Guest guest Posted July 14, 2003 Report Share Posted July 14, 2003 Amber, I had surgery on the 8th too and I still have pain. In my case, the dr. made an incision behind the ear. Not only do I have pain but I am tired more so than other surgeries in the past it seems. I don't know if pain/tiredness are " normal " or not but I do know that everybody responds differently. I remember when I had all four wisdom teeth out...I was down for about 3-4 days and when my sister had hers out she was up and eating that night!! Take it easy and I pray you have a speedy recovery! Pain after surgery Hi! My name is Amber. I'm a 20 year old college student. I joined this group a couple months ago, when i found out about my c-toma. I just had surgery on tuesday (7/8). I am still in a lot of pain...i just didn't know if this was normal or not. the Dr. didn't have to go through the mastiod bone or anything. I have had a tympanoplasty before and don't remember having this much pain with it. I was just wondering if this was common and how long it would last???? Thanks *AMBER* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2003 Report Share Posted July 14, 2003 I had surgery on the 8th also and am also in alot of pain. My surgery was more extensive than the Dr first thought. He had to operate from inside and behind the ear. My first surgery was in January and by no means did I hve pain like this. I am up every 1 1/2 - 2 hours during the night. I have a call into my doctor right now to find out if this is normal or what. Anyone else have alot of pain?? Ingrid > Hi! My name is Amber. I'm a 20 year old college student. I joined > this group a couple months ago, when i found out about my c-toma. I > just had surgery on tuesday (7/8). I am still in a lot of pain...i > just didn't know if this was normal or not. the Dr. didn't have to > go through the mastiod bone or anything. I have had a tympanoplasty > before and don't remember having this much pain with it. > I was just wondering if this was common and how long it would > last???? > Thanks > *AMBER* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2003 Report Share Posted July 14, 2003 Hi Ingrid, Sorry you've had to join this crew, but glad you found us. Pain after surgery varies from person to person. My ear pain was mostly better in a week and a half. I went back to work then. But the muscles over my ear and my neck were VERY sore for much longer than that. I couldn't wear any kind of glasses for a few months afterwards. The first week I slept sitting up in a chair, it was too hard to support my head to lay down. If the pain is bothering you, and it is, call your doc. >From: " ijannetta " <ing@...> >Reply-cholesteatoma >cholesteatoma >Subject: Re: Pain after surgery >Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:12:13 -0000 > >I had surgery on the 8th also and am also in alot of pain. > >My surgery was more extensive than the Dr first thought. He had to >operate from inside and behind the ear. > >My first surgery was in January and by no means did I hve pain like >this. I am up every 1 1/2 - 2 hours during the night. I have a call >into my doctor right now to find out if this is normal or what. > >Anyone else have alot of pain?? > >Ingrid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! My name is Amber. I'm a 20 year old college student. I joined > > this group a couple months ago, when i found out about my c-toma. I > > just had surgery on tuesday (7/8). I am still in a lot of pain...i > > just didn't know if this was normal or not. the Dr. didn't have to > > go through the mastiod bone or anything. I have had a tympanoplasty > > before and don't remember having this much pain with it. > > I was just wondering if this was common and how long it would > > last???? > > Thanks > > *AMBER* > > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Keep up the good work, revisions involving reconstruction of the acetabulum are much more involved than the standard THP. Give yourself a little slack, and keep up the good attitude. Marilyn Margaret wrote: >It is interesting to see how people after their primary hip seem to >get great relief from pain. > >I was the same with my primary hip. Couldn't believe how little pain >I had and was totally off pain killers within a few days. > >With the revision it has been a different story. It is nearly nine >weeks now, and I still am taking pain killers. Not all the time, but >it seems much easier for me to do too much and be chasing pain. > >I've moved to a much harder chair, and that seems to help the coccyx >pain, so at least that is reduced, but the weight bearing exercises >bring new pain that won't seem to go unless I take pain killers. > >I have a real problem with pain killers as my mum was addicted to >Doctor prescribed pain killers. > >Last week I went to see the surgeon for a checkup and he said I was >not to go back to work until next year. That was a real blow to me as >I was intending to go back the first week in November. He said if it >was a primary hip he might have let me, but that I had a rather > " nasty " revision and I need to give it more time. He tells me I had >completely worn through the plastic liner of the cup and the steel cup >and head were grinding and very burred. He says it was a real mess. >He said the cup had totally pulled away from the bone and that is why >I had to jiggle to get it in a position so I could walk. When you >consider that a month before the surgery I ran a state wide healthy >ageing conference with over 100 delegates from all over Queensland I >suppose I was doing ok. For 5 days I was on my feet from 6 am until >after 11pm and I did it. " I never give up. " > >I am so glad I found this group, because without them I would have >felt very alone. The reality is that I don't know anyone here who has >had a revision and I am sick of people telling me about 80 year olds >who were walking after a week. I get the feeling they think I am >slacking off and not trying hard enough. At least this group knows >that if you are not weightbearing for the first 8 weeks it is going to >take some time to walk normally. > >Thanks everyone > >Margaret > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Hi. I don't really post often, but i do read the posts in my email everyday. I am 32 year old female, live in NJ and I had c4-c5 fusion in my neck in end of April. They gave me Miami J collar to wear. I was supposed to wear it for 3 months, but I have an 18 month old infant at home, and it wasn't really working out. I just recently went to a post-op appt to check on progress of the fusion. (I had an MRI and x-ray) Apparently, the fusion isn't taking. It was explained to me that there is a huge gap where the bones were supposed to fuse together (connecting the 2 discs) The dr said it could be because of a number of factors. Anyway, I am still in pain. Almost more pain than before surgery. My question to the group is whether or not additional surgeries is a common occurrence. I am in worse pain in my neck and arm and lower back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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