I got a Brain
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Remember this post about my 'glue ear', and remember I told you I had to have a CT scan, well I went to see the ENT doctor on Friday for the results, and I mentioned to him that my friends had laughed when I had said that I was to have a CT scan, they wanted to know if it was worth having the scan as surely I would find it distressing to know for sure that I had no brain!
Well he assured me I have a brain and in his words he said to tell them it is a good one! So there all you doubting thomases it is official, not that it gets used a lot mind but I do have a brain! Must say he was laughing at the time!!!
OK had the same old same old tests, which still confirm that I do have fluid in my right ear that is not draining. So the outcome of it all is that I am to have another grommet put in.
The bad news is that as my blood pressure was high I have two choices, and I have a feeling I might have made the wrong choice on this one!
First choice was to wait a few months and monitor my blood pressure, which would mean having to keep going back to the hospital for them to monitor it.
Second choice was to opt to have the operation done with a local aesthetic!
Yep I have gone for the second choice, but only because he assured me that they wouldn't be injecting the local with a needle into my ear!
Now the more I think about this the more I think OMG what have I agreed to! The operation is a minor thing, a small cut in the ear canal, and slip the grommet in, but but but how painful is ear ache, how painful will this be, oh damn why did I agree to this!
On top of that I now have to go see my GP to check out the blood pressure, I have never had high blood pressure, I have it checked every 6 months for my HRT it has always been OK.
So watch this space!
ps Now only 8 days to the holiday!!!!!!
30 comments:
Yikes. I would be freaked out, too. I can say things like ..I'm sure you will do fine, and all of that, but will it help?
Probably not.
I AM sure that you will be fine, though :)
When is this happening?
Take lots of photos on your vaca and the next one is going to be to Canada, right?????
Doh!
Sorry can't enlarge your brain AND
no general...!
Are you sure you have a brain???
!!!!
Sorry, not very supportive of me. I'll leave it to DJ as the expert to tell you it will be a breeze!
{{{Katy}}}
biddie - 19th march nd yikes for sure! and Canada and Biddie time too right girl!!! will start saving asap i promise.
kahless - oops sorry it dont enlarge! i do have a brain but not used at all well LOL, there is a good chance i might talk myself out of it!
I hope that this isn't going to cause you any trouble on the airplane for your upcoming Holiday!!
You are a brave one! I had a lump removed from my breast with a local for insurance reasons and wanting a quick recovery. It was not bad at all. It is actually easier, I think. Because the pre surgery stuff is not so difficult and recovery is way quicker.
I am glad you have a brain. Thank goodness! Good luck! I am sure you will do very well!
Yes hope all is well and you fare fine!! Enjoy that holiday and get some relax in!
I couldn't enlarge your BRIAN / BRAIN either??
No the brian won't enlarge so what does this mean~ small brian! I think the stress of a hospital appointment sends the BP haywire~ a similar thing happened to me and it was OK when I went to the GP. I hope you get things sorted before you go on holiday.
Oh my! Are you planning to have this done before your holiday?
Sitting in the hospital for any length of time is sure to get my blood pressure going. Hope all goes well for you.
hmmm we dont know what to say brains nortmal abnormal you see our thinking is whose brain are they using to tell wether yours is normal or abnormal :P
It is good to know that your Brian checked out OK. Err, who's Brian? :)
I would go for the local its safer nad faster to get over.
Glad your brain is doing well! :)
make that 7 days till himself and i jet off!
sorry about your broken leg, lifes a bitch at times!
i've never been to america!
jay - yes it will, it hurts like hell when landing, but it will be worth the pain honest it will!
marla - it's just the thought of how they will numb me ear!
AJ - thanks! and i cant enlarge me brian/brain wither, ps and i can't spell! wont have much time for relaxing it will be a very fast moving holiday!
chrisb - had me blood pressure checked yesterday and it is fine, just proves it is the stress of being in the hospital!
cindydiane - no the week after we get back! just in time for Easter!
gawilli - yep that must have been the reason for the high blood pressure!
JIP - can't argue with you there, very good reasoning that is.
tod - i only just noticed i have a brian LOL!
casdok - think i am going to stay with having the local, but wont think about it till the day!
cappy - but you wouldn't look good in my clothes and certainly wouldn't enjoy sleeping with himself now would you?!
You should avoid having a general anesthetic if you can, locals are much safer and won't hurt anymore after wards than if you'd had a GA and you wont feel anything while they are doing the surgery!!!!!!!
It's like a tube in your ear, right? I had them in both ears as a kid, multiple times...I don't remember it hurting but being pissed that I couldn't go in the swimming pool...but maybe it isn't the same thing?
dj - but will i hear what they are doing!!
Dilling - yes it is the same thing, luckily i only need the one ear doing
Gosh, you are lucky to have fluid in our ear. I bet it sounds like a day at the beach all the time with the waves crashing on the shore. Do you hear seagulls, too?
I had a tooth removed under local anaesthetic. Was as nervous as hell until they actually got me numbed up, then it was all over before I realised it. It's just about overcoming you fears... (fear of the NHS?)
I hope all is well and you are fine!
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Wow, I am not a fan of any kind of pain in or around my eyes and ears. Probably most people aren't but I'm like phobic, I do not envy you and have the highest hopes that they keep it as painless as possible.
if it means going to the states, i'll try owt once!
as for wearing your clothes....there was that one time....
I'm a bit deaf in my left ear. Come's in quite handy does that...
Glad yer ok and it's obvious you have a brain 'cause you love animals.
At least your blood pressure was back to normal. I'd go with the local, too, because the general can be hard to get over. And at least you know for sure that you have a brain!
GP? CT? ENT?
what are all these abbreviations? arg!
only six days to your holiday now!
happy valentines day!
coffeypot - no seaguls and the sound of waves is now getting on ny nerves!!!
nick b - hi and welcome, i have had teeth removed and other minor ops with local, it is just the thought of it being inside my ear ugh!
birdman - thankyou, so you don't want to watch the vidoe of the op then? just kidding!
cappy - really! do you need to talk about this?!
dinners - well thank you young man
kell - going to be brave and go with the local, as you say it has got to be better for me, and yep I got me a brain LOL
jay cam - ah so sweet thank you ;)
You'll have to keep chewing something in the flight Katy, that reduces the pain i heard, not so sure.
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