On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:21 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > >> >> I had tubes in both my ears. One came out just fine on its own. The >> other had to be pulled out after a couple years. It was disconcerting >> but not terribly painful. The hardest part, for me, was that I got >> tubes in just as I was learning to swim and I couldn't do that for a >> couple years while they were in, so I was a bit delayed on that. But >> it was a small price to pay to avoid the crippling ear infections that >> I was plagued with prior to the tubes. >> > > Wow, that is pretty late to be getting tubes, I would think.
It was the 70s and we didn't have health insurance. I think I was...hmm...6 or 7 when I had the surgery. Had tubes put in my ears, tonsils and adenoids removed and the back of my nose rearranged. I have a very clear memory after the surgery of getting a 7-UP to drink and it immediately squirted right out my nose. That had never happened to me before because my sinuses were blocked up. Had to learn how to drink things differently. >> Prior to the surgery I got ear infections 3 or 4 times a year. Since >> then, I've had perhaps 2. Definitely worth it. >> > > By August of this year, when my kid got his tubes put in, he'd had 8 ear > infections this year. That's 1 a month. His January ear infection was > accompanied by a 105 degree fever and a touch of pneumonia. > > *sigh* > > Bad times. Bad times indeed. I don't know how my mom made it through everything between my food allergies and my constant ear infections. I was in the ER every month or two for a couple years. My empathy goes out to you and your family, G. But, on the bright side, I can say that I'm proof that it can get better. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331253 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
