I used to do daily runs on the road, round about 5/8miles after work I would be about 28yrs old, played Rugby and cricket and generaly thought I was mega fit, one day whilst driving my world went haywire, I managed to stop on the side of the road got out of the car and walked about a little bit and after about 10/15 mins all started to get better, I felt immensly sick and went as pale as death, but the weired dizzy feeling went and after about 30 mins I continued my journey, I discovered I was not hearing to well in my left ear and had the feeling of a blocked ear, my ordinary GP put it down to a head cold, however five year later it was still affecting me every two to three months, my wife ( a Nurse) did some reading up on this and informed me that I would not get better, and that I needed to see a person who really was just an Ear Doctor, in other words a Specialist, I paid to see a Surgeon at Manchester Royal Hospital UK who diagnosed what was wrong and he suggested an operation to place a drain from my ETube into my Neck, he said the liquid in the E Tube had thickened up and by fitting a small drain it would alleviate the problem by always allowing a supply of fresh liquid produced in the head area to be in the E Tube which acts as a sort of spirit level for your body, I was in Hospital for one and a half days, the operation was about 9/10 hours, it cost me about £7k in 1988 and I have not had any trouble since, as soon as I came round from the operation I knew it had worked , for I could hear crystal clear and had lost the feeling of fullness in that left ear along with losing the high pitched clicking and whistling sounds.
even now in 2013 I cannot thank that Surgeon enough for his diagnosis and operational skills. He still runs the ENT side at MRH but now has a dedicated team of equally skilled sugeons under his control.
Potions pills and medicines did not help ..the knife did!
Peter R-B
Lancashire
Last edited by Peter-RB; 20th Sep 2013 at 11:34.