Re: New at this!!

[Guest guest]

Hi, my child didn't have any of the symptoms, no earaches, drainage or anything other than one time after swimmimg a full feeling in the ear. I was wondering too if that is odd.

Good luck.

shirleymSuzy <kzanne109@...> wrote:

Hello......I'm glad to have found this board!! I am a 48 year old female that was diagnosed yesterday with a cholesteatoma in my left ear!! My ear feels full all the time......and rings...and i have hearing loss in it........however i have never had any discharge of any kind out of it.....I was wondering if anyone else who has been diagnosed with this problem actually had one but didn't have any discharge or infections that are typical with the problem? I'm very nervous and of course probably trying to figure out how to get out of this thing!! I'm tentatively supposed to have surgery the day after thanksgiving, however i am requesting a ct scan since my doctor didn't order one!! Thanks

[Guest guest]

Hi Suzy:

My symptoms were almost exactly like yours. I had hearing loss and

the ringing was louder than usual (I've had tinnitus since I was a

kid, so I'm very used to it by now). I never had drainage, and was

kind of puzzled when my ENT asked this question. Unfortunately, the

only way " out " of this problem is with surgery. I had surgery in

February, c-toma removal and reconstruction all in one fell swoop.

Everything is fine now, and my hearing improved to the normal range.

I'd have to agree with others that the most painful part of the

surgery is wearing the " cup " for a day or two afterwards.

Personally, I wouldn't put off surgery. I had to put off my surgery

for several months due to insurance problems (and once because of a

father-daughter dance :-), but I just couldn't wait to get it over

with.

Dave

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> Hello......I'm glad to have found this board!! I am a 48 year old

> female that was diagnosed yesterday with a cholesteatoma in my left

> ear!! My ear feels full all the time......and rings...and i have

> hearing loss in it........however i have never had any discharge of

> any kind out of it.....I was wondering if anyone else who has been

> diagnosed with this problem actually had one but didn't have any

> discharge or infections that are typical with the problem? I'm very

> nervous and of course probably trying to figure out how to get out

of

> this thing!! I'm tentatively supposed to have surgery the day after

> thanksgiving, however i am requesting a ct scan since my doctor

> didn't order one!! Thanks

[Guest guest]

My son never had any infection or discharge. So it does happen, even if it's not the usual course of things. Bless you!

[Guest guest]

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Sorry, the tinnitus didn't go away. I didn't expect it to, either,

since I've had it in both ears pretty much all my life. But it did

go back down to the " normal " level (ie. about the same as the non-c-

toma ear). I know tinnitus can be a pain, but you really do get used

to it after awhile. It really only bothers me when taking hearing

tests, because it's difficult for me to distinguish between the test

tone and my tinnitus.

Dave

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> > Hello......I'm glad to have found this board!! I am a 48 year old

> > female that was diagnosed yesterday with a cholesteatoma in my

left

> > ear!! My ear feels full all the time......and rings...and i have

> > hearing loss in it........however i have never had any discharge

of

> > any kind out of it.....I was wondering if anyone else who has

been

> > diagnosed with this problem actually had one but didn't have any

> > discharge or infections that are typical with the problem? I'm

very

> > nervous and of course probably trying to figure out how to get

out

> of

> > this thing!! I'm tentatively supposed to have surgery the day

after

> > thanksgiving, however i am requesting a ct scan since my doctor

> > didn't order one!! Thanks

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