Turk Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hendrik Helmer has taken out the unofficial title for having the largest cockroach removed from an ear in Darwin. The 2cm pest caused agonising pain and took about 10 minutes to die after Mr Helmer sought treatment at hospital. Mr Helmer, from the Darwin suburb of Karama, says his ordeal began early on Wednesday morning when he was woken up about 2.30am with a sharp pain in his right ear. He immediately thought some type of insect may have crawled inside while he slept. He says the pain was overwhelming and despite a few bouts of relief, began to get worse. "Later on, when I stood up and it happened it would sort of hunch me over and drop me down to the ground," Mr Helmer said. "I was hoping it wasn't a poisonous spider. I was hoping it didn't bite me." After using a vacuum cleaner to try to suck it out, and squirting water from a tap down his ear to flush it out, he apparently angered the insect. "Whatever was in my ear didn't like it at all," he said. As the pain increased, Mr Helmer, who works as a supervisor at a warehouse, roused his flatmate to take him to the Royal Darwin Hospital, where he was quickly ushered through to see a doctor. Mr Helmer says the doctor put olive oil down the ear canal, which forced the still-unidentified insect to crawl in deeper. Eventually, it began to die. "Near the 10-minute mark... somewhere about there, he started to stop burrowing but he was still in the throes of death-twitching," he said. At that point the doctor put forceps into his ear and pulled out the cockroach, which measured about two centimetres long. "She said, 'you know how I said a little cockroach? That may have been an underestimate.' "They said they had never pulled an insect this large out of someone's ear." Despite his ordeal, Mr Helmer says he does not believe he has a cockroach problem in his home and he won't be conducting an eradication program. He also does not intend to sleep any differently or take precautions against it happening again, although friends have since told him they were so freaked out by his experience they have begun sleeping with headphones on or earplugs in. No long-term effects are expected from Mr Helmer's ordeal, although on Friday he still had trouble balancing and experienced pain when he moved his jaw. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/01/10/3923531.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Saw that happen to Joey Essex on "I'm a celebrity...". He had one of these tasks where he needed to stand amidst bugs that were raining on him and a sucker got into his ear. :wtf:The scary part was how unperturbed he was. Just finished the task coolly before coming out of his designated cubicle, where a paramedic(?) helped pull it out with a pair of forceps! :oI'd have freaked out like crazy if there was a bug stuck in my ear TBH! :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kn_andre Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I empathize with this Fellow... It sure was a Harrowing Experience that he must have passed Through ... I Only hole that Bug did not cause any Serious Damage to his Ear canal or his Actual Hearing.. Wish him Complete Recovery though ... Cheers for Sharing ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrioNeXus Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Now this is Scary , Attack of Insecta :angry: Edited January 12, 2014 by AryaPutraSRJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger D Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Damn! :fear: :fear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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