Facial paralysis PRE-operation

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

Has anyone out there suffered facial paralysis BEFORE the operation to remove a

cholesteatoma? I've had the MRI and the CT scan and it appears that the alien

inside my ear has grown quite large, involving all the small bones in my ear,

the mastoid, the petrous temporal bone and mid cranial fossa. Obviously my

facial nerve is also affected - I have had the paralysis for about 9 months now,

in fact that was the symptom that sent me running to the doctor. I've had none

of the usual symptoms at all (I've had otitis media and mastoiditis often but

nothing for a couple of years).

Has anyone had facial nerve paralysis before the op and if so, how did it go

afterwards?

Cheers

Sharyn

[Guest guest]

Yes I had that, which turned out to be a very good thing, because I had been ignoring the hearing loss for years(since I was so young when it started, I simply thought it was normal to have one strong ear and one weak one), and the facial paralysis was the first other physical sign that something was wrong. Took forever to finally find a doctor who knew what the problem was... my mom thought it was Bell's at first.

[Guest guest]

MUST try to get surgery done at earliest

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM, sharynlodge <sharynlodge@...> wrote:

 

Hi there,Has anyone out there suffered facial paralysis BEFORE the operation to remove a cholesteatoma? I've had the MRI and the CT scan and it appears that the alien inside my ear has grown quite large, involving all the small bones in my ear, the mastoid, the petrous temporal bone and mid cranial fossa. Obviously my facial nerve is also affected - I have had the paralysis for about 9 months now, in fact that was the symptom that sent me running to the doctor. I've had none of the usual symptoms at all (I've had otitis media and mastoiditis often but nothing for a couple of years).

Has anyone had facial nerve paralysis before the op and if so, how did it go afterwards?CheersSharyn