Well I went into Facebook and copied some of my story into a note. I’m hoping I can then copy it here for you. As far as pain meds go, I don’t take them except what the give during surgery I never take them. Here’s my Facebook story. Minus the pictures. It won’t let me copy them here. Good luck to you
I still can’t really wrap my head around just how many issues I’ve had that were all related to Eagles Syndrome… since my surgery on Tuesday morning:
No more ear pain
No more choking in the night
No more feeling of something stuck in my throat
No more chest pain
No more pain that was thought to be costochondritis
No more occipital neuralgia
No more blurry vision
No more pins and needles or pain in my left arm
No more headache
No more pain in left shoulder
No more whooshing sound from the compression of the jugular and carotid.
The list goes on and on.
One more thing… since I woke up from surgery I have not had to take anything for pain! Not even a Tylenol!
There have been several people that have asked if Dr. Annino cuts off the styloid at the skull base. I am attaching my operative report to show just what he did for me. I hope this resolves some questions for those thinking of going to Dr. Annino. He’s a fantastic doctor!
I complained of ear pain for 8 years to my pcp and several other doctors… ENT’s, Neurosurgeons, never heard of Eagles. Then the doctors did a special scan as they were looking for a tumor for another issue I have. Part of my sinuses and Eustachian tube lit up so they sent me to Dr. Alec Vaezi head Otolaryngologist at UMass Memorial Hospital He did biopsies in my head. Then I was telling him of my 8 year earache and he put his finger into my mouth and pressed where my tonsils were and OMG it recreated the terrible pain. He told me he was sure I had Eagles then sent me for a CT with contrast specifically looking for Eagles and measurements. The diagnosis was confirmed. Almost 6 cm on the right and 7 cm on the left. He had only done one or two of these surgeries so I went to Dr. Annino. The most important thing is to find aN ENT that is very experienced In Eagles surgery. I chose external surgery as it is safer ( better visual field, less chance of infection and better control of bleeding) the 2” or 3” scar fades to nearly nothing within months. Safety first.
WOW WOW WOW… what a difference! Already, my arm numbness and pain, my ear pain, the terrible wooshing heart noise in my ear,the choking feeling, the brain fog, even the chest pain… GONE!
Only surgery pain now and just knowing that will go away is phenomenal. 