Help, this is an emergency!!

Hi, you can call me beth.

I have a major problem.

Right now, I've flown to Australia. Anyway, the huge problem is that on the two flights that I had to take to get here, and one domestic flight from Sydney to Adelaide, when I was landing I experienced horrible blocking of my ears due to cabin pressure, with lots of pain, and they didn-t unblock until about an hour later.

The other problem is that I am a very nervous person, so I've had trouble looking for information on the web because every time I see something that says that you can in some cases burst an eardrum, or have to have an operation, well, I literally fall to pieces. I have a severe fear of doctors, drugs, needels, etc.

Please, please help me. I have to take another flight in about four days or less, and I really need some advice, some support, at least to soften the fear. It-s driving me up the wall with worry.

Thank you a lot, anyway.

//Truest Lies//-beth

Yeah, I get that on every flight I go to and it hurts almost excruciatingly, but it goes within an hour. I doubt you will have burst ear drums or an operation or anything, are you feeling ok now? And I advise that on the way home you get some lollies or hard boiled sweets, and just as you're landing suck on it really hard. Helps me. I get slight ears popping but it doesn't hurt almost at all.

for the ear thing. chewing gum might help because it pops your ears. that can reduce pressure and reduce the chances of so much pressure of building up.

Hey I suffer that terribly too on planes so I understand your pain it feels like someone has turned the volume down in your head and its excruitiating!
Do try chewing gum prior to and on your flight, take some painkillers while your at it also Beth prior to flying to help you...this probably isnt sound medical advice but being a nervous flyer myself I tend to top that off with one the bottles of wine they sell on the plane - it relaxes my nerves and takes my mind away from the actual pain and the fear of flying - good luck Beth :o)

Oh, geez, Ebutsina, that was hilarious!!

Yes, yes, the thirteen year old at the back of the plane is asking for a glass of wine, no ice...

:-D it is gonna happen! But really, thanks so much guys, I do feel better now. It goes after I have a sleep, but I suffered a mild panic attack teh third time that it happened in a row and started to cry an carry on, which is embarassing. But I'm going to take all the advice that I can and get more lollies and gum, and also these devices I've heard of called Earplanes. Supposedly you stick them in your ears and then the pressure cannot get into your ears, hey, that's just supposedly.

And also thanks for reassuring me that an operation, needles or ruptured eardrum wasn't very likely, that is so comforting to hear, no matter who says it. I'll try chocolates instead of wine, although that is very funny, imagining myself asking for a bottle.

Okay, lots of luck for everyone, and thanks again.

//Truest Lies//-beth, The Frequent Flier

Chew gum

Or show everyone on the plane your culo.

I get that when I'm on a train and what I do which seems to work brilliantly is yawning. You may look a bit silly making yourself yawn but it is worth it.

"I get that when I'm on a train and what I do which seems to work brilliantly is yawning. You may look a bit silly making yourself yawn but it is worth it."

Yeah I do that!! Works really well!

Nope, my ears don't budge an inch no matter what I do, and I've tried yawning, chewing, talking, swallowing, chewing gum, taking a breath, covering my nose and mouth and trying to dispel the air through my ears, crying, tipping my head back, to the side, to the other side, forward...

It doesn't work. Today I found out that my aunt suffers from exactly the same thing, and she knows a medicine that she says unblocks the mucouse in your ears, and, well, basically stops the pain.

I hate taking medication, but I'll give anything a try!

//Truest Lies//

Also get lollies and stuff incase you can't get medication before, and if you feel them start to pop, hold your nose, and close your mouth and push the air really hard so it makes your ears pop.