They're putting a hole in my ear.

[Cipher]

Found out I'm profoundly deaf in my left ear last week.
they do a pressure test and my right drum is almost perfectly linear. Graphs like an isosceles triangle. Left graphs jagged and is like a shallow arc.
the last audiologist said my response was normal which I knew was bull*@%^$*@%^$*@%^$*@%^$,
its like depressing a cone speaker and impeding excursion. Things muffle frequencies get lost.
then the ENT does a cool battery of tests some with a tuning fork.
in less than 5 minutes he says eustachian tube dysfunction. Im booked for surgery in a week.
tube in my drum and a tiny camera up my eustachian tube and possibly an angioplasty type of thing to expand.

I've suffered this thus for 18 years.
he says the left will be as good as the right.
its a miracle and hey the Healthcare system works........eventually......sometimes.

[ptegsotic]

wow. that 'sounds' like could be a fantastic result. all the best
(better dust off those BTO albums )

[Suzukian]

Your audio world could be really getting a lot better for you. The best of a competent surgeon to you.

[trent]

Good for you cipher hearing some good news after 18 years of dealing with that.

few years back i had the ol ringing in the ear really bad three different tones, they. Said infection in eustachian tube, gave me stuff and in ten days all good..

Last time they said ringing was from seasonal allergies?

Here's to your speedy and successful outcome!!!

[Cipher]

Thanks Trent. The shocking thing is I put up with ut so long. my MD is a jerk. This should have been treated at onset.
I wonder how many are in the same boat.

[rphillips]

Misdiagnosis is relatively common, It seems they've finally got you figured out and headed for a big improvement. Luck to ya.

[Cipher]

Thanks y'all y'alls....

[argonsagas]

Thanks Trent. The shocking thing is I put up with ut so long. my MD is a jerk. This should have been treated at onset.
I wonder how many are in the same boat.

I am quite pleased to see that, after so much time lost, you are finally getting good treatment.

How many others are in same boat?...Probably a great many in different boats that are all pointed in the same direction, but motionless.

Example:.
My 3YO son got sick in early December, was diagnosed with "stomach flu" and dismissed. Then the next one got sick and finally the third one.

The problem was, while so many "doctors" said the same thing, and that it would disappear in a few days, it never went away, but got worse, leading to more visits to more doctors as well as repeated to some..

We went to urgent care facility of Brampton Civic several times, with different boys, then to the hospital itself, a family doctor and his referrals to pediatricians. Over two months we saw more than ten doctors, but no one actually looked beyond "stomach flu" and did essential follow-through with necessary tests of blood and stools.

Ultimately, on a Friday in February, we took our very sick 9-YO son to ER at North York General Hospital. The ER doc took the blood samples, gave us bottles for stools and made the paediatric appointment for us for the following Monday.


On Monday morning, in paediatrics, they saw how sick he really was, immediately admitted him to the hospital and went after it full bore.




It was difficult to hear the North York doctor's words when she learned of our having already seen ten different doctors during the two months of our trying to get help and said How is this possible? This is Canada and things like this should never happen here.

The problem could have been diagnosed easily, IF the doctors took it seriously and did the simple tests that finally showed the problem was an intestinal parasite infection.
Unfortunately, it tends to fade away with medication but then springs back and requires another treatment round, so the problems are not yet resolved, but the boys who have missed several weeks of school during this ordeal are finally able to go to classes and are faring well.



On the plus side....we have not had to experience what this couple and family have already suffered, and who will lose so much more, thanks to Canadian private health insurers who have apparently taken lessons from their American counterparts and seek ANY excuse to deny coverage.

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/sask-man-had-stroke-arizona-120000775.html

[trent]

The problem could have been diagnosed easily, IF the doctors took it seriously and did the simple tests that finally showed the problem was an intestinal parasite infection.
Unfortunately, it tends to fade away with medication but then springs back and requires another treatment round, so the problems are not yet resolved, but the boys who have missed several weeks of school during this ordeal are finally able to go to classes and are faring well.

Not wanting to derail ciphers thread or your post argonsagas....


The small clinic that I go to is next to a small hospital, almost everyone in the community had a Dr. In the clinic, but year before covid all but two Dr. Left to go elsewhere. And most people now go to next few towns away just to see the doc.

This place is known to give doomsday diagnoses, friend, 33 years old had side of his neck swell up, they told him he had throat cancer...made him appointment in Kansas city at a specialist.

