Coincidentally at a film screening, I bumped into a friend who had the same ear treatment as I had. Except that he was advised to apply eardrops for 2 weeks to his ear, to soften the wax before the procedure could be done (though he only did it for a week). And we supposedly bypassed the procedure to wash out the wax using a syringe cos our cases were more severe. Though I only talked to him after the event, this conversation did quite a fair bit to calm me.

It's wonderful to be able to sleep without creating a mini-vacuum everytime I sleep on my side and turn the blocked ear on the pillow.