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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C10E4F.FFC09160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was doing a routine dive to about 55 ffw with about 8 knors of = current. Upon surfacing I got a reverse squeeze. I descended and tried = to come up slower but my ear was still hurting and I could hear it = gurgle. I was never able to get it to adjust and had to finally surface = through the pain. Since then I have had some pain in my ear and a = dulness in sound. If I try to clear my ear it gurgles and pops and = hisses. I assume I either stretched or perforated my eardrum and the = gurgling noise is fluid and mucus inside my middle ear. This has been 2 = days and the pain is subsiding (exceot for when I got the bright idea of = using alcohol to dry it out) but it still feels full and is making = gargleing noises. I was supposed to dive this weekend is a week normally = enough to allow this to heal or would I be pressing my luck. Any = suggestions?=20 THom ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C10E4F.FFC09160 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was doing a routine dive to about 55 = ffw with=20 about 8 knors of current. Upon surfacing I got a reverse squeeze. I = descended=20 and tried to come up slower but my ear was still hurting and I could = hear it=20 gurgle. I was never able to get it to adjust and had to finally surface = through=20 the pain. Since then I have had some pain in my ear and a dulness in = sound. If I=20 try to clear my ear it gurgles and pops and hisses. I assume I either = stretched=20 or perforated my eardrum and the gurgling noise is fluid and mucus = inside my=20 middle ear. This has been 2 days and the pain is subsiding (exceot for = when I=20 got the bright idea of using alcohol to dry it out) but it still feels = full and=20 is making gargleing noises. I was supposed to dive this weekend is a = week=20 normally enough to allow this to heal or would I be pressing my luck. = Any=20 suggestions? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>THom</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01C10E4F.FFC09160-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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