I am newly certified after a two week course and I am already hooked. I can't wait for my first ocean dives in Aruba next week and I'm already planning ahead for the next and the next......
But it seems the only issue I have at this point, after several pool sessions and six lake dives is that I have a lot of trouble with water in my ears. I've always had the problem, being a life long swimmer, I've had a lot of swimmers ear trouble for some reason, but they usually clear up within a day or two with no further problems. But with diving it seems to be amplified.
Luckily this doesn't seem to cause much of an issue with equalization when I am in the water, but as soon as I am out my ears are sore and feel blocked. My last lake dive was Sunday morning and here it is now Tuesday night and one of my ears is still full of water and slightly sore (mostly from me trying every trick I know to get the water out - to no avail). My main concern right now is that I am supposed to be diving Aruba in ten days and I am afraid I will still have this blocked ear trouble and that it will eventually lead to problems with equalization and/or infection.
So I would really like to hear from experienced divers 1. How do you take care of ears that have taken on too much water - i.e. how do you clear them and 2. Is there any way to prevent this from happening in the first place?
Thanks!
~Christy