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Sam-NewZealand

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12 days post TransLab - ear discharge
« on: February 05, 2013, 05:24:58 pm »
Monday night 10th night post Op i had bad pain in my ear most of the night & Tuesday i had a waxy discharge which has now changed to clear and constant drip :( - CF Leak?

rand surgeon yesterday and are on ear drops and antibiotics then see local specialist tomorrow but what's others experience? do they stop by themselves?

All messages much appreciated slightly freaked!
MRI on 16 Nov 2012 diagnosed - 29 years old!
Left AN 2.7 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm - pressing on brainstem & sensory nerve for face, full/numb ear feeling, constant tinnitus & major hearing loss in Left ear
7 hr AN surgery 25 Jan 2013
2 hr CSF Leak surgery 16 Feb
SSD Left, dry eye & slight Facial Nerve Damamge

LakeErie

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Re: 12 days post TransLab - ear discharge
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 05:49:34 pm »
I don't know if you have a CF leak or not. I did have a leak that started the day after surgery and it was from my nose, not the ear. Mine did resolve on its own, but it took more than 2 weeks to stop completely. It stopped as suddenly as it started.
The statistics I have seen on CSF leaks after AN surgery indicate that those that do not resolve on their own respond well to conservative measures, so there is no automatic need for any reoperation.
See what your physician says before assuming there is a problem with spinal fluid leaking. No need to freak out without more information. Good luck
4.7 cm x 3.6 cm x 3.2 cm vestibular schwannoma
Simplified retrosigmoid @ Cleveland Clinic 10/06/2011
Rt SSD, numbness, vocal cord and swallowing problems
Vocal cord and swallowing normalized at 16 months. Numbness persists.
Regrowth 09/19/2016
GK 10/12/2016 Cleveland Clinic
facial weakness Jan 2017

Big Steve

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Re: 12 days post TransLab - ear discharge
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2013, 11:18:44 am »
Best o' luck, Sam.  Keep us posted
Sudden SSD (right side) 11/08 (erroneously diagnosed as caused by virus)
Chronic vertigo commenced 10/12
Intracochlear neuroma diagnosed via MRI 12/2012
Neuroma and right side cochlea/vestibular mechanism removed 01/15/13 via translabrynthine approach