Re: Happy News and Interesting Studies

[Guest guest]

> Hello everyone,

>

> I've only posted on here once, but wanted to share some happy

news...

> my husband had his surgery two weeks ago and it was very

> successful. He just went in two days ago for his follow-up with

the

> surgeon and everything looks really good, although they did have

to

> remove all the hearing bones and will have to put prostethics in

in

> about a year to eighteen months (it's been interesting reading

about

> some of your experiences with prostethics, hearing aids, etc. --

> thank you!!). I had been reading all of the side effects of

surgery

> on here from a lot of you, and we were expecting a lot of the same

> things with him, but he's actually not had it too badly -- the

worst

> one has been the pain in his temple, which he found out at his

follow-

> up is because the doctor took some of the muscle from his temple

to

> rebuild the ear after they removed the cholesteatoma. He hasn't

had

> very much dizziness, drainage, depression, etc. and we feel very

> fortunate!!

>

> I also wanted to let anyone know that in doing some research on

the

> subject, my husband found a couple of articles that talk about

> cholesteatoma and studies done on them -- I remember reading on

here

> a while back that no one knew of any studies that were done,

> statistics gathered, etc. as far as cholesteatoma

> patients/treatments, etc., go. Anyway, he found two articles,

> entitled " Expression of epidermal growth factor receptor in human

> middle ear cholesteatoma " and " Cartilage tympanoplasty:

indications,

> techniques, and outcomes in a 1,000-patient series " , that he

emailed

> to me, but they're pretty long, so if anyone is interested in

reading

> these, you can respond to this post with your email address and

I'll

> email them to you -- the first one is especially lengthy, but

they're

> both very interesting.

>

> If you want to read them, post your email for me and I'll email

them

> to you. Thanks, and good luck to everyone, and thanks again for

all

> of your input, information, and experiences... although this is

only

> my second post, I read almost everything, and have learned tons

and

> gained very invaluable information through this group.

[Guest guest]

> > Hello everyone,

> >

> > I've only posted on here once, but wanted to share some happy

> news...

> > my husband had his surgery two weeks ago and it was very

> > successful. He just went in two days ago for his follow-up with

> the

> > surgeon and everything looks really good, although they did have

> to

> > remove all the hearing bones and will have to put prostethics in

> in

> > about a year to eighteen months (it's been interesting reading

> about

> > some of your experiences with prostethics, hearing aids, etc. --

> > thank you!!). I had been reading all of the side effects of

> surgery

> > on here from a lot of you, and we were expecting a lot of the

same

> > things with him, but he's actually not had it too badly -- the

> worst

> > one has been the pain in his temple, which he found out at his

> follow-

> > up is because the doctor took some of the muscle from his temple

> to

> > rebuild the ear after they removed the cholesteatoma. He hasn't

> had

> > very much dizziness, drainage, depression, etc. and we feel very

> > fortunate!!

> >

> > I also wanted to let anyone know that in doing some research on

> the

> > subject, my husband found a couple of articles that talk about

> > cholesteatoma and studies done on them -- I remember reading on

> here

> > a while back that no one knew of any studies that were done,

> > statistics gathered, etc. as far as cholesteatoma

> > patients/treatments, etc., go. Anyway, he found two articles,

> > entitled " Expression of epidermal growth factor receptor in

human

> > middle ear cholesteatoma " and " Cartilage tympanoplasty:

> indications,

> > techniques, and outcomes in a 1,000-patient series " , that he

> emailed

> > to me, but they're pretty long, so if anyone is interested in

> reading

> > these, you can respond to this post with your email address and

> I'll

> > email them to you -- the first one is especially lengthy, but

> they're

> > both very interesting.

> >

> > If you want to read them, post your email for me and I'll email

> them

> > to you. Thanks, and good luck to everyone, and thanks again for

> all

> > of your input, information, and experiences... although this is

> only

> > my second post, I read almost everything, and have learned tons

> and

> > gained very invaluable information through this group.

[Guest guest]

Please send to me too!!

Thanks.

Jackie

> Hello everyone,

>

> I've only posted on here once, but wanted to share some happy

news...

> my husband had his surgery two weeks ago and it was very

> successful. He just went in two days ago for his follow-up with

the

> surgeon and everything looks really good, although they did have to

> remove all the hearing bones and will have to put prostethics in in

> about a year to eighteen months (it's been interesting reading

about

> some of your experiences with prostethics, hearing aids, etc. --

> thank you!!). I had been reading all of the side effects of

surgery

> on here from a lot of you, and we were expecting a lot of the same

> things with him, but he's actually not had it too badly -- the

worst

> one has been the pain in his temple, which he found out at his

follow-

> up is because the doctor took some of the muscle from his temple to

> rebuild the ear after they removed the cholesteatoma. He hasn't

had

> very much dizziness, drainage, depression, etc. and we feel very

> fortunate!!

>

> I also wanted to let anyone know that in doing some research on the

> subject, my husband found a couple of articles that talk about

> cholesteatoma and studies done on them -- I remember reading on

here

> a while back that no one knew of any studies that were done,

> statistics gathered, etc. as far as cholesteatoma

> patients/treatments, etc., go. Anyway, he found two articles,

> entitled " Expression of epidermal growth factor receptor in human

> middle ear cholesteatoma " and " Cartilage tympanoplasty:

indications,

> techniques, and outcomes in a 1,000-patient series " , that he

emailed

> to me, but they're pretty long, so if anyone is interested in

reading

> these, you can respond to this post with your email address and

I'll

> email them to you -- the first one is especially lengthy, but

they're

> both very interesting.

>

> If you want to read them, post your email for me and I'll email

them

> to you. Thanks, and good luck to everyone, and thanks again for

all

> of your input, information, and experiences... although this is

only

> my second post, I read almost everything, and have learned tons and

> gained very invaluable information through this group.