divergirl6
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Hi,
I'm new to both ScubaBoard and scuba diving and I just got my OW certification from PADI last weekend. On Saturday and Sunday I had two dives each day. I'd had trouble equalizing in my pool session, but my instructor said it was because I wasn't blowing hard enough against my pinched nostrils. During my first OW dive I had trouble again and my instructor wrote on his slate to blow harder. I did, I heard a squeak, and it worked. I didn't have any more problems equalizing after that. After the dives that day I had a little water in my ears and it cleared out almost all the way overnight. The next day it felt fine and I blew hard to equalize. It worked but after the dives I felt like I had quite a bit of water in my left ear. My instructor said it should clear up in a day or two.
I woke up this morning and I still felt it, except it didn't feel so much like water anymore. It just felt plugged. It didn't and hasn't hurt almost at all, except when I try normal techniques for getting water out the ear (like suction). My ear has been feeling plugged all day, at times feeling a bit of pressure. At some points when I swallow or yawn it seems to pop but after the swallow or yawn is finished it seems to pop right back in and feels the same as it did before. Right now it just feels like it's plugged and swallowing and yawning don't do anything. At times I hear/feel crackling when I swallow and yawn but it doesn't seem to unplug it. I just want my ears to pop! Advice please! (And thank you for taking the time to read this novella...)
I'm new to both ScubaBoard and scuba diving and I just got my OW certification from PADI last weekend. On Saturday and Sunday I had two dives each day. I'd had trouble equalizing in my pool session, but my instructor said it was because I wasn't blowing hard enough against my pinched nostrils. During my first OW dive I had trouble again and my instructor wrote on his slate to blow harder. I did, I heard a squeak, and it worked. I didn't have any more problems equalizing after that. After the dives that day I had a little water in my ears and it cleared out almost all the way overnight. The next day it felt fine and I blew hard to equalize. It worked but after the dives I felt like I had quite a bit of water in my left ear. My instructor said it should clear up in a day or two.
I woke up this morning and I still felt it, except it didn't feel so much like water anymore. It just felt plugged. It didn't and hasn't hurt almost at all, except when I try normal techniques for getting water out the ear (like suction). My ear has been feeling plugged all day, at times feeling a bit of pressure. At some points when I swallow or yawn it seems to pop but after the swallow or yawn is finished it seems to pop right back in and feels the same as it did before. Right now it just feels like it's plugged and swallowing and yawning don't do anything. At times I hear/feel crackling when I swallow and yawn but it doesn't seem to unplug it. I just want my ears to pop! Advice please! (And thank you for taking the time to read this novella...)