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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 8:10 pm
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Oy.

OP, you should really, really get a qualified medical opinion before flying with these kinds of ear problems. A couple of years ago, my wife and flew ORD-LGA when she had a moderate ear infection. I'll spare the dramatics and just quote her: "It felt like someone was jamming an ice pick into my brain with my head in a vice that kept getting tighter and tighter." She sobbed in pain on the way up, and sobbed even harder on the way down. She says the pain was only second to her gallstone.

She was lucky. After the fact her doctor said she could have ruptured her eardrum. I seriously wouldn't risk this.
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