jtate
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Just wanted to drop a line and thank everyone for their support. The week before Christmas I came down with an ear infection which required an ER visit for a morphine shot. I thought I was on the road to recovery when I started drooling coffee and lost my ability to spit out my toothpaste properly (I know, it's not much of a skill but it was useful and I wanted it back).
The ENT doc prescribed prednisone. He's my sister's boss and NOW she tells me that he told her that he was almost sure I was headed for surgery for some sort of neuroma or something like that inside my ear. I took the pills, the swelling that was compressing the nerves in my face went down, I stopped drooling and started spitting again. Yippee! I went back to the doctor and he was amazed. He had really thought it was something terribly serious. I'm greatly relieved.
Miracles of modern medicine, maybe. Prayers of friends, family, and colleagues, maybe. Just plain old dumb luck - well, I've had my share of that. Whatever it was, I can say that the kind words of this community helped me more than you can know.
Julia
The ENT doc prescribed prednisone. He's my sister's boss and NOW she tells me that he told her that he was almost sure I was headed for surgery for some sort of neuroma or something like that inside my ear. I took the pills, the swelling that was compressing the nerves in my face went down, I stopped drooling and started spitting again. Yippee! I went back to the doctor and he was amazed. He had really thought it was something terribly serious. I'm greatly relieved.
Miracles of modern medicine, maybe. Prayers of friends, family, and colleagues, maybe. Just plain old dumb luck - well, I've had my share of that. Whatever it was, I can say that the kind words of this community helped me more than you can know.
Julia
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