Surgery update...

Hey all! So, I had my ear surgery a week ago this past Friday (July 17). It went well, but was even longer than anticipated...it took 6 1/2 hours. Fortunately when they got in there and started removing the tumor, they found that my three little bones that help with hearing (ossicle bones) were still there...that is great news! Since the bones are still there, I will not have to have artificial bone grafts to reconstruct the bones. So, they went in removed the tumor, made me a new ear drum, made the ear canal larger, and removed some of the mastoid bone. Anesthetic makes me quite nauseous, especially when I am under for anything longer than 3 hours, so I have been pretty sick from it. Now, I am just dizzy a lot from the whole ear thing, and that in turn make me nauseous. I spend a lot of my time sitting or laying on the couch...not very fun. I just want to get up and play with my kids, take care of my family, etc. I am really hoping the dizziness will get better soon. I go to the doctor on Wednesday for a follow-up, and they will also remove some of the packing from my ear (I have packing on both sides of my ear drum, the stuff on the inside will dissolve in 3-4 weeks). I think my ear is definitely healing, and can't wait until it's healed enough to see if my hearing is better! Anyway, there is an update of what is going on for me...