Self-Inflicted Annoynace

I am two weeks and four days into a two-week cold, and while it has been getting close to gone/better, it still lingers.
So, being the helpful person I am, I decided to help it along in the shower this morning (the cold, that is), the helpful person that I am. I got a full shot of the shower water down my left ear, and now it once again sounds and feels like it and I am underwater.
Yeah, yeah; whine, whine and grumble, grumble, but I am so fucking sick of this cold at this stage. Thank heaven it isn't heading toward bronchitis or pneumonia.