Surfing and Hi-Fi

Update, last week, after 1 1/2 years of being plugged, my right ear just cleared and fluid ran down the back of my throat. For the first time in almost 2 years I could hear so clearly I was afraid to move, I was afraid to go to sleep because it might not be there in the morning. It lasted for about 3 days. Thanks for the suggestions, the Neti pot actually worked quite well....most of the time, I also feel better about taking the Sudafed for the last year. I went to the ent today and found out that after breaking my nose 3 times I deviated my septum pretty bad which would account for all the symptoms, nothing to do with the eardrum. It is so bad he couldn't even fit a small scope up there to look around, and he froze the right side of my head.
I have a surgery scheduled for June, I am excited.

Thanks Again.

Samhar, with the kings reef comment on my systems page, I assumed you surfed. My wifes ears are 90% closed from cold water bone growth, but she hates ear plugs too. We will both check out the plugs from spain, I think I have seen people wearing them here. They might work up my nose? Water isn't getting stuck in the outer ear side of the eardrum, it's the nose/sinus/eustachian side. Interesting you mentioned the compensation for hearing loss with plugs. I tried for 1 month and hated it, your hearing and vision are so connected it felt like surfing with blinders on. I figured I would rather blow my eardrums every few years and deal with it, then having to deal with plugs everyday, it really affected my surfing.

Mr photon, is a neti pot a tool, or an additive to the saline? If you mean flushing out the sinuses with saline, that is what happens everytime I go surfing, any wipeouts, and there are usually many, and I can drain about 1/4 cup of salt water from my right nostril ( the most recent eardrum burst ) so there is no problems with getting the saline up there.

Thanks for your replies