So.. some of you might remember a couple of years ago I had surgery on my right ear to replace a previously working ossicular chain prothesis that was originally done in 1989. Well, we are at it again.. I've been deaf in my right ear since last November and this Wednesday, Lord willing, they will replace it again.

Most likely what happened was a really bad cold followed by insane sneezing and coughing caused a build of of pressure in my ear. Enough to push out the tympanic membrane just enough to dislodge the prothesis... they think I have eustachian tube dysfunction which is why the pressure built up and would not release properly.

So at the same time, they will dialate my eustachian tubes to hopefully prevent this from happening again.