Comments for Ricky Mondello http://rmondello.com Life enthusiast. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on My Tympanoplasty, A Retrospective by Bee http://rmondello.com/2008/08/23/my-tympanoplasty-a-retrospective/#comment-3650 Bee Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:54 +0000 http://www.richardmondello.com/?p=587#comment-3650 Shea, How are you doing now? My situation may be similar to yours..please tell me how you are doing as I have been very worried. Shea,
How are you doing now? My situation may be similar to yours..please tell me how you are doing as I have been very worried.

]]> Comment on Ear Progress by Ricky Mondello http://rmondello.com/2008/04/01/ear-progress/#comment-3649 Ricky Mondello Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:42:37 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=448#comment-3649 Hi Lola, My drainage went from scary colors (red, yellow), to more clear over time. So yes, it changed. Please do call your doctor on Monday, and in the meantime, get the Q-tips away from your ears! If you get too curious, you can do some real damage with them. I know it's tempting, but try not to use them. Hi Lola,

My drainage went from scary colors (red, yellow), to more clear over time. So yes, it changed.

Please do call your doctor on Monday, and in the meantime, get the Q-tips away from your ears! If you get too curious, you can do some real damage with them. I know it’s tempting, but try not to use them.

]]> Comment on Ear Progress by Lola http://rmondello.com/2008/04/01/ear-progress/#comment-3648 Lola Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:37:30 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=448#comment-3648 Hi, some of the packing has been coming out, a red kind of thick blob that I pick up with a Q-tip when it's almost out. However, two days ago I started draining a liquid gray-yellowish substance and I am afraid it may be some sort of infection. Today is Sat. and I called the on-call doc who ordered some eardrops for me... I will call my doctor on Monday. So far my doc. didn't want me to use eardrops. Did the drainage form your ear always look the same? or did it change colors at some point? Hi, some of the packing has been coming out, a red kind of thick blob that I pick up with a Q-tip when it’s almost out. However, two days ago I started draining a liquid gray-yellowish substance and I am afraid it may be some sort of infection. Today is Sat. and I called the on-call doc who ordered some eardrops for me… I will call my doctor on Monday. So far my doc. didn’t want me to use eardrops.
Did the drainage form your ear always look the same? or did it change colors at some point?

]]> Comment on Tympanoplasty Question by Alex http://rmondello.com/2009/01/08/tympanoplasty-question/#comment-3647 Alex Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:42:07 +0000 http://www.richardmondello.com/?p=771#comment-3647 I am still having ear pain. No fluid behind the ear as described by my ENT. Does or did anybody on here have surgery and the eardrum healed perfectly but still had pain and needed surgery again. I am thinking maybe the surgery went wrong even though the eardrum healed. Any help appreciated. I am still having ear pain. No fluid behind the ear as described by my ENT. Does or did anybody on here have surgery and the eardrum healed perfectly but still had pain and needed surgery again. I am thinking maybe the surgery went wrong even though the eardrum healed. Any help appreciated.

]]> Comment on Tympanoplasty Question by Adrienne http://rmondello.com/2009/01/08/tympanoplasty-question/#comment-3646 Adrienne Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:13:14 +0000 http://www.richardmondello.com/?p=771#comment-3646 Love this blog! It helps pass the time while on bed rest following my tympanoplasty on Jan 27 in Calgary. I was doing very well, I only took T3's for one day. My surgery was fascia graft attaching it to the hammer bone which was scored, I had no eardrum. This was my third tymp but I was very young for my earlier surgeries but at 42 I figured it was time for my last kick at the can. On the evening of day 5 I sensed my sinuses may be congested so I took a decongestant & sure enough the draining began. I only had non-drowsy so it made for a very long night but I knew, thanks to this blog, that the pressure was not good & I had to ease it asap. I was up all night and its now day 6 and I am still draining. I did notice that with the sinus pressure my ear had stopped popping & feeling cold. On the decongestant the popping started up again & I feel the coolness in the middle ear again. I concluded that the build up of pressure was keeping everything unnaturally tight. I see the surgeon on Feb 8th and I hope more than even I expected that it will be good news. My surgeon was referred to me from my specialist as the only guy in the city who would touch my ear. He ended up being very happy with how the surgery went but he was adamant with my post op care. NO lifting, bending, quickness of movement, sneezing, blowing, no cold temperatures, wind, water & limited contact with people, basic bed rest is the name of the game for 2 weeks post op. Short term disability was advised. Holy its harder than I expected especially the further along I go. Friends in the medical field seem to try & discount his instructions. That does not help my mindset!! I'm being stubbornly resolute with my care & following my instuctions completely. Don't you love how docs in another dicipline know nothing about other specialties, UNTIL you had something done?? What the heck is up with that? I do not like having to justify my bed rest 'prescripition', but its my success that is on the line. Venting here, but I am sure I am not the first one to feel this way. This blog has been awesome & I don't know if I would have caught my sinus issue if I hadn't been reading all the stories. *One tip I was given for hairwashing was on top of the cotton ball with vaseline, cover the ear with Saran wrap. The plastic sticks to the vaseline & it really works well. All the best in health :) Love this blog! It helps pass the time while on bed rest following my tympanoplasty on Jan 27 in Calgary. I was doing very well, I only took T3′s for one day. My surgery was fascia graft attaching it to the hammer bone which was scored, I had no eardrum. This was my third tymp but I was very young for my earlier surgeries but at 42 I figured it was time for my last kick at the can.
On the evening of day 5 I sensed my sinuses may be congested so I took a decongestant & sure enough the draining began. I only had non-drowsy so it made for a very long night but I knew, thanks to this blog, that the pressure was not good & I had to ease it asap. I was up all night and its now day 6 and I am still draining. I did notice that with the sinus pressure my ear had stopped popping & feeling cold. On the decongestant the popping started up again & I feel the coolness in the middle ear again. I concluded that the build up of pressure was keeping everything unnaturally tight. I see the surgeon on Feb 8th and I hope more than even I expected that it will be good news.
My surgeon was referred to me from my specialist as the only guy in the city who would touch my ear. He ended up being very happy with how the surgery went but he was adamant with my post op care. NO lifting, bending, quickness of movement, sneezing, blowing, no cold temperatures, wind, water & limited contact with people, basic bed rest is the name of the game for 2 weeks post op. Short term disability was advised. Holy its harder than I expected especially the further along I go.
Friends in the medical field seem to try & discount his instructions. That does not help my mindset!! I’m being stubbornly resolute with my care & following my instuctions completely. Don’t you love how docs in another dicipline know nothing about other specialties, UNTIL you had something done?? What the heck is up with that? I do not like having to justify my bed rest ‘prescripition’, but its my success that is on the line. Venting here, but I am sure I am not the first one to feel this way.
This blog has been awesome & I don’t know if I would have caught my sinus issue if I hadn’t been reading all the stories.

