Glue ear at almost 15 years old

My ears (generally both) have reduced hearing and pop almost every single time I drink or eat or yawn or anything like this. It sucks. Basically I discovered a few months ago that it was glue ear and apparently I've had it most of my life. It just really sucks because I tried some natural remedies and none worked. The doctors told me if those didn't work I'd had to go through a procedure to fix it but I'm not looking forward to it. Any tips before I end up just doing this to get it all over with?