# In Denver - surgery with Dr. Hep tomorrow, finally! **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [December 13, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/in-denver-surgery-with-dr-hep-tomorrow-finally/14848 "2023-12-13T06:05:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/in-denver-surgery-with-dr-hep-tomorrow-finally/14848/21 "2023-12-20T22:41:46Z")
There are other scar tissue causing compression stories on our forum. It’s not as common a cause as styloid or stolyoid vs C-1 but it does happen. I grew up in the era of take the tonsils out & 2 of my 3 siblings also had their removed but each of us had a substantial reason for it i.e. I would go deaf when I had a cold as my tonsils would swell & keep fluid from draining out of my ears. Tonsillectomy resolved that. My sister had chronic tonsillitis & hers would get big enough they nearly closed off her throat so were a danger to her life. My other sister had naturally large tonsils & adenoids which caused her snore loudly as a child & keep us all awake at night so hers were taken out. I guess I was born into a family w/ bad tonsil heredity 🤣 though I’m surprised that with your chronic infections, you weren’t a tonsillectomy candidate. At any rate, I’m glad your surgery is done, & you’re on the recovering end of things. I’m not sure 6 weeks is really long enough to get a good sense of which symptoms are going to go away. For me it was 2 mos post op then about every 2 mos over the course of a year after that, that something else would disappear. I expect you’ll have good recovery as time passes. The early days after surgery are the hardest. ---
**Author:** ![Rather\_b\_hiking](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/rather_b_hiking/32/5776_2.png) [@Rather\_b\_hiking](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Rather_b_hiking)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/in-denver-surgery-with-dr-hep-tomorrow-finally/14848/22 "2024-01-02T06:08:30Z")
I’m ok if the tinnitus lingers, honestly - the noise doesn’t really bother me - it sounds like cicadas/crickets chirping. I do hope the hearing recovers, they said to give it a full 6 weeks to judge the complete outcome of the surgery. Just getting relief from the IIH is more than I hoped for ---
**Author:** ![Rather\_b\_hiking](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/rather_b_hiking/32/5776_2.png) [@Rather\_b\_hiking](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Rather_b_hiking)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/in-denver-surgery-with-dr-hep-tomorrow-finally/14848/23 "2024-01-02T06:11:58Z")
I think it was the particular period of time (mid-late 70s/early 80s) - and the general medical thought at the time. I think any other decade and I would definitely have been a candidate. Mine also runs in the family - in fact my oldest just got hers out at age 24… ---
**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/in-denver-surgery-with-dr-hep-tomorrow-finally/14848/24 "2024-01-02T19:24:04Z")
I strongly disagree that you’ll know the surgical outcome by 6 weeks post. I would agree if you’d been told 6 mos. It takes a while for nerve recovery & thus for symptoms to disappear. Don’t be too upset if you still have symptoms present at 6 weeks post op. It took me 2 mos to recover from the surgery post op fatigue alone. ---
**Author:** ![IJVCompression](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/ijvcompression/32/5671_2.png) [@IJVCompression](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/IJVCompression)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/in-denver-surgery-with-dr-hep-tomorrow-finally/14848/25 "2025-01-13T07:55:05Z")
Hey @Rather_b_hiking , how are you doing? Have your symptoms apart from the tinnitus stayed away? [Previous page](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/in-denver-surgery-with-dr-hep-tomorrow-finally/14848.md?page=1)