Re: Surgery went well 29/2/08.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Pleased to hear that everything went well with the surgery. Just to

quickly answer the " packing removal " question from my own experience.

My doc told me not to remove the packing, so after about 2 weeks, it

was starting to get kinda yucky, and I couldn't wait till the visit

to the doctor. Pretty much he just removed packing from the ear

canal, and cleaned out some of the dried blood and gunk that was in

there. It was completely painless for me, and to be honest, it was a

huge relief because it was starting to get kinda uncomfortable (not

painful, just uncomfortable).

I guess it varies depending on the surgery, but it was pretty much

this way for both surgery's that I had.

The doc had given me ear drops to put in on top of the packing 3

times a day.

Hope this all makes sense.

>

> Hi all, Just to let you all know that Chloe's surgery on Fri went

well,

> better than we all expected. They did'nt need to go as far back as

they

> thought, she had a tynoplasty (sp?) and graft, took 3 and a half

hours.

> she goes back in 3 weeks for the packing to be removed, her

stitches

> are disolvable. As 2 of her bones are damaged and seperated she

will

> need another surgery in the near future to reconstruct them. We

don't

> know whether her hearing has improved yet, suppose we wont untill

the

> packng comes out.

> She is recovering well and not much pain yet.

> A quick question, does anyone know how they remove the packing, as

you

> can't see it so it much be in deep?

>

> Take Care

> Sue and Chloe

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

They basically design a little thing that they can tug on to pull it

out. It only takes a few seconds. It doesn't hurt and it feels really

good to get it out. She might experience momentary dizziness. I

personally didn't, but others on this list have mentioned it. The only

thing that ever hurt for me was the bandage on the first day, so if

she's beyond that, pain-wise she is likely home free. You may need the

reconstruction to happen before the hearing improves.

Glad she's past the surgery,

Matt

Sue wrote:

>

> Hi all, Just to let you all know that Chloe's surgery on Fri went well,

> better than we all expected. They did'nt need to go as far back as they

> thought, she had a tynoplasty (sp?) and graft, took 3 and a half hours.

> she goes back in 3 weeks for the packing to be removed, her stitches

> are disolvable. As 2 of her bones are damaged and seperated she will

> need another surgery in the near future to reconstruct them. We don't

> know whether her hearing has improved yet, suppose we wont untill the

> packng comes out.

> She is recovering well and not much pain yet.

> A quick question, does anyone know how they remove the packing, as you

> can't see it so it much be in deep?

>

> Take Care

> Sue and Chloe

>

>

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