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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 10:34 pm
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I didn't mean to be abrupt with you earlier, OP, but there is no way to know if you still have holes/tubes in your eardrums without looking. They fall out and seal up on their own. Your ENT looked at them a week ago, so should have a good idea.

I mistakenly flew from MCO to SFO a couple of years ago without realizing my ears were going to plug up. It was torture for 5 hours, and even worse taking off and landing. I couldn't hear well for a couple of weeks. I would do almost anything to avoid repeating that experience.

Hope all goes well for you. Decongestants can help keep the Eustachian tubes open to help.
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