Well, here goes....3 weeks before the meet and my ears go to hell!!!!! :frustrated: Today after a good morning swim I got very familiar pain in BOTH of my ears which is much worse now!!!!! GRRRRR!!!! Anyway, I probably will call my doc tomorrow for more ear drops, but the question is: should I wait 5-6 days for the pain to clear or should I try and swim with ear plugs (of course if I can put them in without falling down). Any ideas? Or should I just do land exercises?
Thanks again in advance for your patience with me and all you help! :notworthy:
Well, here goes....3 weeks before the meet and my ears go to hell!!!!! :frustrated: Today after a good morning swim I got very familiar pain in BOTH of my ears which is much worse now!!!!! GRRRRR!!!! Anyway, I probably will call my doc tomorrow for more ear drops, but the question is: should I wait 5-6 days for the pain to clear or should I try and swim with ear plugs (of course if I can put them in without falling down). Any ideas? Or should I just do land exercises?
Thanks again in advance for your patience with me and all you help! :notworthy:
As a swimmer that used to get such bad ear infections the doctors used to give me such a high dose of codine the pharmacists would call to verify ... I would say stay out of the water. The best drops are ones you can easily make on your own, rubbing alcohol and vinegar, not only does it smell great, but it works better than anything else. We used to keep it in the old school film containers and my dad used to dump it in one ear, put a cotton ball in let it get in there and switch to the other ear after 10 minutes or so ...
I use ear plugs every practice, every race ... it sucks but I would get instant swimmers ear otherwise ...
Well, here goes....3 weeks before the meet and my ears go to hell!!!!! :frustrated: Today after a good morning swim I got very familiar pain in BOTH of my ears which is much worse now!!!!! GRRRRR!!!! Anyway, I probably will call my doc tomorrow for more ear drops, but the question is: should I wait 5-6 days for the pain to clear or should I try and swim with ear plugs (of course if I can put them in without falling down). Any ideas? Or should I just do land exercises?
Thanks again in advance for your patience with me and all you help! :notworthy:
As a swimmer that used to get such bad ear infections the doctors used to give me such a high dose of codine the pharmacists would call to verify ... I would say stay out of the water. The best drops are ones you can easily make on your own, rubbing alcohol and vinegar, not only does it smell great, but it works better than anything else. We used to keep it in the old school film containers and my dad used to dump it in one ear, put a cotton ball in let it get in there and switch to the other ear after 10 minutes or so ...
I use ear plugs every practice, every race ... it sucks but I would get instant swimmers ear otherwise ...
