Wittesea so why haven't you mentioned to your doctor that his office staff seems to think adults don't get ear infections? What about patients that call with bonafide ear infections that can't get an appointment, because of his staffs mis-information others may not be as resourceful as you and instead suffer in pain without an appointment. I know if I heard my doctors receptionists giving out mis-information I would make a point of letting him know and any good doctor would be glad for the information. Since I am a retired nurse I know from experience that medical office people tend to think they know more then they do (know offense to medical office people) it is just that when it comes to medical info it is not their position to tell a patient they do or don't have a problem. Or talk among themselves about how a certain problem isn't possible because they are to old or not old enough and the doctor they work for needs to know about the problem.

Diane K