i have had ear pain for the last 6yrs and no doc has been able to help me. i had tubes put in, that left a hole in my left ear. also i hear my heart beatint in my left ear all the time. it is worse when it is quiet. i have lost my hearing. now i am get surgery and i dont know what to do or suggest. i feel the docs have no clue what they are doing and im just an experiment to them. my left ear drains all the time. it also has thick fluid like snot??? what do i do nothing is working...