Hello everyone, this to is happening to me. I have to go about every 4 months to have my ears FLUSHED. It doesn't really hurt hurt. The side I hade the surgery on hurts the worst. The stuff he gets out is hard dried up blood. It feels good for about 4 days, then it is slowly closing back up. Doc says it may always be this way. Mine is due to the radiation and the fact that my mouth was held open for so long during surgery. Who would have ever thought. It is all these things that no one tells us about. Live and live with it.....you thought I was going to say LEARN. LOL......There is only living with all this.........Always Miss Vicki