Re: A healing question

[Guest guest]

Hello Sue,

I haven't heard about this type of "rinse" for the ear. You posted this before, and I think one other member had this same treatment. However, anything that feels as bad as you describe, cannot be good. I was fortunate after my surgery that I did not have any drainage once the initial surgical area dried. The initial oozing did last a few weeks though. My otologist is a believer in leaving the packing in for a full month... maybe this was a good thing after all, although quite uncomfortable.

Is your upcoming surgery in December for "reconstruction, or for a "second look"?

Did you have tubes inserted during the CWD surgery? I didn't know they also did this with CWD. I think many of the members here had "meatoplasty" done. I guess this would eliminate the need for tubes... but without the meatoplasty, it would be more difficult to do regular cleanings.

I am going to see my otologist on the 25th, to discuss reconstruction... hopefully... it is been one and a half years since my surgery.

Lynn

-- A healing question

Hi All,

I have been doing real good recovering for my

typamomastoidectomy.I also had a CWD and tubes. But I am getting a

little concerned about all this drainage/blood/and what looks like

pus to me.I am a little over 3 weeks post-op. My doc ordered me to

wash my ear 2xs a day with vinager/salt and water mixed and I must

say I did it once and NEVER again this was killer! Well after the

one time of doing this my ear pounded like crazy and burned/hurt. I

felt so dizzy I almost hit the bathroom floor and the room was

spinning, this lasted about 5 hours it was weird. Another question

why is my outside of my ear numb yet sore will I get feeling back in

this ear? And does the larger then normal apperance of my ear become

normal again? I am going to find out about second surgery which

should be around Christmas when they do this reconstruction job will

they have to cut behind my ear again? I must say the rinse was worse

then the surgery!!

Have a great evening all!!

Sue M.

[Guest guest]

Sue,

I ended up with drainage that looked the same way as you desribed it

and it had a very awful smell to it. My doc called in an antibiotic

to take as well as using the ear drops. I would call your doc just

in case you ended up w/ an infection also.

The numbness feeling you have also goes away. I was 4 wks. post op

yesterday and everyday a little bit more feeling comes back to it

thankfully. There is hardly any numbness feeling left.

My ear looked the same I think as before I went into surgery so I

can't answer that question for you and I am thinking I won't need

another surgery hopefully so I can't answer that neither. They had

to cut behind my ear to do the tymponaplasty (sp) and also remove

all of the c-toma though so if you have any questions, feel free to

ask.

> Hi All,

> I have been doing real good recovering for my

> typamomastoidectomy.I also had a CWD and tubes. But I am getting a

> little concerned about all this drainage/blood/and what looks like

> pus to me.I am a little over 3 weeks post-op. My doc ordered me to

> wash my ear 2xs a day with vinager/salt and water mixed and I must

> say I did it once and NEVER again this was killer! Well after the

> one time of doing this my ear pounded like crazy and burned/hurt.

I

> felt so dizzy I almost hit the bathroom floor and the room was

> spinning, this lasted about 5 hours it was weird. Another question

> why is my outside of my ear numb yet sore will I get feeling back

in

> this ear? And does the larger then normal apperance of my ear

become

> normal again? I am going to find out about second surgery which

> should be around Christmas when they do this reconstruction job

will

> they have to cut behind my ear again? I must say the rinse was

worse

> then the surgery!!

>

> Have a great evening all!!

>

> Sue M.