Ear News

Aw hello!  I see you have chosen to read about my day;)  Well thank you for your care and concern in me.  Thank you for caring enough to read my thoughts.  Yea, this might get long.  I'm sitting here right now trying to decide if I should fold the laundry while watching a movie or just lay down and watch a movie.  The bug has been through all of The Boys (except Andrew), and I think it may have found a home in my tummy.  I'm just feeling a little icky.  It's funny to me that I (and many other moms, I'm sure) rarely feel like I have accomplished enough to warrant sitting down.  I do have some business to take care of though.  I'm going to look up an ear doctor to whom my ENT doctor is referring me.  After reviewing my CAT scan with him this morning, it seems that he thinks the job may be too big for him.   He has suggested that I get a second opinion and possibly have my surgery done elsewhere (like six hours away kind of elewhere.)  During my last appointment with him (pre CAT scan) , he said he would love to be the one to perform my surgery. (?)  How shall I interpret this?  Anyhow, it looks as though my ear has been taken over by this tumor.  He say the surgery will be like open heart surgery for the ear.  In the area where the surgery is required there is located my carotid artery, my facial nerves, and the bone or tissue essential for balance.  The consequences involved in accidentally hitting these areas scares me. As for my ear, they will have to remove my malleus and my incus, two of the three bones essential for hearing.  :(  Growing up, I always had ear infections, so I was in and out of the ENT doctor's office and having ear tube surgery.  I remember asking my doctor one day if I was going to be deaf when I grow up.  I'm glad he told me then that there would be a possibility of that.  I think I would be a little more devastated right now if he hadn't.  He was a really cool doctor and very good with kids.  He had a tarantual in his office:) I also remember asking him (I was young, mind you) if I would have to park in the handicap spots at the store.
Well, thank you for listening (reading).  I think I have decided to just watch a movie with no laundry folding. If any of you know of anyone who has experienced Cholesteatoma, could you fill me in on any stories from them?
Blessings.