I’ve been trying to heal, but it’s been hard.
The day of my surgery was Wednesday, February 27th. I took Thursday and Friday off from school, but went back in on Monday and Tuesday. But, those days killed me. Walking around the school and being active made me exhausted and restarted the leakage from my ear. So, I stayed home this last Wednesday, February 5th. Going back to school on Thursday (today) started my leakage and exhaustion again.
I’m in a quandary. To stay home and waste time or go to school and get hurt?
I believe I’ll go to school and severely modify my behavior to reduce wear and tear. We shall see.
Tomorrow, however, I have an appointment with my surgeon to remove my stitches and see how I’m healing. I’ll post more tomorrow.
I’m sure you don’t need me to point this out, but I will anyway: staying home long enough to heal will possibly in the long run give you more productivity overall–I’m willing to bet you aren’t getting an awful lot done at school in your condition.
Thank you for this helpful blog. My son, Rhett, is ten years old and just had his tympanoplasty surgery on August 24, 2011 (this past Wednesday). He still feels nausea and a stabbing pain in his ear. He was allowed to take the plastic cup off today, but he said it hurt even worse afterwards. He does NOT like the feel of the gauze and drainage in his ear. He came home the same day as the surgery and has been on pain and nausea meds for two days now. His doctor said to return to school on Monday. Do you have any suggestions for coping with the pain? How fast does it go away? What can he do to make his return to school easier? He lost over 50 percent of his eardrum in a high pressure water hose accident, which is why he needed the surgery. His ear is packed with the dissolvable dry foam material, but is still leaking a lot of fluid. Thanks in advance for your advice and help. Best—S