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AC & MRS AC Prayers sent for you and your family.
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Chuck I think you will find this article helpful. Looks like it is indeed likely to be temporary...
"Sometimes treatments for nasal and paranasal sinus cancer may affect your hearing. It may disrupt the way the ear directs sound. This is called conductive hearing loss. If you’ve had surgery involving the maxilla you could have swelling around the Eustachian tube. This tube is part of your middle ear and connects up to the back of your nose. The swelling can cause conductive hearing loss, which makes it difficult to hear soft sounds. Your hearing usually gets back to normal once the swelling goes down. Radiotherapy treatment can also cause this type of hearing loss."
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/canc...s-cancer#quick
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Prayers sent that the scheduling works out.
Interesting link, Safetyhit - that is encouraging that this may be just a temporary issue.
AC - you are in our prayers daily.
Praying for you today, AC. Stay strong.
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You guys are awesome. Below are two updates for today, the first earlier in the morning and the second is the afternoon/early evening update. Here they are from Mrs. AC:
Part 1:
Had the appointment this morning with the Army oncologist, but there's not much to report. As I feared (and had mentioned repeatedly to the appointment schedulers), the UNC records didn't make it here for the doctor to review. He had nothing to look at to compare the new MRI with, and the MRI wasn't even done correctly so it has to be redone. Still, it was good to get to talk to a doctor after all these months. He has ordered a new rush MRI and called to see about getting Chuck back in to see his surgical oncologist at Chapel Hill. We're just waiting to hear on when these new appointments will be. The tumor is still there, and always a threat, but since the doctor couldn't tell how far he'd come, there wasn't much he could say.
Thank you for your prayers for the ENT appointment, because that was answered! We're going at 3:20 this afternoon to meet with a civilian ENT doctor here in town. Glad we can do that! Please be praying for no permanent hearing loss and/or that it can be treated so that he can hear with hearing aids or something. He cannot hear well at all and it came on in his "good" ear very quickly. I'll update you this evening on how things go there. Thank you for praying with us!
Part 2:
Update number 2 today is much more positive. We had a great appointment with the ENT doctor. We learned so much and got some real help. Chuck's "good" ear was filled with thick fluid (caused by radiation treatment). It had slowly been getting thicker which is what finally caused the loss of hearing suddenly this week. The doctor perforated his eardrum and drained it (which wasn't a pleasant experience for Chuck.) He also inserted a tube which he said should take care of that problem for good. His hearing is restored in that ear and shouldn't be a problem any more. Praise the Lord! Thank you for praying! The doctor took his time and explained how the tumor and radiation had affected his right ear, and felt like there were two possible things at work there. The first is that there is scar tissue built up that may actually be dissolvable. He gave him drops to try to do that with. He also scheduled an appointment with the audiologist for Monday, so they can try to determine if it's a middle ear problem. If it is, that may be fixable with steroid treatments. He also scoped through Chuck's nose and looked all over. There is now no sign of tumor in the nasal passages and palate area like there had been before. There is scar tissue, but the doctor said generally, even that looked good. Much better than where it was before based on the MRI he had seen. They were so attentive and explained so much that we had never heard before during his other appointments. We are so thankful that his hearing is back in his left ear! What a difference that makes in quality of life! This doctor welcomed us to the family as he says they plan to monitor him for the long haul! It feels good to have someone really on your team when it comes to care. He also gave Chuck a prescription for something to help with his dry mouth. After the mucositis went away, dry mouth has been a big problem. The doctor feels that his mouth symptoms should continue to improve with time, and that his ability to eat should return. It was great to hear that too!
Still waiting to hear back on the MRI appointment and follow-up with UNC. Will keep posting updates. Appreciate your prayers! Chuck is wiped out and sleeping soundly at 6pm... probably for the evening, but it was a good day all in all.
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Truly outstanding![]()
What a great day! That's terrific news about the audiologist, he sounds like a very sharp doctor. I'm so glad to hear that he will be helping manage Chuck's care.
More hearing, and less tumor! Truly good news.
Sam - thanks as always for passing on the hot scoop, it is much appreciated!
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