Guest guest Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 My doc just removed the packing by pulling it slowly out of my ear. It didn't hurt much but there was a bit of dried blood and other crusty stuff that made it uncomfortable. > > My daughter is having her packing removed in 2 weeks. How do they do this? Does it hurt? THanks, Sallie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Hi I had an attic cholesteatoma - removed last Wednesday. I have not been given any antibiotics post surgery as apparently there was no sign of infection. I do wonder why I have been having so much pain IF the cholesteatoma was not that bad after all but am relieved that (if my memory serves me correctly post op) no mastoidectomy was needed etc. Some of you have posted about putting drops into your ears to keep the packing soft - I have not been given this & am wondering about tomorrow - is this going to be awful? How will it go? It may be that they don't take the packing out as I am generally slow to heal but having said that, I think this warm climate down in the southwest is having a postive effect. Anyway, your thoughts / help would be appreciated - assume I should take pain killer before I go? Also, what happens next please? I've been having some nasal dripping at the back of my throat - thought this would have been solved by the c/toma being removed but may be the fact that my other ear has a small one is causing that? Aj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 -my 11 year old son just had his packing removed-no cholesteatoma but had a tympanoplasty. Actually, some of the packing dropped out a few days prior-we just snipped it off. The dried blood holding it in was really bothering him so he stuck his finger around the edges......the rest (about 5") came out really easy in the doctor's office-when the surgeon looked in all he could say was "it looks like it's supposed to look-gooky and gucky and I can't see too much" He gave us some ciprodex drops to use twice daily for a week. He also got a prescription for Nasonex to try to shrink down his large adenoids to see if we can unblock his u-tubes. We see him again in 6 weeks for a hearing test. It all depends on how he heals. Doc suggested (and I almost fell off my chair) Vitamin C and zinc for healing.......he also gave us the cotton ball covered in vaseline routine for bathing/showering, but no swimming/head under water allowed, for now. You can't even see the incision behind his ear now (surgery was Aug 25/09)-it's so clean and it's healed well-just some tenderness left, and my son gets intermittant "zingers"-which the doctor said were a commonly reported effect and likely due to nerves recovering. All in all he's doing great. Let us know how it went for you. Denna Poulos From: amandajlear <amandajlear@...>cholesteatoma Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 2:11:13 PMSubject: Packing removal Hi I had an attic cholesteatoma - removed last Wednesday.I have not been given any antibiotics post surgery as apparently there was no sign of infection.I do wonder why I have been having so much pain IF the cholesteatoma was not that bad after all but am relieved that (if my memory serves me correctly post op) no mastoidectomy was needed etc.Some of you have posted about putting drops into your ears to keep the packing soft - I have not been given this & am wondering about tomorrow - is this going to be awful? How will it go? It may be that they don't take the packing out as I am generally slow to heal but having said that, I think this warm climate down in the southwest is having a postive effect. Anyway, your thoughts / help would be appreciated - assume I should take pain killer before I go? Also, what happens next please?I've been having some nasal dripping at the back of my throat - thought this would have been solved by the c/toma being removed but may be the fact that my other ear has a small one is causing that?Aj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Hi Jackie & Denna - Thanks for your replies, both were very helpful & appreciated. So I went in, armed with painkiller already doing the job to be told no packing would be removed - it is soluable - whoops I had forgotten that Doh! I had the strip removed from the back of the ear holding the skin/stitches together and a nice tidy job was revealed. I start Ciprodex drops in a couple of weeks - they are being very cautious as I am not a quick healer. Packing is to stop adhesions - so actually am glad again of the cautious route as I tend to adhere. See the Doc again in 5 weeks. I need to be ready then as that is when any remaining packing will be removed. I've been listing (list a ship) off to one side every now and then but Doc thinks that it may be because the packing is a little tight on the corner bone - I think it is just one of those things, nothing to worry about. I could have some steroids but they delay healing so naturally we agreed that this was maybe not the best move. Washed just over half my hair this morning - what a relief Denna - I get the zingers too. I broke my leg a number of years ago and when the 'knitting' took place my leg would suddenly shoot up in the air - used to make me & my hubby jump out of our skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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