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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 06:57 PM
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My left ear won't pop!
AHH! I came down from the cabin, I have a bad cold and with the elevation change the ear didn't pop... any suggestions?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 06:58 PM
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1. Chew gum? Swallow real hard?
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 06:59 PM by Solly Mack
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 06:59 PM
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2. Here's what I do:
Yawn
Hold nose and blow
Drink a lot of water and swallow
Cry until it pops


I've found that if I use Xlear nasal spray (organic stuff made from xylitol), it keeps my inner ear clear and my ears don't pop as much. You might want to get some for next time.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:00 PM
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3. I hate to say it, but I had that cold awhile ago
It started with the clogged ear thing and progressed slowly downward to my chest over the next 4 weeks. Hope you feel better, because that bug sucked.
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:00 PM
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4. A hot shower and a glass of something warm.
Even if it doesn't work, you'll be feeling good.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:04 PM
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5. I use swimmers ear stuff when my ear clogs up when sick
elevation clogged ears , chewing yawning and
perhaps sudafed if real bad .
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:05 PM
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6. Hope its not turning into an ear infection
there is NOTHING more painful than an ear infection. Hope you feel better soon.
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DIKB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:06 PM
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7. I've had a couple of
ear infections. For pain ? I'll see your ear infection, and raise you a kidney stone.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:08 PM
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8. ooh. Ok. You got me there
Hope I never have to experience that.

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:20 PM
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9. vaporizer
Or if you don't have one, boil some water on the stove, remove it from the heat, and breathe the steam through your nose for as long as you can, up to 10 minutes, with a towel over your head to get the maximum benefit. Repeat every couple of hours.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:56 PM
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10. You're being punished because you hate cats.
Rrrow! Pffffst! Nyaah. :evilgrin:

No, actually, that happened to me once after a combo of flight & bad cold. I was deaf in one ear for about three days. Then all of a sudden, it was like the floodgates opened. What relief.
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:58 PM
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11. do you have a knitting needle handy...?
if not- hold your nose and right ear, and blow.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:59 PM
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13. I did, the air came out my eye
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 07:58 PM
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12. It's like if I put my head on different angles the pressure eases
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 12:03 AM
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14. do you have a lot of wax in that ear?
it may be time for q-tips and a bottle of h2o2.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 12:05 AM
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15. nope
I think it's clogged with cold mucus~!
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 12:12 AM
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16. sudafed will dry that puppy out-
if the crankheads haven't gobbled all of it from the store to make more meth, that is.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 12:23 AM
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19. I bought some Triaminic chewables for kids at Walgreen's drug --
Edited on Thu Apr-07-05 12:24 AM by Radio_Lady
They had a plastic card with a picture of the Triaminic box hanging on a hook. You had to take the card to the cashier to get the REAL THING. Just like cigarettes and other narcotics!

Wonder how you get meth from Sudafed? (Don't tell me -- I could care less, really...)
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 08:46 AM
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22. it's the pseudoepinephrine...
and a hodgepodge of household chemicals- all i know about it is what i've seen on tv and in the newspaper.
i've done at least my share of illicit substances- but that's one that i have no desire to experience...peed skills
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 12:21 AM
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18. Q-tips are NOT recommended!
I just had a meeting with my otolaryngologist (ear doctor). He said that Q-tips just drive impactions deeper into the ear!
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 08:38 AM
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21. if you dip the q-tip in h2o2 first...
and put in gently, while spinning it slightly, it will help "melt" the wax...I'll bet the dr. said that the best way to do it is to come into his office and have it done "professionally" (i.e. at your expense and their profit).
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 12:13 AM
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17. 1/32" carbide drill
Works every time. Just be sure to set the drill on high speed.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-05 12:24 AM
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20. Well don't let this happen
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2999743&mesg_id=2999743
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