I am so happy that you no longer wear hearing aids!! Only God deserves the praises. I've had surgery more than 4 months ago but don't have such a drastic improvement. I still use the hearing aid in my left ear. Going to operate the left ear in September 2011. With regards to the pain that you have felt, I also felt it when I tried to touch the inside of my ear. As much the surface is healed, it does take much longer to heal internally. Don't stress - say Thank You God everyday for your healing!
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Hi!
I am now 73 days post op and I am hearing extremely well.But taste of my mouth is even now metallic and taste buds do not seem the same as they were before the surgery but I do not complain because hearing is such a fantastic gift and faculty that I am so pleased to get it back.That is why in my posts, there is very little mention of taste but can any one tell how long it took their taste to come back.(Again want to tell that I am not complaining but just want to know).
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Regarding taste -- my mother had the surgery and her taste was metallic for over 6 months. I had my third stapedectomy in Spring 2009 and the taste on that side never came back. GOOD LUCK!
Regarding taste -- my mother had the surgery and her taste was metallic for over 6 months. I had my third stapedectomy in Spring 2009 and the taste on that side never came back. GOOD LUCK!
hi FortBragg!
Thanks for the reply so there is still hope for the taste to come back.But did you discuss it with your surgeon as to why the taste has not come back?
But I think that taste is a secondary issue,hearing is much more important.
Hi Sanguine2011! So glad you continue to hear well! I am not so lucky, with my high frequency hearing loss, new tinnitus and "taste disturbance". Doc said he did not cut the nerve but rather stretched it so my taste should come back eventually. Many sweet foods taste salty to me and anything with salt in it tastes too salty. I also have cold sensitivity on a tooth on the operated side. The dentist sees no reason for it. I wonder if my doctor tweaked my tooth nerve during surgery. Anyway, life is good as we just moved to a condo one mile from the beach in Southern California.
Hi Sanguine2011! So glad you continue to hear well! I am not so lucky, with my high frequency hearing loss, new tinnitus and "taste disturbance". Doc said he did not cut the nerve but rather stretched it so my taste should come back eventually. Many sweet foods taste salty to me and anything with salt in it tastes too salty. I also have cold sensitivity on a tooth on the operated side. The dentist sees no reason for it. I wonder if my doctor tweaked my tooth nerve during surgery. Anyway, life is good as we just moved to a condo one mile from the beach in Southern California.
Hi SuSo!
Nice to hear from you and I am really impressed with your courage and how you take your life.Life is a beautiful thing and we should not mar our good moments with worries about some issues we might have.Taste will certainly come back and tooth issue will also get resolved with the passage of time.I would still say we did the right thing in deciding to go for surgery because it was a risk worth taking and we should not regret it.
Can hearing aid in this ear benefit you so that you can use it for the time being?
Hi all!
Today I am 77 days post op and after many days right at this moment I am feeling pain in my operated ear which is inside the ear or may be towards the back of ear(but in the head).This is shooting pain by which I mean it is not constant pain but suddenly I feel pain which is just 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 or may be a little severer than that.I do not know why but may be I touched my ear too much today because I just felt like touching my ear and my be overdid it? While I am writing it,I have felt a break in the feeling of pain.
Can one feel pain even after 77 days and what kind of pain should be reported to the doctor who operated upon me(my hearing is fantastic but I am always worried but I do not want to lose after being able to hear again).
Can anybody share his/her experience or any body knows about it and why does not it happen?
I am just alittle over 3 months post op. I have to say I have had aittle discomfort in my operated ear but normally for me it is when my allergies are at their worse and my ears feel very clogged. I will take a decongestant and it will go away. If the pain stays with you pls call your doctor,,, Don t take a chance.
Cindy
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Is there a chance that maybe when you touched your ear you may have scratched it inside? just a thought
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Hi Cindy!
Thank you very much for allaying my fears once again.Yes I think I touched the inside of ear too many times but it has been 48 hours since and I have not felt pain afterwards.But I was scared for a short time when I was feeling pain.
I am hearing alright and now hearing is like when you wear a hearing aid in one ear and it seems that all the sounds are coming from that side.But the sound quality and speech recognition is much better than you have with a hearing aid especially the background does not remain a problem with natural ears but even if we do not like to admit,it is a problem when we are wearing hearing aids.
I have been in your shoes many times...freaking out. We have been thru so much and don t want anything to ruin what we were giving back. I went to the dentist today and I will admit I was scared to death... I did call my ear dr. and was told no problem..But I was still scared to say the least.
