Hearing Loss & Deafness Support Group

its not too bad. they take out the infected skin and some bones if it be attached, you lose some hearing but it can be replaced with a metal bar of some sort. :)

thank you for responding Scottbeu.

From the Cat Scan report this is not attached to any one of the bones.I am thankful for. But it does need to be removed.

I am setup with a surgeon on Wednesday.

I am not exactly charmed by the ear doc I had. She is not my regular ear doc. She had told me she would call me with the results. She never did. I had to call the clinic twice to get a response. When she did call she did not introduce herself. I realized it was her after hanging up on the phone. Not good customer service...

So I will see what happens on Wednesday.

I did see the surgeon. Surgery is set up for May 12. The process he will go thru my ear canal. Which I am glad he does'nt have go thru back side of the ear. He will remove a quarter of my ear drum. And remove one of the ear bones and put in titanium rod. Remove the cholesteatoma which has'nt affect the boney area. He will take the cartledge from the outer ear and graft it on the mastoid bone.

If all goes well it will be same day surgery.

I am scared. I would rather have surgery done on another part of body. Somehow dealing with ears I feel vulnerable. And dealing with anxiety.

I thanked the surgeon for explaining the whole process. "He said thats part of my job. I said not all Docs explain whatever is going on with a patient.

I'm sure your surgery will go well, and yes it sounds like you have a good doctor who takes the time to explain things instead of looking at his patient funny when they ask a question.

best wishes,

-devin

Thank you Devin

Hi. I myself have been blessed with good hearing so all in all i have no idea what you are going through however my 2 yr old has been dignosed with profound deafness.
All i wanted to say is i wish you luck, I have looked up all causes of deafness and i wish you a great recovery from your surgery and loook forward to getting to know you.
Sending you my thoughts and prayers
Rachael

Thank you butterfly. I appreciate your support.

One thing have a great Doc. I checked him on the internet. He has a good record. I pray all goes well. Once laying on the cart in the or..I just surrender.

I will chat witrh you later.

Surgery went well on Monday. It was same day surgery. The pain level is about 2 up to 6 on the one to ten pain scale. I am not to sneeze or cough with my mouth shut. No bending over and not lifting more than 20 # I until I see my post op appointment next week.



I am feeling whoozy on my feet. Which I can tolerate. Otherwise napping and watch dvd's.

I am grateful all went as well.....

Good to hear things went well for you! You take care of yourself!