*One tip I was given for hairwashing was on top of the cotton ball with vaseline, cover the ear with Saran wrap. The plastic sticks to the vaseline & it really works well.

All the best in health :)

]]> Comment on Ear Progress by Lola http://rmondello.com/2008/04/01/ear-progress/#comment-3645 Lola Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:12:40 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=448#comment-3645 wow, you're amazing. Proof that you *can* find anything on the interenet. A blog on tympanoplasty, who knew! Anyway, doctor said it may be normal but we'll know for sure in a week. This is my third tympanoplasty, I had a very rare form of TB in my ear which destroyed my right ear (TB free now) and have, ever since I am a little kid, Eustachian Tube Disfunction. Things are complicated in my ears, but still going! thanks. wow, you’re amazing. Proof that you *can* find anything on the interenet. A blog on tympanoplasty, who knew! Anyway, doctor said it may be normal but we’ll know for sure in a week. This is my third tympanoplasty, I had a very rare form of TB in my ear which destroyed my right ear (TB free now) and have, ever since I am a little kid, Eustachian Tube Disfunction. Things are complicated in my ears, but still going! thanks.

]]> Comment on My Tympanoplasty, A Retrospective by Lola http://rmondello.com/2008/08/23/my-tympanoplasty-a-retrospective/#comment-3644 Lola Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:10:10 +0000 http://www.richardmondello.com/?p=587#comment-3644 *doing so *doing so

]]> Comment on My Tympanoplasty, A Retrospective by Lola http://rmondello.com/2008/08/23/my-tympanoplasty-a-retrospective/#comment-3643 Lola Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:09:38 +0000 http://www.richardmondello.com/?p=587#comment-3643 Don't smoke, doing makes the Eustachian tube swell, which may put extra pressure in your ear and pop the new membrane. Att. ex-smoker Don’t smoke, doing makes the Eustachian tube swell, which may put extra pressure in your ear and pop the new membrane.
Att. ex-smoker

]]> Comment on Ear Progress by Ricky Mondello http://rmondello.com/2008/04/01/ear-progress/#comment-3642 Ricky Mondello Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:33:37 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=448#comment-3642 Hi Lola, I do still check this blog! Although my opinion isn't definitive, I don't think you've lost what you've gained. Some of the packing in your ear may have shifted, or this might be a natural part of healing. That said, I know what it's like to be in your shoes and worrying about changes like this. Call your doctor or surgeon and ask if this is expected. If it is, he or she will tell you, and if it isn't, they'll schedule an appointment for you. You might find it helpful to read the comments at this post: http://rmondello.com/2008/08/23/my-tympanoplasty-a-retrospective/ A lot of people have had questions similar to yours, and you might want to read them. Good luck, and keep us posted! Hi Lola,

I do still check this blog!

Although my opinion isn’t definitive, I don’t think you’ve lost what you’ve gained. Some of the packing in your ear may have shifted, or this might be a natural part of healing. That said, I know what it’s like to be in your shoes and worrying about changes like this. Call your doctor or surgeon and ask if this is expected. If it is, he or she will tell you, and if it isn’t, they’ll schedule an appointment for you.

You might find it helpful to read the comments at this post: http://rmondello.com/2008/08/23/my-tympanoplasty-a-retrospective/

A lot of people have had questions similar to yours, and you might want to read them.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

]]> Comment on SAT Question of the Day RSS by Ricky Mondello http://rmondello.com/2008/06/30/sat-question-of-the-day-rss/#comment-3641 Ricky Mondello Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:26:59 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=518#comment-3641 Hi Joan, It seems that sometime between June 30, 2008 and I now, they've removed the RSS feed from the question of the day! That's a real shame. For better or worse, I've been out of the SAT question market for a few years now, and don't know what a good, automated-delivery substitute for this kind of content. I wish you luck finding something! That said, it looks like the SAT Question of the Day has an iPhone app! That's pretty cool. Hi Joan,

It seems that sometime between June 30, 2008 and I now, they’ve removed the RSS feed from the question of the day! That’s a real shame.

For better or worse, I’ve been out of the SAT question market for a few years now, and don’t know what a good, automated-delivery substitute for this kind of content. I wish you luck finding something!

That said, it looks like the SAT Question of the Day has an iPhone app! That’s pretty cool.

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