Surgery
Tomorrow I'm having a surgery done on my left ear. That ear has been giving me problems ever since I was a kid. I had chronic ear infections and went to the doctor many times. Was prescribed all different kinds of antibiotics and medications. But it kept coming back. Then I had to get a surgery done because the infection was spreading. I think I was about 13 years old. That resulted in the removal of some of the hearing bones and have since had very poor hearing in my left ear. Infections still occur to this day. Early this year I finally went to a doctor about it. She looked at both my ears and said that I had a cholesteatoma in my right ear. Look it up if you want to know what it is. I had the same thing in my left ear when I was a kid. So in April I had surgery on my right ear to fix that and to have a better chance at saving my hearing in that ear (instead of fixing my left ear first). My right ear is fine now. Hearing ok. Hopefully this next surgery will fix my left ear. The surgeon said he can't guarantee that my hearing will improve but he can help to make it not get infected all the time. My ear canal somehow got messed up and pinches down. Once he gets in there he'll be able to see if he can restore my hearing by putting an implant in place of the bones removed from my childhood surgery, which is what he did in my right ear. I'm hoping for the best. He seems like a really good surgeon. Other doctors have looked in my right ear and said they couldn't tell I had surgery done on it. I do have a scar behind my earlobe though.
I freakin hate surgery and hospitals make me uncomfortable. I was very fortunate last time because my girlfriend and mom went with me and took care of me. I didn't have to worry about transportation or anything. And it was great moral support. I stayed at my girlfriend's for a month while I recovered and she helped me with everything. That girlfriend is now an ex and my mom won't be able to come up here from California in time for my surgery. My dad will be able to take me to the hospital but might not be able to take me home because he has a gig to play. I'm feeling rather alone. It sucks not having any close friends up here or anybody at all that I feel close to in the Seattle area. Not even my dad. I'm probably going to be out of work, recovering from the surgery, for at least a month. And taking pain meds 24/7 for the first week. I highly doubt anybody will visit me. hah, my mom is going to try to convince my dad to not go or postpone his gig so he can take me home. And then my boss texted me wishing me luck with the surgery. I told him it's going to suck because I have no ride home and he offered to take me home. wow. I think that would be awkward but that's so nice of him. I don't know what to do at this point. Just wish I had somebody there for me that I'm not afraid to act like a big baby around. haha
I freakin hate surgery and hospitals make me uncomfortable. I was very fortunate last time because my girlfriend and mom went with me and took care of me. I didn't have to worry about transportation or anything. And it was great moral support. I stayed at my girlfriend's for a month while I recovered and she helped me with everything. That girlfriend is now an ex and my mom won't be able to come up here from California in time for my surgery. My dad will be able to take me to the hospital but might not be able to take me home because he has a gig to play. I'm feeling rather alone. It sucks not having any close friends up here or anybody at all that I feel close to in the Seattle area. Not even my dad. I'm probably going to be out of work, recovering from the surgery, for at least a month. And taking pain meds 24/7 for the first week. I highly doubt anybody will visit me. hah, my mom is going to try to convince my dad to not go or postpone his gig so he can take me home. And then my boss texted me wishing me luck with the surgery. I told him it's going to suck because I have no ride home and he offered to take me home. wow. I think that would be awkward but that's so nice of him. I don't know what to do at this point. Just wish I had somebody there for me that I'm not afraid to act like a big baby around. haha