I have to agree with you on the hearing aid. I absolutely loved mine when I had it..When i lost my hearing my good ear only had 30% in it..so I heard nothing. But since the surgery and my hearing so good I do not wear it..My hubby has asked why not you will have hearing in both ears..I could not not explain it..I told him it is different if that makes since...he didn t understand but you do. I have noticed that each day my focusing gets better.. blocking out one sound to ear another. With time it has become easier for me.
So happy to hear that you are feeling better with your ear discomfort....It does help to have others that have been thru this....
Hi Cindy!
Now I can understand that even the best of hearing aids cannot process the sound that well as a normal ear can do so easily.When I used to say that hearing aids make unnecessary sounds too high,I was told that it cannot be so because the hearing aid manufacturer claims that there are so many channels and it is so costly and one of the best(every hearing aid manufacturer claims that) so sounds you hear are normal but now I can feel the difference after so many years.
We can explain to each other and understand the feelings as well because one who has not been through this, even if he/she is very intelligent, cannot properly comprehend it.
I am also so scared to go to the dentist even though my dr said its fine. I have an appointment on Monday. I missed my first 6 month cleaning because I had surgery in April and my next one is in September this year, so I'm going for cleaning before surgery. I'm so happy for you and your improved hearing. Looking forward to mine and become part of the crowd once again!
I feel an improvement but not as well as other people . I still use a hearing aid in the other ear but at a lower volume than before. I have otosclerosis of both ears. I'm doing the surgery so I don't have to use the hearing aid any longer. This is my better ear so I'm hoping a get a better result1
Don t worry about the dentist..I went and did fine. I called my ear dr. and was told if it was the first or second week after surgery they would suggest I wait if I could but I was absolutely fine to go to the dentist. I had a root canal done last week and everything was absolutely fine. Was scared to death..but it was fine.
I wish you the best of luck on your surgery this month. What is the date? I will go back in Feb. to finally get the other ear done. I should of had this done years ago..my first was in 1992..and my recovery was sooo bad I didn t want to do it again..I also had a 1 and 4 year old.... and let me tell you..medical technology has come a long way..I was awake during this surgery too in 92. Now that my kids are 22-19 and 14 they can help me out . But recovery was so much quicker this time..thats for sure. I did have the same symptoms..but only for a few days...not a month.
Hi!
I am now 82 days post op but I still use a cotton ball soaked in Vaseline in my operated ear while taking a shower and I have not allowed water to enter my operated ear uptil now.Now I was worried that this too much care may not be bad or is it ok not to let water in for as long as possible?
I personally think that perhaps even otherwise it is not a very good idea to let water in that is why whenever somebody feels that water has entered their ear,they try to tilt their head and try to let water out! Anybody can tell what is the best policy regarding letting water in the operated ear after such a long time and when doctor has also lifted all restrictions?
Its almost 5 months since my surgery but I still don't let water in my ear! I still use a cottonball soaked with vaseline and still careful about letting water get into my ear. My doctor advised me that at no time should water get into your ears even if you didn't have surgery to your ears. So you doing great!
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Hi!
When I saw my doctor the last time,he also said that you should not allow water in the ear but after that he said that the wound that we made in your ear has completely healed and you can do anything you like except scuba diving and you should avoid air travel for three months after your operation and he said that do not get hit on the operated side of the head.
I am happy with not letting the water inside the ear but why some people here say that there doctors have allowed them to go swimming because if you swim,some water is definitely going to enter your ears! What about rain water when you go out and it suddenly start raining? Any opinions!
It is such a wonderful thing to be able to hear again after remaining deaf for such a long time that I do not want to take any risk.
Hi Cindy!
After such a long time,today I again had to ask people to repeat themselves because I could not understand them and for the first time after some 75 days, a person seemed mumbling to me.I had to adjust my position to see his face to hear him.
I am really worried now and confused because I helped my family members with adjusting a small cupboard which was not at all very heavy but certainly I had to strain my body a little(just a little).The weight was not at all more than30 kg which three of us lifted and they kept asking me not to touch these things but I said it does not look good when everybody is doing something but I should not help.
How much weight can be lifted if need be and can it sometime happen that you hear less but then after wards I closed my eyes and asked people to speak and I could hear them.But to be honest, I am really worried now?
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Hi!
I could not sleep well because I kept worrying about my hearing but when I woke up in the morning,I seem to hear better again.I have to be a little more attentive which was not an issue at all earlier on but again I heard people and they did not seem mumbling like yesterday evening.I am now confident that nothing major has happened and it might be just because I was tired or confused or worried or something else happened which made my hearing worse for some time but now things are better.But still they are not as good as they used to be some 30 hours ago or is it that I am just imagining things.
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