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Post-Treatment => Balance Issues => Topic started by: tenai98 on November 24, 2008, 12:33:42 pm

Title: need input here
Post by: tenai98 on November 24, 2008, 12:33:42 pm

Having a balance test done on Dec 10th...water in my ear?  sounds painful...stories of your experiences please...I was proud of myself yesterday for walking the balance beam so to speak...A 3' cedar long on ground...I walked across it with no problems...
JO

Title: Re: need input here
Post by: sher on November 24, 2008, 07:55:42 pm

Hi,
I had that testing done. It was no big deal.. They put cold water though one ear at a time to see if you get dizzy and then warm water to do the same. I flunked the cold and warm on my right side. Not knowing at that point that I had a AN. It didn't hurt at all.
Hope this helps,
Sher

Title: Re: need input here
Post by: chocolatetruffle on November 24, 2008, 08:43:57 pm

i am little sensitive, so when they were flushing down the warm water into my ears, i was actually squirming and got really tensed.  it did not hurt but i just did not like that feeling. 

Title: Re: need input here
Post by: Dan on November 25, 2008, 12:48:39 am

I had the test done twice before surgery 1st ENT, 2nd hospital.  It was no big deal, if the water temp is not to cold or to hot, dizzy for maybe 30 seconds, I also flunked AN side.

Dan in Germany

Title: Re: need input here
Post by: gordy on November 25, 2008, 06:21:53 pm

water? i never had water injected it was always warm air or cold air.

Title: Re: need input here
Post by: mallory on November 25, 2008, 10:28:34 pm

I had the warm and cool water, which felt a bit odd, but didn't hurt at all. But she then had to try it with ice cold water, which hurt. I don't say that to scare you, but I was totally unprepared for that to happen, so I wanted to give you a warning! I was told that because I was having no reaction on my tumor side, she had to try it with the ice cold water.

Hopefully they won't need to do that!