Guest guest Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Our son had a cholesteatoma removed from his left ear when he was 8 (he is now 10). There was a lot to remove and it was a 4-hour surgery and his doctor assured me there is not a lot of pain after ear surgery and he was right. Our son had no problems with pain at all. Nothing motrin couldn't handle and although I can't remember specific recovery time it was very short. He was back to school very soon, wearing a bandage over his ear for a few days. > > What can I expect for a recovery with a 5 year old for the c-toma removal and ear drum reconstruction? With packing in for 3 weeks, how much pain/discomfort is involved? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Chloe has one of her surgeries the week of kindergarten graduation and was feeling well enough to go and be in the program. She has had 13 surgeries starting at age two, and has never had pain continue beyond the first couple days. She is seven now and pretty much refuses any pain meds after leaving the hospital. We have also learned to keep food light the first day or two and get lots of liquids to flush out the anesthesia meds. I think you will be amazed how well your child does. I know if I were having this surgery, I would need valium just to get in the door!!! As far as holes in the eardrum, the little guy's jumping around probably wasn't the problem! We have had this happen a few times as the eustachian tube function is so poor that it sucks in the healing eardrum so it ruptures inward a little. Her surgeon actually felt like that was a good thing for a while, since it allowed for pressure equalization. She now has tympanostomy tubes designed to stay in 3-5 years, and she no longer has problems with holes in her eardrum grafts. Best to both of you with this! On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:10 PM, <janetmunro3@...> wrote: I think he is doing fine. I am more than happy to deal with a hole in the ear drum than having the ctoma come back (crossing my fingers). Dr wants us to wait and see if it will heal on its own ( and keep it dry) these next 3-6 months. The audiologist said that his high pitch tones are affected, but I can't really tell. He says " huh? " All of the time anyways. I can't hear very well either though- so we just talk loud lol! Janet Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Rikki Ziman <rikki.ziman@...> Sender: cholesteatoma Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:01:31 -0700 (PDT) <cholesteatoma > Replycholesteatoma Subject: Re: recovery time thank you so much. There are so many horror stories out there, it is nice to hear the good stuff. I hope your son is ok. Does he have to have more surgery for the hole now? Is his hearing ok? From: " janetmunro3@... " <janetmunro3@...> cholesteatoma Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 12:30:37 AM Subject: Re: recovery time My 3 1/2 year old did really well as far as pain and discomfort goes. Waking up from surgery was the tough part. They are disoriented and in pain, but they also need time to " sleep it off " . My son didn't want any pain medicine at all. He just did not want to take anything and we waited 3 extra hours before leaving the hospital because the nurse wanted him to take oral pain med. I had to spike his juice with tylenol when I could tell he was in pain. After the 2nd day- he was back to normal and getting in trouble for jumping on the couch, running and rolling around on his ear. Probably why he now has a hole in the ear drum 3 months later. I'm sure your son will do fine. I scheduled people to visit on different days so that we had something to look forward to. Good luck! Janet Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: " rikki.ziman " <rikki.ziman> Sender: cholesteatoma Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:42:44 -0000 <cholesteatoma> Replycholesteatoma Subject: recovery time What can I expect for a recovery with a 5 year old for the c-toma removal and ear drum reconstruction? With packing in for 3 weeks, how much pain/discomfort is involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 I know I'm getting ahead of myself but I'm an avid runner and workout religiously. Does anyone know how long it will be before I can resume running and or lifting weights? My surgery was on Aug 24 and was a mastoidectomy, tympanoplasty and a little reconstruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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