Head Crushing Physical Pain

As a sort-of PS to my previous post …

I’m actually doing just fine emotionally/spiritually, so my tears today were only due to one cause: physical pain. For the first time in my life (after 1 million + frequent flyer miles), my ears will not equalize after my most recent flight. I know that sounds very simple and lacking in drama, but the truth is, I am experiencing head-crushing pressure and pain in both ears. I can’t hear normal sounds.  It feels like I have a foot of cotton covering both ears and that the bales of cotton are being pressed into my head with a vise. If we were SCUBA diving, I would have halted our descent, but you can’t do that on your flight, eh? (A little Canadian thrown in there as a shout-out to my new Ontario buds.)

Anyhoo … except for this pressure and pain, all is well.