It was a swollen gland and they told him to get some sour candy....it worked...lol

The specialist was mad and so was my friend.

They done same thing to gal that works in our office.....29, years old went to doc after the flu....Dr. told her she was gonna have a operation on some valve in her heart within three month...
she went to specialist, put her on heart medicine for few month to strengthen her heart after her illness weakened her heart...they don't know what caused her heart problems...but she is fine and back doing what she does..

So to your point of misdiagnoses...

[bccap]

All the best with your treatment Cipher ! ..... Got a little trip to St. Paul's myself coming up { three aneurysms }

[Cipher]

All the best with your treatment Cipher ! ..... Got a little trip to St. Paul's myself coming up { three aneurysms }

Well the third time us the charm......good luck. Aneurysm a nasty thing? Major vessel or brain?

[bccap]

Well the third time us the charm......good luck. Aneurysm a nasty thing? Major vessel or brain?

One artery in each leg and one in the stomach . The ones in the leg they cut a section out and replace it with some kind of tube .They call it a graft ..... And the one in the stomach they go up through an artery in my groin and do something I'm not sure of . Unfortunately it means three separate surgeries ......

[argonsagas]

One artery in each leg and one in the stomach . The ones in the leg they cut a section out and replace it with some kind of tube .They call it a graft ..... And the one in the stomach they go up through an artery in my groin and do something I'm not sure of . Unfortunately it means three separate surgeries ......

Garth, I know only whatever little I read on GSR about your lifestyle, but, healthwise, ever since you joined GSR you seem to have been carrying the combined bad luck of many on your shoulders.

Aneurisms can be a pain to deal with, but they must always be dealt with properly and promptly as some can kill you.

Carmen, a former Canadian GSR member, had one burst in his aorta. His case was particularly sad because Carmen had been named after his grandfather who died of the same problem at exactly the same age..With that history, perhaps genes had some part in it.

Do you have some hereditary predisposition? Too much stress? Blood pressure too high? Not enough exercise or not the right type of exercise? Too much cholesterol? Do you smoke? .(it does not matter what, as ALL smoke from any source will contribute to this problem. )

Stress is often a major health problem that leads to and/or directly causes innumerable problems that are seemingly unrelated. This is one that is related.
Stress, however, is simultaneously the easiest and hardest thing to deal with as so many things can factor into it and they can sometimes be surprisingly difficult to identify..

Perhaps the best form of stress relief is not chemical but relaxation through meditation. Have you tried it?

[bccap]

Garth, I know only whatever little I read on GSR about your lifestyle, but, healthwise, ever since you joined GSR you seem to have been carrying the combined bad luck of many on your shoulders.

Aneurisms can be a pain to deal with, but they must always be dealt with properly and promptly as some can kill you.

Carmen, a former Canadian GSR member, had one burst in his aorta. His case was particularly sad because Carmen had been named after his grandfather who died of the same problem at exactly the same age..With that history, perhaps genes had some part in it.

Do you have some hereditary predisposition? Too much stress? Blood pressure too high? Not enough exercise or not the right type of exercise? Too much cholesterol? Do you smoke? .(it does not matter what, as ALL smoke from any source will contribute to this problem. )

Stress is often a major health problem that leads to and/or directly causes innumerable problems that are seemingly unrelated. This is one that is related.
Stress, however, is simultaneously the easiest and hardest thing to deal with as so many things can factor into it and they can sometimes be surprisingly difficult to identify..

Perhaps the best form of stress relief is not chemical but relaxation through meditation. Have you tried it?

Yeah it's been an interesting past six years .... I like to look on the upside . If it were a hundred years ago I would have died at age 63 so I've got a few extra years due to modern medicine ..... { and in this latest case I get to keep my legs } I don't want to hijack Cipher's thread but as far as stress goes I'm retired and don't have a great deal of stress at all. I do however live two blocks from St Paul's and I still cross to the other side of the street when I pass it as I'm afraid a giant hook is going to come out the door and drag me in ......

[trent]

Yeah it's been an interesting past six years .... I like to look on the upside . If it were a hundred years ago I would have died at age 63 so I've got a few extra years due to modern medicine ..... { and in this latest case I get to keep my legs } I don't want to hijack Cipher's thread but as far as stress goes I'm retired and don't have a great deal of stress at all. I do however live two blocks from St Paul's and I still cross to the other side of the street when I pass it as I'm afraid a giant hook is going to come out the door and drag me in ......

Hope all goes great for you bccap, not having a great deal of stress has got to be a plus