Re: C/toma just been removed

[Guest guest]

Hiya, we had our ops on the same day and my surgeon didnt even come to let me

know how things went after either.

We are very much in the same boat, i have discharge, no taste, pain numbness,

and ridiculous dressing!

i washed my hair 24hrs after (naughty!!) with a jug and shampoo. From now on

I'll use dry shampoo.

My after op appt is in 3 weeks aswell, so fingers crossed for us both

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> I had my op on the 14 th jan 2011 I am in a bit of pain and can't feel the ear

that I had the op on is this normal + I still have stuff coming out of the

dressing as well as not being able to taste I hope this won't last for ever. I

would like to no of anyone else who's had this op done as I got nothing from my

dr he didn't even tell me how the op went I no I should of asked but I was on

strong painkillers. I no I have to have packing in my ear for 3 weeks ( I don't

no how I am ment to wash my hair) )-: can anyone help me pls I am going round

and round looking for someone to help

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[Guest guest]

Hello, I had my surgery a few days before both of you (12th). I am just now

beginning to feel like I am getting better. This is my third ear surgery.

Important to keep the ear area dry and take your pain medication. After my

last surgery it took 6 months for my taste buds to return.

Hang in there.

Sent from my iPod

[Guest guest]

Hi - I had my third ear surgery on December 20th. My first two were in the late 80's when I was 14 and 15. This can be a scary post op experience because we aren't familiar with the normal side effects. I took my large bandage off my head about 24 hours after I got home and inside the plastic cup must have been a pound of BLOODY bandages. I was all "ahhh!" For the first two weeks or so my ear was swollen off my head about twice as far as my other ear. I wondered if it would be like that for ever. It has since gone back to it's normal size. The ear was completely numb including the the back side of the ear in the incision area and even on my head above my ear. The scar behind my ear was swollen and my girlfriend thought my ear could still fall off- as if it wasn't attached!- but the swelling there has

subsided a lot although it it still tremendously numb. Feeling has returned to the bottom 50% of my ear since my surgery but I'm still waiting for the feeling to return to the top portion. It's been 4 weeks since my surgery and I STILL have a bit of drainage out my ear. At this point it appears to be almost exclusively the gel they put in there to stabilize the wound. This stuff slowly dissolves over time- doc said it could take 6 or more weeks for it to completely drain out. My inner ear doesn't have the major stuffed up feeling that it did but I still can't hear- apparently it's that same gel in there. For the first two weeks or so every morning when I woke up I would pull off my band aid covered cotton ball and it would be covered in what looked like a mixture of various body fluid including blood. My most recent surgery in some ways felt more major than my previous two. I think in part because

he was also expanding the ear canal opening which requires removing some softy tissue and also filling in a cavity with displaced soft tissue from behind my ear. The cavity was formed by the radical mastoidectomy I had when I was a kid and caused me to have regular and annoying external ear infections. Doc's hope was to alleviate those as well as help me get my hearing back.For me that's the nerve racking part. I want to know if the surgery worked! Did my titanium implant help?!? Only time will tell. When I did visit the doc for my first post op two weeks ago he said it was healing beautifully and everything was going well. I was glad to hear that because like you I didn't know if all the various things were normal. As far as taste goes I didn't lose any taste sensation this go round but I remember when I was a kid having some weird taste sensations that eventually did go back to normal.I

haven't ran in a month even though doc said it would be fine 3 weeks after the surgery- I really don't want to F this up. I'd rather be extra cautious than bump the titanium out of place before it's fully seated (can this happen?). I used to run five days a week so that's been a change, but I know I am on the road to recovery. I want to hear though! I'm really excited about it but don't want to get my hopes up too much.Anyway- I just wanted to let you know you're not alone here. These surgeries suck and they're different for each of us due to our different maladies. 3 months from now you and I won't be thinking about our ears constantly and a year from now the surgery and it's ensuing pain will be a distant memory. Good luck to you!Jimmy previous post: I had my op on the 14 th jan 2011 I am in a bit of pain and can't feel the ear that I had the op on is this normal + I still have stuff coming out of the dressing as well as not being able to taste I hope this won't

last for ever. I would like to no of anyone else who's had this op done

as I got nothing from my dr he didn't even tell me how the op went I no

I should of asked but I was on strong painkillers. I no I have to have packing in my ear for 3 weeks ( I don't no how I am ment to wash my hair) )-: can anyone help me pls I am going round and round looking for someone to help

[Guest guest]

I posted this somewhere else but am not familiar with yet so I

thought I would post it here to make sure you get it.

