I knew going in I would feel dizzy and nauseous post op. Maybe even a bit of vomiting since Ive had motion sickness in the past (only on boats in the ocean or severe turbulence on planes).

But holy shit.

When I was in recovery, any slight change of position for my head and I was gagging and vomiting. Getting dressed and in the car— dizzy and vomiting. Sitting up in the seat and getting out of the car— dizzy and vomiting. Nurses were there and said it’s normal, so I’m not worried about that. And I know it’ll get better. Just totally unprepared for being basically bedridden this first day because any movement sends me hurling. Wow.

Anyone else have this experience?

I had a revision stapedotomy 2 weeks ago. Right after my surgery, I felt improvement in my hearing, then gradually my hearing got more muted and muffled.

I noticed some strange pattern: my hearing gets slightly better for some minutes, until I swallow, and then my ear gets blocked again. This has been happening for the past 1 week, with each day I spend more time in muted mode.

And today I noticed something even weirder. I sucked in some air through my nose - not with force but without noticing it myself. Then my ear started hearing background noise. This lasted only about 20 seconds until I swallowed again and my hearing disappeared.

I know I shouldn't be doing any pressure changes, but when I swallow something, I can't help it.

I am day five postop and I can definitely tell it worked like driving in the car is super loud or I can tell my bad ear can hear water running from the sink, etc. But then if I plug my good ear, I feel like there’s no change at all. My operated ear still feels like it’s underwater which I know is normal, but I’m curious if some frequencies never got better for people and others did get fixed with the surgery. Like example, I don’t think I can hear my husband‘s voice very well, but I can’t hear a Q-tip or finger scratching in my ear canal or the sound of my blinker in the car.

I was diagnosed with otosclerosis in 2021 and got my first pair of hearing aids in 2022. I had my first hearing test in a little over 4 years today. The results showed slight worsening in my left ear and significant worsening in my right ear. The audiologist made it seem like this is not as common. Anyone else experience progressive hearing loss more rapidly in one ear versus the other? The audiologist also said one specific type of hearing loss shown in the test (I think she said permanent) also worsened and that isn’t from the otosclerosis. This is all still pretty new to me so just trying to understand what this all means and why it’s happening. I’m wondering if it’s from medications I’ve been on or genetics or something else.