Stepedectomy – 1 month(ish)
I’m so bad about updating these things. If you’ve stumbled on this blog because you’re dying to know how this worked out for me you’re probably super frustrated by my complete lack of updates. So, my hearing remained strange until my follow-up appointment 8-days later. I just felt like I was hearing through water or something. Everything was loud but muffled and high frequency sounds were tinny. My hearing results at 8-days showed a huge improvement in my hearing at low frequencies but a sharp drop as the frequency went up. Turns out, this normal if the swelling in the ear doesn’t go down quickly. I got a huge steroid shot and got sent on my way. Within hours I was hearing almost normally.
Things have continued to improve from there. After 2-weeks post op I was able to shower normally. At this point, the blood that was built up in my ear started to come out (like scabs, not liquid). Each time another scab came out I could hear a little better. Now my only complaint is that I fell deaf in my other ear.
I wish I’d done this years ago. The surgery was not as minor as I would have liked but considering the benefit, it’s more than worth it. Just have some patience.