back after surgery

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hi all,

I had my surgery on wednesday morning and came home late yesterday

evening. The procedure was " Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy revision "

for possible cholesteatoma recurrence..

My surgeon reports that there was no cholesteatoma , but he found

several epithilian cysts in the mastoid and those were removed. The

mastoid area was badly infected and he had to remove several bones due

to severe infection. The infection also spread into the inner ear, which

he said caused my dizziness/vertigo I had since this summer. I used to

have those " waves in my head " type feelings and he said that were

probably caused by pressure that the infection asserted on the small

bony plate which seperates the inner ear from the brain.

I took off my head wrap last night. The ear is still dry and there is no

drainage. The packing is supposed to leak out over a period of time. I

also had no damage to my facial nerve. Matter of fact, I don't have any

facial swelling like I had after my first c-toma surgery. Considering

all, I feel pretty well..I take something for pain every 10 hours or ,

just to get rest. The stitches behind the ear will come out next

Wednesday. I'm very happy with this surgeon. He saw me twice in the

hospital before discharge and his nurse already called me at home twice

to check on me

, once last night and this morning. I thought that was pretty impressive.!!

I just like to really encourage everyone who gets turned away from ENT's

or doctors because they think that nothing is wrong, just to keep

looking until you get the help you need. I have been having severe

symptoms since July, milder before that , most doctors said I was

suffering from anxiety. We all know if we listen, when there is

something wrong with our bodies. So don't give up !!

Elke