Perforated eardrum...Yikes!

[Grimloc]

Ok...I'm new....here....and to the sport of diving.  I just might have proved that in a profound way.

I perforated my left eardrum during a Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent (CESA) performed as part of my OW Part 2 class.  I do not recommend the experience...it was quite painful.  I was probably within 6 feet of the surface, up from 22ft, when my left ear made an awful bit of cracking, bubbling and crunching noise.....then.....full on vertigo hit until I surfaced.  Thank goodness for the instructor, who was holding on to my BC the whole way up.  I had no idea which way was up during the vertigo.  I had blood streaming from my ear and I could taste it in my throat from the Eustachian tube.

Does anyone have experience with this injury?  Can I dive again?  How long must I wait for healing?

I have to say I am a little leery at this point.  Blowing out my ear via reverse block was one thing....the vertigo was a crippler.   :-\

Advice?  Thoughts?

Thanks in advance