My surgery - dr changed his mind

July 27, 2011

Hello group!

I was scheduled for a CWD on Friday, 7/22 at NY Eye and Ear. My eustachian tube

is shot on the left side and the cat scan showed recurrent c-toma. I got a

second opinion and the 2nd doctor agreed with the CWD. Well, the surgeon had a

change of heart during the surgery!! He said he felt I was still young and he

didn't want to leave me with a large open cavity where I'd have to see him every

4-6 months. He said the surgery was " challenging " but he did his best to

reconstruct the ear canal using a lot of temporal muscle grafts. My eardrum

was shot- he said it looked like old salt and I have one hearing bone left. He

said he's confident that he got all of the disease out. There was also an olive

size c-toma in there. He said he did his best to give me a somewhat normal ear

canal. I was very surprised! He was really convinced that a CWD was totally

necessary. It's still very sore, I hope the healing goes well.

Also, be careful if your doctor prescribes the pain med, Nucynta. He said it

was fairly new and very strong. Well I took only one and I had a bad reaction

to it and ended up in the ER that night. My heart was racing - it was pounding

while I was trying to sleep. The ER doctor said it is a bad medicine that was

actually pulled off the market years ago and remanufactured under a new name.

I've read some stories online where people have had bad experiences with it

(passing out, hallucinations) My mind was racing as well and my b.p. was high.

I'm on Tylenol 3 now for pain. Be wary of this med - you may not tolerate it

that well and it is very expensive…Good luck everyone.

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