Just back from my Meniere's Specialist, had an Intratympanic Steroid Injection

[Grateful11]

This was something that was pretty experimental back in '95 when I had my Endolymphatic Shunt put in
but is a fairly common treatment now. It doesn't always work, like any medical procedure, but I figure it's
better than the next option which is replacement of the shunt. I asked if we may be looking at that down
the road if it was going to be as an involved surgery as before, 4.5 hours the first time, he said no
depending on how much bony growth has closed up the opening where all the drilling was done, it could
take as little as 90 minutes with one night in the hospital. He said it's not uncommon for the shunt to
become clogged or bony growth to interfere with the original shunt. Anyway I'm hoping this helps, he
said it could take a week for the steroid to actually do it's thing inside my ear. It was a very uncomfortable
procedure, quite a bit of pain and pressure, a really creepy feeling. The numbing agent placed on the
eardrum was more painful than the actual piercing of the eardrum.

Intratympanic Steroid Treatment For Meniere's Disease:
http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/tre...eroids.htm

Endolymphatic Shunt
http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Ce-Fi...Shunt.html

[kj4btkljv]

Wow, we really talk about anything and everything here!

Hope you start to feel better and more normal. That procedure really doesn't sound pleasant.

Jeff

[rjmacs]

Ouch! I hope it works, G1. Good, well-balanced vibes coming your way...

[freeradical]

I once worked for someone who got injections in his EYEBALLS.

I just cringe at the thought of that.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Best wishes. I know someone that had Meniere's or something very closely related. He could be walking along and all of a sudden just about fall over like someone pulled the rug out from under. That was 22 years ago. He got a job in a different area that was not so physical and got a little better. I stopped hearing from him about 17 years ago so I can not say how it goes long term.

[Grateful11]

My wife was with me in the room, she couldn't watch. My Ambiance App on my Touch is my best friend
at night while trying to go to sleep, it was .99 and worth every penny.

[Jimmypoo]

Please don't ever post in this forum ever again until you have written on a white board, 50,000 times,
"I Will Not Gross People Out With Real Procedures I've Endured."

[artie67]

Wow! I haven't been so freaked out since Meg Whitman joined the Board of HP. Whoa, hang in there!

[dmann]

Hoping you get some relief Grateful! Interesting to learn about the procedures...

DM

[graylocks]

Grateful -

i had this procedure done at the Shea Clinic in Memphis in '96. for me the beneficial effects were practically overnight. gave me my life back for a while. had to repeat it about 4 months later as it didn't completely last but it was well worth it. gradually, the vertigo aspects of my menieres has burned out - along with a good bit of hearing in my left ear.

hope you have some good results from this.