Re: Advice for a Newby with an Ear Infection - Donah

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Donah,Thanks much! I have had CT scans before and I do know that they are very sensitive and sometimes pick up things that aren't really there. A few years back they thought I had cancer based on a CT scan. They were wrong, fortunately.They started me off with Azithromycin for five days, then ten days of Augmentin XR. Neither one helped at all. The ENT doc said he didn't think it was an infection, based on my not responding to those antibiotics, and I guess on what he could see in my ear. But, he didn't venture a guess as to what it could be. I'll add bactrim to my list of things to ask my ENT about, when I see him next.Good luck tomorrow, and please do report back and let us know what happens.RayFrom: Benny Klingsporn <BKLINGSPORN@...>Subject: RE: Advice for a Newby with an Ear Infectioncholesteatoma Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 6:15 PM

Hi Ray,

For what it¢s worth here¢s my info, I

have had a CT scan and the radiologist report thought c¢toma.

My ENT referred me to a partner who is an otolaryngologist and a Neurotologist

, Dr Chang. He is the director of the Texas Ear Center and he

thinks what I have may be fluid, and not a c¢toma. He won¢t

know until he gets in there on Wed. 12/3. So that being said the

CT is a valuable tool but it may not be the definitive answer that you

are looking for. Did your doctor do a culture of your fluid??

After 2 rounds of levaquin and a round of heavy duty augmentin my

ENT did one and found my infection was a kind of staph infection and then

prescribed bactrim, which seemed to do the trick. I¢ll

keep you posted to let you know if it was just fluid or a c¢toma. Good Luck, Donah K<snip>

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Cancer of ear is very very RARE.

I have seen only 5 cases in my 35 years career

U are lucky it was not cance

Arun

On 12/2/08, Ray Shoemaker <raywshoe@...> wrote:

Donah,Thanks much! I have had CT scans before and I do know that they are very sensitive and sometimes pick up things that aren't really there. A few years back they thought I had cancer based on a CT scan. They were wrong, fortunately.

They started me off with Azithromycin for five days, then ten days of Augmentin XR. Neither one helped at all. The ENT doc said he didn't think it was an infection, based on my not responding to those antibiotics, and I guess on what he could see in my ear. But, he didn't venture a guess as to what it could be.

I'll add bactrim to my list of things to ask my ENT about, when I see him next.Good luck tomorrow, and please do report back and let us know what happens.

Ray

From: Benny Klingsporn <BKLINGSPORN@...>

Subject: RE: Advice for a Newby with an Ear Infectioncholesteatoma

Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 6:15 PM

Hi Ray,

For what it's worth here's my info, I have had a CT scan and the radiologist report thought c'toma. My ENT referred me to a partner who is an otolaryngologist and a Neurotologist , Dr Chang. He is the director of the Texas Ear Center and he thinks what I have may be fluid, and not a c'toma. He won't know until he gets in there on Wed. 12/3. So that being said the CT is a valuable tool but it may not be the definitive answer that you are looking for. Did your doctor do a culture of your fluid?? After 2 rounds of levaquin and a round of heavy duty augmentin my ENT did one and found my infection was a kind of staph infection and then prescribed bactrim, which seemed to do the trick. I'll keep you posted to let you know if it was just fluid or a c'toma.

Good Luck,

Donah K

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