had that were supposed to deaden the ear, and it was doing no good. I was in college, and I didn't have a clue what sort of insurance I had, so my plan was to wait until monday and go to the school infirmary. In the middle of the night, I woke up when it finally popped and found yellow and green shit oozing out onto my pillow. The next day I finally went to the nurse, who sent me to a doctor. Turned out the flu I just got over had given me an ear infection and the fluid in there gets thick when it's infected. So I was deaf in that ear for week or 2.
One of the weird things I remember from that night is that it was the night Babylon 5 premiered. I remember thinking that it looked pretty good and I was pissed that i wasn't going to live to see the series. In fact, I think that was part of my prayers, "Lord just put me out of my misery, but please let me watch babylon 5 in heaven"