Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1 Location: toronto, canada
You're Telling Me There's Nothing I Can Do About This ? Posted: 08-24-05 16:53pm
I've had this problem for six years now,
been to two ent specilists and they both
say I have a thin(rare) timpanic
membrane(skin covering the eardrum).
Any wind, water, loud music can trigger
this sensation in my ear(first day), then
turns into pain and discomfort(third day),
then moves to my back lower
tooth(fourth/fifth day), which gets
inflamed and dark. If I wear
earplugs for a week it won't go to the
last and serious phase, my throat.
It flares up like my glands are inflamed
but the doctor said its not like a sore
throat of any kind he's seen, you can
actually see the bumps on the outside,
can't swallow, extreme pain and discomfort
with eating drinking talking etc it
hasn't moved to my throat for a few times
now, because i've been quite protective.
But this is very reoccuring, 7-10
times a year, and can last for weeks to a
month. I can usually catch it in
phase two(tooth) if I constantly wear
earplugs(cumbersome, annoying, cant hear
with them). Recently visited my
dentist for checkup while in phase
two(tooth) he wants to try and take out
wisdom teeth, maybe it's a step in the
right direction, or maybe it wont do
anything, cant hurt, exceot for the
cost.
Does anyone have or has anyone heard of
this. Can't even go outside on a
mildly windy day. Now I know this
is mild compared to some of other posted
problems but it's really affecting my
quality of life, kids, sports, etc.
I've heard of a surgery, where they take a
piece of my skin from somewhere and
construct a barrier between my timpanic
membrane and eardrum. Anyone heard
of this ??? Or had it done ???
Cost $$ ??? Possible hearing
loss side effects ?????????