[srgallan]

Hi,

Well almost 15 months in and finally seeing my first specialist/Dr. other than my GP.

My Dr. put in a referral for an ENT becaue I was having frequent and sometimes continious pressure pops in my ear like I was flying and going throug pressurization. Sometimes this can happen a dozen times in a minute, primarily in my left ear where my main head impact site was.

Anything of value I can expect from this appointment? Anyone else feel like their ears are continiously releasing pressure?

Still waiting for my first appointment to a neurologist, based on the forum it does not sound like I should expect much.

[Consider]

I have had this problem. 1 month in after my concussion, my ears would always pop, and pain would occur. Airplane ear it felt like, so to speak. The ENT found impacted wax and even old wax, and once he cleaned that up, less popping for me. I still get a little popping from time to time but it soon goes away. Hope this helps!

[cyclecrash]

I saw an ENT for my dizziness and I had high hopes that they would be able to help me and that I would get some relief from the appointment. I was terribly disappointed when the appointment was all of 5 minutes and there was nothing she could do for me. I have the wrong type of dizziness I guess.

It was just one more thing I had to rule out but it's frustrating to get your hopes up. I guess that's my message to you... be careful you don't go in there with big expectations. I hope they are able to help you though and you can get some relief from your ear popping. I get this also but always assumed it had to do with sinuses and the pressure in my head. I know my ears do not have wax in them.

I think my other problem with these specialist appointments is that every time I see one of them and there is nothing they can do for me I feel like they're saying there's nothing wrong with me and I'm healthy as a horse. All tests are normal. It adds to the frustration.

I'm still holding out hope that a neuro ophthalmologist might be able to help me a little with the dizziness/blurred vision but I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high. I have a long wait to see him so no point worrying about it now.

Let us know how your appointment goes! Good Luck!

CC

[srgallan]

Thanks for the replies. I am not expecting much. After waiting for 15 months almost for this referral I am mostly functional at this point and almost on full time hours. So I am on the road of recovery, but since it's so hard to get these appointments in Canada I don't want to cancel in case they can actually help.