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From: sellentu@isis.cs.du.edu (Scott J. Ellentuch)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Eustachiun Tube problems
Keywords: tubes ears
Message-ID: <1991May5.021036.11904@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
Date: 5 May 91 02:10:36 GMT
Sender: sellentu@isis.cs.du.edu (Scott J. Ellentuch)
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To all,

    Recently I've taken up skydiving (As a previous message may have
mentioned).  I've run into a slight problem though.  

     About 2 weeks I went for another Tandem dive.  When I got down from
the adrenaline rush, I noticed that my ears hurt a little, clicked when
I swallowed and my adnoids were a little "sore".  On Friday night I
said that either Sat. morning I was going to do my AFF jumps or see a
doctor.  Well, when it felt like there were 6 inch steel rods in my throat
and that someone ran a steel rasp over my throat, I went to the local
emergency room (I'm visiting from out of town, so I didn't know WHO to go
to).  The doctor told me that if I *DID* go I would have definitely blown
out my ear drums.  He put me on AMOXYCILLIN and ENTEX (Decongestant) and
grounded me for 10 days.  I looked at him in horror.  He told I could
go in 5 if it felt REAL good and took Neo-Senyphrine.  Well, the weather
didn't cooperate and I waited all 10. 

     Last Tues I went for 2 AFF level jumps, and immediately noticed the
problem again, ESPECIALLY in my right ear.  I made an appointment with the
doctor I was supposed to follow up with after the E.R. visit.  (I make it
for Monday, so I could jump during the weekend, but re-scheduled it to
Fri because I wanted to get relief... IT REALLY HURT).  The doctor looked
me over, and said there was SLIGHT bleeding behind the right ear drum.
I was put on PREDNISONE (An oral STEROID) and some other thing (VACENASE
I think its called) to help.  

     ***GETTING TO MY POINT....FINALLY...*** The doctor said that it
would HELP, but there is the possiblity that I will need TUBES put in my
ears to help the eustachian tubes out.  What I wanted to know is if anyone
has had this done, does it hurt, what are the side affects, how much does
it cost, and is there anything else I can do to prevent this.  I really
want to continue diving, but if its going to mean I have to visit a doctor
and get medicine after each jump, FORGET IT!!!!!!  

     BTW:  I am VERY allergic to all sorts of things, and have TERRIBLE
sinus problems... Forgot to mention it.

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