ANA Discussion Forum
Watch and Wait => For those in the 'watch and wait' status => Topic started by: jweidele1967 on September 19, 2015, 01:16:02 pm
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Just wondering if anyone has had an injection in eardrum for tumor.. had it done 3 weeks ago and eds didnt kick in for 2 weeks now I am 100% worse than I was, but that was expected, if anyone had this for treatment how long does it last for
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Was this given for extreme vertigo? or as treatment before surgery?...
Why did you receive it?
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Yes, I had this with the purpose of helping my vertigo a couple of months ago. Initially my balance was much worse and lasted only a couple of weeks. I actually had to use a walker! It did help my vertigo, but I am now back to baseline with chronic disequilibrium. The neurosurgeon told me the injection "Basically provokes the brain to react."
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Gentimycin kills the labyrinth. They have to be careful to only administer it to the balance organ. If they get it in the hearing section, it will kill that too. With your balance organ killed off, there will no longer be any bad data transmitted by it to cause dizziness. It should take a period of time for your brain to get used to no longer having a balance signal from that side, and then, all should be well in terms of dizziness.
Your balance function from your AN side would eventually go away anyway. This injection just gets it all over with in one shot so as to make all of the dizziness and adjustment happen in one incident rather than randomly and over a period of months or years. It's like pulling a bandage off quickly rather than slowly.
These injections are sometimes used for Menier's disease when other methods don't work.
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I believe some surgeons use it weeks/months before the acoustic neuroma surgery to help with the recovery. So when you get out you are not as dizzy/tired