Ear Problems Options

[schwab]

So last year when i was in the hot tub, my room mate slapped me iin the ear and apparently it ruptured my ear drum... but before i knew that, i got some water stuck in my ear on the same day, so i used some swim ear shit that is supposed to cleanse the water out of your ear, and clear shit up....anyways, since my ear was ruptured, it burned like a mother fucker when i put the swim ear in, and just, and i never felt that much pain due to alcohol going in my ear, but i went to a doctor and he said just dont go under water with your ears for a couple of months or so...anyways this year comes around....and i still cant get my head under water because my ears still bother me and fill up with water every time i go under...which never bothered me before the whole incident last year....so anyways, i went under water today, and it filled up and was bothering me, so i figured hey, i might as well use the swim ear shit since i still have it to clear my ear up since the only reason it hurt was due to the ruptured ear drum last time...anyways i put the shit in, and it gave me some intense pain in my ear (opposite ear as the ruptured one last year) and gave me just as bad of a pain in my ear as when it was ruptured and did not clear up shit....

anyways, just curious if anyone has had problems with this swim ear stuff and if it is normal to feel this intense pain when using it, and any recomendations on other shit to get water out of your ears since obviously this shit is not working

[James]

Did you go back to the doctor after the initial visit? It's kind of hypocritical for me to say this since I never do the follow-up, but when it's something internal, it's probably not a bad idea to follow-up and see if something is wrong.