Comments on Profile Post by Gareth Davies

  1. Gareth Davies
    Gareth Davies
    Popping and general feelings of the ear being clogged continue. Still waiting for surgery. No exercises carried out. Well, change is change I guess!
    Dec 22, 2020
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  2. Kriszti
    Kriszti
    Are you getting your ear muscles cut?
    Dec 22, 2020
  3. Gareth Davies
    Gareth Davies
    No cutting involved :) They are basically going to put a surgical balloon into my eustachian tube and inflate it in an attempt to unblock the passage. And then remove the balloon after a few minutes. The whole thing is like unplugging a bathroom pipe.
    Dec 23, 2020
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  4. Gareth Davies
    Gareth Davies
    Ugh - another night of head vibrations - it’s like there is endless mini-quake going on in my ear.
    Dec 23, 2020
  5. LukeYoung
    LukeYoung
    I get these symptoms as well. Although I have experience patulous ET before and never wanna deal with that so I’d be worried about balloon inflation
    Dec 23, 2020
  6. Gareth Davies
    Gareth Davies
    Yeah, I think patulous ET is a bit my rarer than normal ET? Patulous ET causes whooshing or rumbling from what I’ve read, because the tube is in a open locked position? The procedure is pretty safe from what I’ve been told. Again, no cutting, stitching or burning. It’s over in 15-20 minutes.
    Dec 23, 2020