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I Had Ear Surgery
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| Blake613 |
I had my ears pinned back. I just want to say that it's not because I am trying to become a model, but that it has always bothered me since I was in gradeschool. Yes they do stick out. Not that bad, but it is something that botheres me.
Day of operation...
I had the IV put in. Was given a relaxing chemical (can't remember the name). Then I was taken into the operating room. I sat down on the table and got hooked up to the heart monitors. The anesthesiologist said that he was going to put me to sleep now. I said ok, and he injected the chemical into my IV. I said, "Oh oh! Can I count backwards from 10? I've always wanted... to... do..." That's all I remember.
I woke up all sluggish and weak in the recovery ward. It took about thirty minutes to feel fully awake. There was no pain because the local anesthesia was still present. My mother drove me home and I took a good five hour nap.
Last night was a rough night. You can’t sleep on your ears, which is what I usually do. I had to sleep on my back. My ears have big gauze pads on them and my head is wrapped in that ACE stretchable bandage stuff. My face is exposed, but it’s wrapped around my forehead and back of my head.
In my opinion the operation wasn’t that expensive. (US $)
$800 for the anesthesiologist
$1,000 for the operation room (equipment, IV, personal nurse (cute too))
$2,300 for the plastic surgeon
I liked my plastic surgeon. He cared about me. His attitude is to make me feel better, not to just take my money.
I am all bandaged up until Tuesday when the bandages get removed. The only pain is a slight burning where the incisions were made. Basically they cut into the “bowl” part of your ear (the part closest to your head), remove a small slit of cartilage, and make a tie with permanent stitches.
So what about recovery? I have to be bandaged for 5 days. Then I have to not sleep on my ears for a week. In two weeks after the operation I can sleep on my side again. And by three weeks I can go to the gym, wear headphones, and talk on the phone normally. Within the first two weeks you have to be careful not to agitate the stitches while the cartilage is healing (no heavy running or gym workouts).
So my spring break is spent playing Sim City 3000 Unlimited, Red Faction, and watching lots of TV. Yay paid time off! |
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| TranceSeeker |
hey mate im very happy for you, if you are lucky its really nice for you.
Enjoy life!!! |
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| TimeWarp |
| hey.. i hope u put one of those before and after pics...i'd love to see the difference |
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| dvd |
| hmm..my brother had that surgury....Its wheen they put your ear not sticking out like a monkey right? How ironic that we're a low income family and he got it oh well. But the bad part was for like a year his back of his ear formed some bumpy ..It was nasty they had to cut it off. So make sure you clean that good and do checkups often. |
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| Dmatrox |
nice going, hope you feel good about when you get to see it ;)
May be i should be a platic surgeon, thats pretty good money.. heh:p |
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| Blake613 |
Wow. My painkillers have kicked in. Yay hydrocodone.
hydrocodone
Miller-Keane Medical Dictionary, 2000
(hi´´dro-ko´dön) a synthetic narcotic analgesic similar to but more active than codeine; used as an antitussive. Continued use may cause addiction
Hydrocodone [4,5a-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one tartrate (1:1) hydrate (2:5), dihydrocodeinone] is a semisynthetic opioid structurally related to codeine and is approximately equipotent to morphine in producing opiate-like effects. |
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| davinox |
my brother also had the surgery. but like a week after he had it, his friend accedentally hit him in the ear.
lets just say his recovery time was extended... :p |
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| miss_e |
its that expensive?.wow for some reason i thought id be cheaper
anyhow yeah im planning to get that surgery in a bit..
mine dont stick out horribly but they do so and it makes a whole lot of difference when i see myself in the mirror holding em back like a normal person would have...bleh
hmm tell me how it goes in a few days..no side effects or anything? |
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| biznology |
THIS,
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake613
So my spring break is spent playing Sim City 3000 Unlimited, Red Faction, and watching lots of TV. Yay paid time off! |
PLUS THIS,
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake613
Wow. My painkillers have kicked in. Yay hydrocodone.
hydrocodone
Miller-Keane Medical Dictionary, 2000
(hi´´dro-ko´dön) a synthetic narcotic analgesic similar to but more active than codeine; used as an antitussive. Continued use may cause addiction
Hydrocodone [4,5a-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one tartrate (1:1) hydrate (2:5), dihydrocodeinone] is a semisynthetic opioid structurally related to codeine and is approximately equipotent to morphine in producing opiate-like effects. |
=DAYS OF ENTERTAINMENT, to say the least! heh, hope you feel better! late/ |
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| dvd |
| hmmmm staying home is boring though =[ |
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| Julie_Spyder |
| Ammm in your pic you dont look like you have out standing ears/.. you know that right?:eyes: |
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