Hi -

I had my third ear surgery on December 20th. My first two were in the late 80's

when I was 14 and 15. This can be a scary post op experience because we aren't

familiar with the normal side effects. I took my large bandage off my head

about 24 hours after I got home and inside the plastic cup must have been a

pound of BLOODY bandages. I was all " ahhh! " For the first two weeks or so my

ear was swollen off my head about twice as far as my other ear. I wondered if

it would be like that for ever. It has since gone back to it's normal size.

The ear was completely numb including the the back side of the ear in the

incision area and even on my head above my ear. The scar behind my ear was

swollen and my girlfriend thought my ear could still fall off- as if it wasn't

attached!- but the swelling there has subsided a lot although it it still

tremendously numb. Feeling has returned to the bottom 50% of my ear since my

surgery but I'm still waiting for the feeling to return to the top portion.

It's been 4 weeks since my surgery and I STILL have a bit of drainage out my

ear. At this point it appears to be almost exclusively the gel they put in

there to stabilize the wound. This stuff slowly dissolves over time- doc said

it could take 6 or more weeks for it to completely drain out. My inner ear

doesn't have the major stuffed up feeling that it did but I still can't hear-

apparently it's that same gel in there. For the first two weeks or so every

morning when I woke up I would pull off my band aid covered cotton ball and it

would be covered in what looked like a mixture of various body fluid including

blood. My most recent surgery in some ways felt more major than my previous

two. I think in part because he was also expanding the ear canal opening which

requires removing some softy tissue and also filling in a cavity with displaced

soft tissue from behind my ear. The cavity was formed by the radical

mastoidectomy I had when I was a kid and caused me to have regular and annoying

external ear infections. Doc's hope was to alleviate those as well as help me

get my hearing back.

For me that's the nerve racking part. I want to know if the surgery worked!

Did my titanium implant help?!? Only time will tell. When I did visit the doc

for my first post op two weeks ago he said it was healing beautifully and

everything was going well. I was glad to hear that because like you I didn't

know if all the various things were normal. As far as taste goes I didn't lose

any taste sensation this go round but I remember when I was a kid having some

weird taste sensations that eventually did go back to normal.

I haven't ran in a month even though doc said it would be fine 3 weeks after the

surgery- I really don't want to F this up. I'd rather be extra cautious than

bump the titanium out of place before it's fully seated (can this happen?). I

used to run five days a week so that's been a change, but I know I am on the

road to recovery. I want to hear though! I'm really excited about it but don't

want to get my hopes up too much.

Anyway- I just wanted to let you know you're not alone here. These surgeries

suck and they're different for each of us due to our different maladies. 3

months from now you and I won't be thinking about our ears constantly and a year

from now the surgery and it's ensuing pain will be a distant memory. Good luck

to you!

Jimmy

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> I had my op on the 14 th jan 2011 I am in a bit of pain and can't feel the ear

that I had the op on is this normal + I still have stuff coming out of the

dressing as well as not being able to taste I hope this won't last for ever. I

would like to no of anyone else who's had this op done as I got nothing from my

dr he didn't even tell me how the op went I no I should of asked but I was on

strong painkillers. I no I have to have packing in my ear for 3 weeks ( I don't

no how I am ment to wash my hair) )-: can anyone help me pls I am going round

and round looking for someone to help

>

[Guest guest]

I had my surgery November 2009. The loss of taste was like that for me for

several months. My surgeon allowed me to wash my hair after a week.

The packing took 6 months to dissolve for me. It felt like I was on an airplane

waiting for my ear to pop. My surgeon did reconstruction at the same time but

hearing didn't get better for me.

Good luck...it does get better.

Joanne

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> I had my op on the 14 th jan 2011 I am in a bit of pain and can't feel the ear

that I had the op on is this normal + I still have stuff coming out of the

dressing as well as not being able to taste I hope this won't last for ever. I

would like to no of anyone else who's had this op done as I got nothing from my

dr he didn't even tell me how the op went I no I should of asked but I was on

strong painkillers. I no I have to have packing in my ear for 3 weeks ( I don't

no how I am ment to wash my hair) )-: can anyone help me pls I am going round

and round looking for someone to help

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