Thanks for this, DHSGemini. I think I'm going to go for it, and will keep the Ear Planes in the whole flight. Today I'm more congested than yesterday, but my ears seem basically back to normal. It's interesting what you said about one flight being torture and the next a few hours later being fine: maybe it's a question of the airplane? Someone up-post, I think, thought that smaller planes were worse for pressurization issues. Luckily the 75E I'm on today isn't too tiny, so I'm crossing my fingers in addition to decongesting myself any way possible.