Managing your Ear Dressing after Surgery 

Hey I have cholesteotoma surgery in less than 2 weeks, I’m scared how was it. Mines a tympanomastoedectomy. Hows healing and all

Could you please tell me how your surgery and recovery went ? I have my surgery coming Tuesday and I have been sleepless about it

How are u doing now?

@@mrstabriz8105 I'm doing fine my hearing is getting better I'm still recovering surgery was a success it isn't that bad had pain for like 1 week and a half ... taking ibuprofen Tylenol and some antibiotics that the doctor had prescribed me.. he told me my left ear had alot of infection inside my bone was reconstructed since the infection was spreading already... I have a follow up appointment on January... to have an audiology done to see how my hearing has improved... I still need my right ear done and I'll be 100% good .. when I got the surgery I would wake up at 2 am or 3am with higher fever it might be different from everyone... my head was swollen from the side then it went back to normal like in 4 days... also where the incision was made behind my ear it was bleeding I just put a cotton ball on the back of my ear... I couldn't clean my incision since the doctor put bandages that has medicine.. on it so no cleaning the wound since I didn't get stitches .. it's not that bad the surgery only takes like 45minutes all I remember was going inside the surgery room laying down and breathing in the anesthesia.. after that I just went striaght to sleep didnt even feel anything until I woke up and the anthesia slowly started going away then I would start feeling pain .. from 1-10 the pain was a 5 since I was taking ibuprofen then taking Tylenol switching one day ibuprofen and other days Tylenol... had to sleep striaght to no sleeping on my side to avoid the swelling to get big... also they had put a tube down my throat so when I came back home my throat was soar for 3 days after that it went back to normal... I was on a liquid diet since u couldn't really chew since my jaw bone was hurting.. so I only ate crackers with chicken soup 🍲 no meat at all just the soup water.. along with veggies.. my jaw bone hurted for like a 1 week and a half to.. after that it slowly started getting better.. I was off for 3 weeks from my work place I went back after my 3 weeks was over so it's not that bad at all to get this surgery... if your having problems with your ear like ear drainage or your ear drums are ruptured id say go for the surgery you won't regret it... you'll be feeling good in no time.... I also felt my ear super numb .. right now it's getting better as well.. feeling little but of numbness...

What next, are you ok after sugrgy

@@AbiikarYare yes I'm ok 👍 I have a follow up appointment on January 26 there going to do an audiology test for my hearing I feel better slowly my hearing is getting better... it really isn't that bad tho but there are those risks that I mentioned it all depends on the doctors experience... you'll be fine surgery takes less than 45minutos or so you go to sleep and wake up like nothing happened... as long as you take your medications and antibiotics you'll be fine in less than a week and a half I was already doing good ... but right now I can't do no exercises no running or lifting heavy things ... until I go to my follow up appointment... then im going to see when my right ear will be operated since both ear drums are ruptured but my left ear is now recovering.. after surgery you'll have a headband ..in 2 weeks or so you'll go back to the hospital they'll remove the head band and gauze that's stick inside the ear that part is bit painful since it's stuffed inside then when that's done you start to use the ear drops... in about a week or so you go back again and the doctor who operated you will then remove the foam that's inside the ear with an air compressor... its not the best feeling in the world when that procedure is done... feels nasty ... and also bit pain full when the foam is removed once the foam is removed you'll hear everything super loud.. which is normal and your ear will feel numb but that gets better over the months my ear felt really numb but now it's feeling better the numbness is going away already.. you'll also hear poping sounds once the foam is removed that's normal since the air is going inside the ear I had popping sounds for like a week I still hear couple popping sounds but not as much as before so it's good

@@Gumorisco11 thankyou so much for your detailed reply. Im so scared and nervous my surgery is on 20 nov. Dodnu need to remove all jewellery? I have so many piercings and the doctor said he wio take graft from my tragus which is also pierced. Are u able to drive ?

hey how are you now????

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@@KajalKumari-in3dh I’m doing well actually I started to feeling well 2 in a half weeks later after that surgery

@@AliG-fp6mp hey did the fix your eardrum by tympanoplasty

sorry to hear that I just had the same surgery as well yesterday. Just curious did your tinnitus go away?

@@ivanvargas7893 No. While the intensity level has gone down it's still very loud. Have you experienced any of this, or has your tinnitus gone away?

Hi. I just had mine a week ago. Are the tinnitus completely gone. How long did it take for the bleeding to completely stop for you. Thank you

I did it last week . It was fine .how was yours? How long did it take for ears to go back to natural position. Mine looks stood out unlike the other ear.

@@hrishikesh1275I didn’t do surgery yet .. but soon I ll do surgery… I’m just little sacred that’s all

@@saritasehjal3823 you dont have to tbh.Till now i havent felt a pain in my ear or on my stitches. Dont worrry youll be alright and everything will be over by the time you wake up. Its all fine .

@@hrishikesh1275ok.. doctor said if I don’t do surgery I ll have problem with my ear later on

Mine is now looking stood out .how long did it take for you ? Pls answrr should i do something??

hey hi a doh how much time will takes the surgery nd hw r u feelng nw

Did it hurt when you were done

How u feel.now.....i hope u feel better...take care...bcoz I'm suffering from same problem...after success surgery Its better now...

@@jayasreesree1465 feeling gud.....

@@surp6z459 no it's doesnt heart....but it's irritating the bandages are too irritating

I think that there sis a chance for me I have chance of 50 working 1 pervent getting worse and 49 percent doesent do anything

No.....Im suffer from little bit hearing problem....

You may find it helpful and informative to talk with surgeons / specialists - BUT - they don't know everything. And they don't have YOUR body with its sensations, pain, etc. Why do these young docs repeat themselves three times?

Sir huge sound gone my ear after few days of surgery